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A report from the Chelsea Garden Show, advice from a noted landscape designer and how to use art in the garden are among the seminars announced for a new event on Oct. 22, the Fall Festival at Botanica sponsored by the Wichita Area Garden Council.
Area garden clubs will have booths and demonstrations, there will be live music and the tasting of entries in the clubs’ chili cook-off, a flower show by Suburban Garden Club members, face-painting for children, a silent auction and door prizes.
Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the cost is $10 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Proceeds go to the garden council and Botanica.
Here’s a list of the seminars:
* Landscaping by veteran landscape designer David Foster, 9 a.m.
Foster has done many projects in communities throughout Kansas, including a landscape master plan for Wichita’s Old Town.
* Tree selection and placement by extension agent Bob Neier, 10 a.m.
Neier is experienced in proper planting practices and knowing which trees and shrubs do well in our area.
* Pond building by Mike Kandt, 11 a.m.
Kandt is known as the guru of pond design and building in the Kansas Pond Society. Among his designs is the pond in the new Downing Children’s Garden at Botanica.
* A look at the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show in Chelsea, England, by Kay Case, noon.
Case toured English gardens this year, along with other members of the Wichita Rose Society, and attended the Chelsea Flower Show.
* Art in the Garden by Connie Volkman, 1 p.m.
Volkman has blended her degrees in biology and art education, displays numerous art pieces in her backyard and offers instruction on how to appreciate, find and place art within the garden setting. She teaches two- and three-dimensional art classes at Wichita CityArts.
