Detroit Institute of Arts’ Friends of Art & Flowers presents “Container Gardening: Drama for Every Season,” by Paul Zammit | Toronto Botanical Garden Director of Horticulture is featured speaker for the 2019 Betsy Campbell Lecture
Updated Oct 4, 2019
October 4, 2019 (Detroit)— The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) auxiliary Friends of Art & Flowers (FAF) welcomes Paul Zammit, the Nancy Eaton Director of Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden, to present “Container Gardening: Drama for Every Season” for its annual Betsy Campbell lecture on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. The event is free with museum admission, which is free for Macomb, Oakland and Wayne county residents.
Zammit will share his process from pot and soil selection to choosing assorted plants, including “thrillers, fillers, and spillers” that burst with fragrance, color, and occasionally edible herbs and greens. This lecture will inspire audience members to see container gardens as more than pots with plants, but as continuous works of art, allowing gardeners to have full creative control through all seasons.
An award-winning gardener, Zammit’s garden at his home in Toronto won first place in the environmental garden category for the city of Toronto’s Garden Contest. He has appeared on HGTV’s “The Indoor Gardener” and has written articles in numerous Canadian gardening publications. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph's Plant Agriculture program in Ontario, Canada, the largest and most diverse applied plant biology department in the country.
October 4, 2019 (Detroit)— The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) auxiliary Friends of Art & Flowers (FAF) welcomes Paul Zammit, the Nancy Eaton Director of Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden, to present “Container Gardening: Drama for Every Season” for its annual Betsy Campbell lecture on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. The event is free with museum admission, which is free for Macomb, Oakland and Wayne county residents.
Zammit will share his process from pot and soil selection to choosing assorted plants, including “thrillers, fillers, and spillers” that burst with fragrance, color, and occasionally edible herbs and greens. This lecture will inspire audience members to see container gardens as more than pots with plants, but as continuous works of art, allowing gardeners to have full creative control through all seasons.
An award-winning gardener, Zammit’s garden at his home in Toronto won first place in the environmental garden category for the city of Toronto’s Garden Contest. He has appeared on HGTV’s “The Indoor Gardener” and has written articles in numerous Canadian gardening publications. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph's Plant Agriculture program in Ontario, Canada, the largest and most diverse applied plant biology department in the country.