Mountain Ivy Garden Club celebrates 30 years with A Garden Symposium

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Adam Bigelow, horticulturist and botanist who has been studying plants and wildflowers of Southern Appalachia for more than 20 years, lectures on Native Plants to over 100 participants in the March 19 “Prelude to Spring” garden symposium hosted by Mountain Ivy Garden Club.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Gail Bell, a master gardener with more than 30 years of floral and landscape design experience, gives a presentation on “Container Gardening: Thinking Outside the Pot” during the March 19 “Prelude to Spring” garden symposium hosted by Mountain Ivy Garden Club.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Gail Bell, a master gardener with more than 30 years of floral and landscape design experience, gives a presentation on “Container Gardening: Thinking Outside the Pot” during the March 19 “Prelude to Spring” garden symposium hosted by Mountain Ivy Garden Club.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Mountain Ivy Garden Club kicked off the first day of Spring on March 19 by holding its “Prelude to Spring: A Garden Symposium” and honoring the life of the late Carol Watts Reeves.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Mountain Ivy Garden Club kicked off the first day of Spring on March 19 by holding its “Prelude to Spring: A Garden Symposium” and honoring the life of the late Carol Watts Reeves.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Mountain Ivy Garden Club held its “Prelude to Spring: A Garden Symposium” event on March 19 and participants got the chance to purchase a variety of plants and gardening supplies.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Joey Eller, Rabun County 4-H educator, displays a booth educating about programming during the March 19 “Prelude to Spring” garden symposium hosted by Mountain Ivy Garden Club.