Book Talk + Signing with Jenks Farmer: "Secrets of Southern Gardening: Pro Tips for Success"
Schedule
Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
734 Harden St., Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29205 | Columbia, SC
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Join us for a book talk and signing with local author and plantsman, Jenks Farmer for the release of his new book, Secrets of Southern Gardening: Pro Tips for Success.Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned gardener transplanted to Southern soil, this guide offers the reset button you need. In an era of viral gardening hacks and quick-fix landscape solutions, the South demands its own playbook – one built on solid science and real experience.
Drawing from three decades of professional experience developing botanical gardens, urban meadows, landscape designs, and small farm master plans, Jenks Farmer offers unvarnished advice and stories on the basics of successful plant growing. Known for his collaborative work, he brings together a team of expert horticulturists and ecologists who share their personal and professional advice in illuminating the vital role of ecologically sound landscaping and growing practices. To reflect the booming population of theSouth, he brings in New York Times’ garden writer and experts on challenges of urban expansion.
Together, they cut through social media myths and landscaping industry shortcuts to deliver what actually works in Southern soil. Inside, you’ll discover:
- How to decode Southern climate, soils and even a bit of history to and make them work for you
- Why Northern or Midwestern gardening practices need recalibration below the Mason-Dixon
- Ecologically friendly gardening practices that support local biodiversity
- Smart plant choices, from native species to climate-adapted varieties
- Money-saving techniques that work with our climate, not against it
Chapters covering the basics of plant science augmented with real life stories of success and failures
Written with candor and enriched by the collective wisdom of the South’s leading horticultural minds, this book is your trusted companion for building garden confidence in Southern soil. From container gardens to full landscapes, you’ll learn the authentic techniques that create beautiful, resilient, and ecologically sound gardens that flourish through every season.
Augustus Jenkins Farmer III is a renaissance plantsman. Born into a family of artists, musicians, and farmers, he fell in love with the natural world early in his childhood and later went on to pursue a formal education in Plant and Environmental Sciences at Clemson University and Botanical Garden Design at the University of Washington.
For the last twenty years Jenks has led teams responsible for establishing two of South Carolina's major botanical gardens. He's presented lectures for groups such as the North Carolina State Agricultural Faculty, the Smithsonian, Wave Hill, Master Gardener clubs, and, of course, his grandmother's Allendale Ladies Afternoon Reading Club. His designs for homes, museums, and businesses have received recognition and awards and have delighted hundreds of thousands of visitors with the joyful, easy exuberance of hand-crafted gardens.
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