Stephen F. Austin State University's SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 13, 2022 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building, located at 2900 Raguet St in Historic Nacogdoches.
Dr. Kathryn "Kiki" Fontenot, Louisiana State University's AgCenter vegetable extension specialist, will present, "Containing Edibles to Maximize Your Garden's Beauty and Yields"
Fontenot is an Associate Professor and Vegetable Extension Specialist at the LSU AgCenter. She works closely with vegetable farmers, hobby producers, and home gardeners across the state. Her research efforts focus on vegetable variety selection, fertilizer and herbicide trials as well as hemp and blueberry cultivar trials. She is the past president of the Louisiana State Horticulture Society, the secretary of the Louisiana Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association and an executive board member of the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium. Fontenot recently authored the book titled “The Louisiana Urban Gardener: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Vegetables and Herbs.”
The Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series is held the second Thursday of each month at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center (PNPC) and includes a rare-plant raffle after the program.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but donations to the Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series fund are always appreciated.
Parking is available at the PNPC and Raguet Elementary School, located at 2428 Raguet St in Historic Nacogdoches.
For more information, call (936) 468-4129, or email sfagardens@sfasu.edu.