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		<title>Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee</title>
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		<description>The Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1991 to provide education about perennial plants and to promote their use in the landscape.  Membership is open to anyone interested in gardening with perennials.  Dues are $20 per year.  Benefits include a quarterly newsletter, monthly program announcements, and private garden tours. </description>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2010 Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee, All rights reserved.</copyright>
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		<title><![CDATA[ September 21, 2010 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker: Traci Huffman

&quot;Fall Planting&quot;
Horticulturalist and Sales Specialist, Gardens of Babylon

Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
Location:&nbsp; Massey Auditorium in Botanic Hall
Cheekwood Botanic Garden and Museum of Art
1200 Forest Park Drive
Nashville, TN&nbsp; 37205
FREE and open to the public.
Traci says, &quot;I grew up in Oklahoma. My grandmother had a green thumb.&nbsp; We were always out in the garden planting, composting etc. I moved to Nashville back in 1987,&nbsp; met my husband, and started having children. I continued gardening, working with perennials and flowering shrubs mostly. It was when I moved to Green Hills down the street from Mrs. Wynonna Lurie, that really got me excited about perennial gardening in Tennessee, She coached me and shared all kinds of native perennials.&nbsp; I learned more from her than I could have ever hoped.&nbsp; I&nbsp; began workin... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ October 19, 2010 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker: Ruth Baumgardner

Mouse Creek Nursery Perennial Farms

&quot;Put Oooos and Ahhhs Outdoors&quot;






 

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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ November 16, 2010 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker: Jason Powell

Petals from the Past&nbsp;Nursery
Jemison, Alabama
&nbsp;

Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
Location:&nbsp; Massey Auditorium in Botanic Hall
Cheekwood Botanic Garden and Museum of Art
1200 Forest Park Drive
Nashville, TN&nbsp; 37205
FREE and open to the public.

www.petalsfromthepast.com... ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ No Meeting in December 2010 ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ There is no meeting in December 2010.

See you in the New Year!... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ January 28, 2011 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
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Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ February 15, 2011 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker: Denise Adams

Topic - TBA 

 

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Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ March 15, 2011 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.ppsmt.com/custpage.cfm/sec_id/15782/news_id/15074</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker: April Hannah Moore

&quot;English Gardens&quot;
 

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Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ August 17, 2010 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.ppsmt.com/custpage.cfm/sec_id/15782/news_id/12132</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker: C. Colston Burrell

Author

&quot;HELLEBORES:&nbsp; An American Passion&quot;
&nbsp;

Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
Location:&nbsp; Massey Auditorium in Botanic Hall
Cheekwood Botanic Garden and Museum of Art
1200 Forest Park Drive
Nashville, TN&nbsp; 37205
FREE and open to the public.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C. Colston Burrell is an acclaimed lecturer, garden designer, award winning author and photographer. A certified chlorophyll addict, Cole is an avid and lifelong plantsman, gardener and naturalist. Cole is a popular lecturer internationally on topics of design, plants and ecology. He has shared his encyclopedic knowledge of plants and his abiding respect for regional landscapes with professional and amateur audiences for 35 years. He is principal of Native Landscape Design and Restoration, which specializes in blending nature and culture through artistic design. In 2008 ... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ July 20, 2010 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.ppsmt.com/custpage.cfm/sec_id/15782/news_id/12131</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker: Peter Loewer

Gardening Author and Botanical Illustrator
&quot;The Winter Garden&quot;
&nbsp;

Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
Location:&nbsp; Massey Auditorium in Botanic Hall
Cheekwood Botanic Garden and Museum of Art
1200 Forest Park Drive
Nashville, TN&nbsp; 37205
FREE and open to the public.







 

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		<title><![CDATA[ June 2010 -- No Meeting:  Members Picnic ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.ppsmt.com/custpage.cfm/sec_id/15782/news_id/12130</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Saturday, June 26, 2010

4:00 - 6:30 pm
It's time for our annual picnic for members and their children, spouses or significant others.&nbsp; Once again members Sidney and Dick Wooten will host the picnic at Whippoorwill Farm in Fairview.&nbsp; There are farm animals to visit, trails to hike, a shady gazebo and creek to enjoy, as well as vegetable gardens and flower beds.&nbsp; PPS will provide fried chicken, tea, ice, cups, plates and utensils.&nbsp; 
YOU provide the side dishes that make the dinner so great!&nbsp; Bring a folding chair or a blanket to sit on.&nbsp; E-mail Leigh Ann and Don Zirkle at zirklla@comcast.net so we'll know how much chicken to buy and what food you will be bringing.&nbsp; 
&nbsp;

Directions:&nbsp; Take Harding Road (West End Ave.) past Belle Meade to the Hwy 100/70 fork.&nbsp; Follow Hwy 100 for 11.4 miles, turn left on Hwy 96.&nbsp; Go 0.7 of a mile on 96 and turn right on Old Harding Road to Fernvale.&nbsp; Follow Old Harding for 5 miles to the stop... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ May 18, 2010 Meeting - at Vine Street Christian Church ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.ppsmt.com/custpage.cfm/sec_id/15782/news_id/11519</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker:&nbsp; Troy Marden




Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
Location:&nbsp; Vine Street Christian Church, 4401 Harding Road, Nashville, TN
(Directions below) 
Note:&nbsp;Due to the change in voting day to the 18th caused by the flooding we cannot meet at the Ellington Agricultural Center as originally planned.

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		<title><![CDATA[ April 20, 2010 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.ppsmt.com/custpage.cfm/sec_id/15782/news_id/11518</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker:&nbsp; Drew Sullivan

Dickens Turf &amp; Landscape Supply

&quot;Care and Maintenance of Gardens and Landscapes&quot;

Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
Location:&nbsp; Massey Auditorium in Botanic Hall
Cheekwood Botanic Garden and Museum of Art
1200 Forest Park Drive
Nashville, TN&nbsp; 37205
FREE and open to the public.





 
      







&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Drew Sullivan is a native Nashvillian and a graduate of John Overton High School. He began his landscape career at John Waller Landscaping while attending Middle Tennessee State University. Drew worked for Waller for 18 years in various positions including landscape installation supervisor, purchasing and garden center manager. &ldquo;There are many aspects of the landscape business that I learned while working with John Waller. I would not trade my years there for any amount of professional training. Hard wo... ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Perennial Plant Sale             April 10, 2010 ]]></title> 
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&nbsp;THIS&nbsp;SATURDAY&nbsp;!!!
DON'T&nbsp;MISS&nbsp;IT&nbsp;!

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		<title><![CDATA[ March 16, 2010 Meeting at Cheekwood Botanic Hall ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Speaker:&nbsp; Ken Oakes

Owner, Oakes Daylilies
&quot;Propagating and Using Daylilies in Our Landscapes&quot;

Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, March 16, 2010
 Time:&nbsp; 7:00&nbsp; - 8:30 pm
Refreshments &amp; Plant Swap:&nbsp; 6:30 pm
Location:&nbsp; Massey Auditorium in Botanic Hall
Cheekwood Botanic Garden and Museum of Art
1200 Forest Park Drive
Nashville, TN&nbsp; 37205
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