Other speakers and their topics for the 2026 Lunchbox series include:
April 17: Jenks Farmer, owner of Jenks Farmer Plantsman, Getting a Meadow is Like Getting a Puppy, and Other Modern Gardening Myths;
May 22: Andy Cabe, director of horticulture at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, Riverbanks Gardens;
June 19: Brie Arthur, author and horticulturist with Brie The Plant Lady, Wanderlust Chronicles;
July 17: Darren Sheriff, The Citrus Guy, All About Citrus;
Aug. 21: Tom Bruce, owner of Carolina Daylilies, Deer Resistant Gardening;
Oct. 16: Olga Katic, owner of Mushroom Mountain, Fungal Foundations: The Hidden World Beneath Your Garden;
Nov. 20: Christi Bruner, owner of Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery, Preparing Gardens for the Winter.
Unless otherwise noted, the Lunchbox presentations take place every third Friday of the month at noon, at Millbrook Baptist in Aiken. Bring a friend.
For more information on the lectures, visit aikenmastergardeners.org. Additionally, the website contains information about AMGA’s Ask a Master Gardener/Rent a Master Gardener options, and other services such as the AMGA Speakers Bureau.
Ask A Master Gardener returns in April at the Aiken County Farmers Market. Master Gardeners will soon be available to answer horticultural questions each Saturday morning. Come with questions such as the following: What is this weed? What can I plant now? When to fertilize my lawn?
This is a good time also for high school seniors to ask their counselors how to apply for AMGA scholarships. The Aiken Master Gardener high school scholarship program is an annual program whereby the association recognizes and supports high school students who reside or study in Aiken or Edgefield counties and intend to study programs in agriculture at a university or college of their choice.
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