Seminars
Featured Seminars and Organic Roundtable
Featured Seminars
Saturday, May 30, 2026 | 10 AM – 3 PM
During the Festival of Flowers
- Carts and Wagons Welcome
- Store Your Selections In The Free Plant & Package Checkroom
Adult tickets are $10 at the door.
SAWS Landscape Care
Using SAWS Landscape Care Guide to create a resilient garden.
Gail Dugelby,
SAWS conservation consultant with deep roots in San Antonio and the Hill Country. She spent her youth climbing trees, playing in the Guadalupe River, and exploring the outdoors. This drives her passion for nature and our diverse environment, especially our most precious natural resource — water. Given the choice, she would be outside all the time.
Drought-Tolerant Pollinator Gardens
“My Top Dozen Plants for a Drought-Tolerant Pollinator Garden”
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Vicki Blachman,
Travis County Master Gardener with advanced certification in Rainwater Harvesting, Plant Propagation, Vegetable Gardening, Landscape Irrigation Efficiency, Junior Master Gardening, Composting, and Entomology. She is a member of Capital Area Master Naturalists and a trained Habitat Steward and Monarch Steward through the National Wildlife Federation.
Organic Roundtable
If you have questions about organic gardening then make sure to attend this seminar where you can speak directly to experts in this field. Everything organic is on the table!
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Moderated by Bob Webster, KTSA “South Texas Gardening“ Host, co-owner, Shades of Green Nursery.
Panelists include:
Stuart Franke,
President of Medina Agriculture Products Co. Inc. which produces farming, gardening and environmental products distributed internationally.
Sam Sitterle,
President, Green Grow Organics the first in South Central Texas to bring you healthy, green, lush landscapes, through the application of the perfect blend of fully organic compost tea.
Bruce Deuley,
Host of Organic Matters podcast emphasizing organic living and gardening, climate change, air and water concerns, and the advance of renewable energy, author of The Organic Guide to Gardening.
