Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building.
Retired University of Arkansas extension specialist, Dr. Jim Robbins will present “Eleven Gardens in Ten Days: An England Adventure.”
Robbins has a unique blend of 28 years of academic experience and nine years of nursery industry experience. From 1989 until his retirement in January 2022, Robbins was an extension specialist in commercial ornamentals at the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture. His role was to support all green industry businesses, including garden centers, wholesale growers and landscapers.
His research program focused primarily on nursery production-related issues, such as automation, growing media, fertilizer, weed control and woody plant evaluation. For the past 14 years, he has been primarily focused on applications for drones in nursery production. Robbins currently operates Ornamental Hort Services out of Little Rock, Arkansas.
The Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series is held the second Thursday of each month and includes a rare plant raffle after the program. The lecture is free and open to the public, and donations to the lecture series fund are always appreciated.
Parking is available at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center or Raguet Elementary School.
For more information, email sfagardens@sfasu.edu.
ABOUT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
Stephen F. Austin State University, the newest member of The University of Texas System, began a century ago as a teachers’ college in Texas’ oldest town, Nacogdoches. Today, it has grown into a regional institution comprising six colleges — business, education, fine arts, forestry and agriculture, liberal and applied arts, and sciences and mathematics. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SFA enrolls approximately 11,000 students while providing the academic breadth of a state university with the personalized attention of a private school. The main campus encompasses 421 acres that include 37 academic facilities, nine residence halls, and 68 acres of recreational trails that wind through its six gardens. The university offers more than 80 bachelor’s degrees, more than 40 master’s degrees and four doctoral degrees covering more than 120 areas of study. Learn more at sfasu.edu.
