Ornamental Annuals: Selection, Design and Care
Date / Time
Thursday, 02/20/2025; 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Summary
Join us for the second of our Winter Horticulture Series of presentations at the Boone County Library, Main Library. Presented by Kyra Back, Horticulturist at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and manager of the CZBG's plant trialing program.
Full Description
Kyra Back of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden will discuss the ins and getting outsides of ornamental annuals selection, design and care drawing on her experience managing the Zoo's extensive and beautiful annual display gardens.
Kyra has been in the horticulture industry for 40 years. She is a graduate of Temple University and has been at the Cincinnati Botanical Garden and Zoo since 1992. Before her zoo life, her horticultural experiences included landscaping, lawn care, garden center management, floral creations and garden design. Since coming to the zoo, she has honed her skills in nursery growing and management, proper bed preparation, annual / perennial design, expanded plant knowledge, and people management. She is currently Managing CZBG’s annuals plant trialing program which has more than doubled in scope. We now trial and display over 800 different varieties of annuals to our 1.9 million visitors.
“My career passions include inspiring people to garden sustainably and creating designs that invite wildlife to the garden. My life passions include introducing and inspiring others to be interested in the fascinating world of plants; gardens that especially invite wildlife in; travel, hiking, biking and generally enjoying the outdoors; getting down and dirty creative…mostly with glass and fiber arts. Oh, and I really like to dance!”
Registration will open December 1st, 2024
FREE, but registration is required.
We will meet at Boone County Library, Main Branch.
1786 Burlington Pike, Burlington, KY 41005
Event Fee & Registration
No charge for this event.
Location
Boone County Library, Main Branch1786 Burlington Pike
Burlington, KY 41005