

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Friends of the Garden Annual Meeting
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Jenks Farmer played a pivotal role in developing two of South Carolina’s largest public gardens — Riverbanks Botanical and Moore Farms Botanical. He started on both rough-graded construction sites, managed their installation, and set long-term visions. Jenks has written about both projects, which spanned 20 years and now host over a million guests a year. Jenks has served on the American Horticultural Society’s book awards committee and has authored influential books such as ‘Garden Disruptors.’ He is one of the few Deep South horticulturists interviewed by Britain’s Garden Masterclass and the New York Times. In 2026, he’ll be the first garden writer to be inducted into the SC Academy Hall of Fame. Today, Jenks runs a garden design firm and organically manages a big bulb nursery on his family’s 1750s farm on Beech Island, near Aiken, South Carolina.

Jenks will be presenting his lecture Getting a Meadow is Like Getting a Puppy – Debunking Trendy Myths of Modern Gardening. He will pull back the curtain on the lawn-and-meadow craze that’s swept the gardening world.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/athens/friends-of-the-garden-annual-meeting/200029654085354
- **Event Categories**: meetups, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://botgarden.uga.edu/event/friends-of-the-garden-annual-meeting-2/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=athens-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Athens
- **state**: GA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2450 S Milledge Ave, Athens, GA, United States, Georgia 30605
- **lat**: 33.90636
- **long**: -83.37534
- **full address**: 2450 S Milledge Ave, Athens, GA, United States, Georgia 30605

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: State Botanical Garden of Georgia at UGA (https://allevents.in/org/state-botanical-garden-of-georgia-at-uga/10355623)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2450 S Milledge Ave, Athens, GA, United States, Georgia 30605
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** State Botanical Garden of Georgia at UGA
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Friends of the Garden Annual Meeting ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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