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• BIRMINGHAM, AL - Sally Bennett Baxley: Contemporary Botanicals - July 22 to September 13 **
  An esteemed artist and designer, Sally Bennett Baxley will display her latest work at Amanda Schedler Fine Art at Mary Evelyn McKee Interiors in Birmingham, Alabama. The show will include her most recent art focusing on abstract botanical images that mix simplicity with energetic composition. www.fineartbirmingham.com
  
  
• HOLLEY, NY - Wreath Classes – August-September 2008
  Hurd Orchards offers a plethora of floral wreath-making classes this summer using seasonal flowers like hydrangea and sunflowers as well as pairing flowers and fruits. www.hurdorchards.com
  
  
• MENTONE, AL - Mentone Springs Hotel Flower Show and Competition – August 29 – September 1 *
  Located at the historic, restored Mentone Springs Hotel, the Flower Show is a great chance to escape from the heat to the Alabama Mountains. Twenty-two garden clubs from across Alabama will compete for the Mentone Springs Hotel crystal trophy designed by Harold Herglotz. The flowers will be on display at the hotel all of Labor Day weekend. For more information call (256) 634-4040 or visit www.mentonespringshotel.com.
  
  
• ASHEVILLE, NC - Eddie Aldridge: Hydrangea Presentation and Sale - September 20 **
  The Blue Ridge Hydrangea Society will host a presentation at the North Carolina Arboretum by Eddie Aldridge with Aldridge Gardens in Hoover, Alabama. Aldridge, discoverer of the double-flowering "Snowflake" Oakleaf Hydrangea, will show a slide presentation on his world-famous, 30-acre hydrangea garden and present a lecture on hydrangeas, including his patented "Snowflake". "Snowflake" hydrangeas will be on sale beforehand. www.blueridgehydrangeasociety.org
  
  
• ATLANTA, GA - Glyn Church: Hydrangea Lecture - October 1 **
  The American Hydrangea Society will be hosting a weekday lecture meeting featuring New Zealand Plantsman and Author Glyn Church at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Glyn's topic "Upside Down: Hydrangeas the New Zealand Way" will combine his areas of expertise and present an educational and entertaining talk. www.americanhydrangeasociety.org
  
  
• ST. PAUL, MN - Sunken Garden Summer Flower Show – Through October 5
  A beautiful and diverse display of plant life, this garden show features roses, geraniums, lilies, impatiens, petunias, caladiums and heliotrope just to name a few. Make plans to experience this world of color and fragrance. www.exploreminnesota.com
  
  
• CHARLESTON, SC - Charleston Garden Festival at Middleton Place – October 17-19 *
  In its fourth year, the Charleston Garden Festival (CGF) looks forward to combining the joy of gardening and love for flowers along with help for the environment. Demonstrations, lectures, panel discussions as well as tours of Historic Middleton Place gardens and selected Charleston city gardens will make this an event one will not want to miss. There will also be a Festival Market with over 40 vendors selling a variety of sustainable products. Guests are encouraged to stay and enjoy afternoon concerts sponsored by the Charleston Jazz Initiative at a picnic on the Middleton Place Greensward. For more information call (843) 556-6020 or visit www.charlestongardenfestival.org.
  
  

* Compiled and written by Dawson Cooper
**Compiled and Written by Sarah Grace Wilder