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2019 SAPS Board of Directors
President: Earl Hockin 423-817-5473 [email protected]
Vice President: Dave Rogers 423 502-2459 [email protected]
Secretary: Jolly Hill 423-246-7246 [email protected]
Treasurer: Joy Moore 423-348-6572 [email protected]
Program Chair: Joy Stewart 423 573-2376 [email protected]
Editor–The Wheelbarrow Pat Westington 423-328-7339 [email protected]
Tomato Fest Chairman: Dennis Marshall 423-288-3675 [email protected]
Website Manager: Carol McCreary 423-817-5668 [email protected]
Membership Chairman: Charlene Thomas 423-483-4665 [email protected]
Discount Vendors: Kathy Waldo [email protected]
Members-at-Large: Hugh Conlon 423-282-9215 [email protected] Margaret Seymour 423-534-1191 [email protected] Susan Okrasinski 423-323-0612 [email protected] Jane Mullins 423-212-0173 [email protected]
www.saps.us
Southern Appalachian Plant Society April 2019
April SAPS Meeting
Growing Ginseng, Goldenseal and Other Woodland Medicinals
Dr. Jeanine Davis Associate Professor of Horticulture and
Extension Specialist, NC State
Lead author of Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and Other Woodland Medicinals
Thursday, April 18, at 7 pm
BrightRidge Power Company, (formerly Johnson City Power Board)
2600 Boones Creek Rd (Hwy 354), Johnson City
Join Dr. Davis to learn how to successful-ly cultivate these shade-loving medicinal herbs in a forest garden for personal use or as small-scale cash crops
Dr. Jeanine Davis is a researcher and extension specialist with North Carolina State University located at the Mountain Horticul-tural Crops Research and Extension Center near Asheville. For over 25 years, her program has been focused on helping farmers improve profitability by growing new crops, transitioning to organic agriculture, and adopting more sustainable practices. Medicinal herbs are among her specialties and she is co-author with Scott Persons of the book Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal & Other Woodland Medicinals. Dr. Davis is also a frequent and popular public speaker on medicinal herbs, specialty crops, and sustainable living. Her current research efforts are focused on woodland botanicals, Chinese herbs, hops, truffles, broccoli, and organic heirloom tomatoes. www.ncherb.org
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Ginseng Goldenseal
Be sure to go to our website for the latest info about
the 2019 Discount Vendors. When you visit them, let them know we appreciate
their support!
Upcoming Events: March 28
ETSU Arboretum Arbor Day Celebration And Tree Givea-way . ETSU will give away 500 Shumard Oak seedlings be-tween 11 AM and 1 PM. A 45-minute walking tour of the arboretum will be conducted at 1:15 PM. Contact Dr. Tim McDowell at [email protected] or Travis Watson at [email protected] (423-439-7759)
April 4 Climate Change Program Cancelled The special SAPS bonus program scheduled for April 4 on "Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees – The Phenological Impact of Climate Change" with Dr. Jeremy Hoffman, Climate & Earth Scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia has been cancelled due to a travel freeze by the Museum. We hope to reschedule at a future date.
April 6 Spring Spectacular Plant Sale. UT Gardens Knoxville. 9 am to 2 pm. https://ag.tennessee.edu/news/Pages/NR-2019-03-SpringSpectacularSale.aspx
April 7 Mayapple Marketplace at Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. plant nurseries, gardening vendors, local handmade wares from artists and crafters, food trucks and more! 423- 577-4717, ext. 124 http://ijams.org/events/special-event-mayapple-marketplace-2019/
April 12-14 40th Spring Nature Festival. Warriors' Path State Park. Seminars, walks. 423-239-8531 or [email protected]. https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/warriors-path/#/?event=40th-annual-spring-nature-festival-wpsp
April 13 Rocky Mount Wooly Day and Garden Arts Festival. 10 am – 4 pm. Rocky Mount State Historic Site, Piney Flats. Features hand shearing of Rocky Mount’s Cotswold sheep, wool pro-cessing techniques of the 18th century and other spring ac-tivities on a frontier farm. The Garden Arts Festival will cel-ebrate of all things gardening – from plants to handmade items for the home, garden and gardener, to delicious foods and informative talks and tours. $10/adult, $9/senior, $5/child. 423-538-7396. http://www.rockymountmuseum.com/index.php/special-events/wooly-day-2019/
April 13 East Tennessee Nursery Association Annual Plant Auction. 9am - 12 noon. Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. Visitor Center Gathering Place. An exciting array of unusual orna-mental & native perennials, trees and shrubs will be auc-tioned. Plants can be viewed and auction registration begins at 8:15 a.m.Sponsored by UT Extension Service, E. TN Nursery Assoc., and the Eliz/Carter Co. Chamber of Com-merce. 423-543-5808, https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/sycamore-shoals/#/?event=annual-plant-auction-19
April 14 Weed and Feed. Exchange Place. 5 pm weed, 6 pm potluck .
April 18 SAPS meeting. Dr. Jeanine Davis, NC State. Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and Other Woodland Me-dicinals. 7 pm, at BrightRidge Power Company
April 19-20 Mid Atlantic Garden Fair. Southwest Virginia Higher Edu-cation Center, I-81, Exit 14, Abingdon, VA. http://www.gardenfaire.net/
April 24-27 69th Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the Smokies. http://www.wildflowerpilgrimage.org/
April 26-28 61st Roan Mountain Spring Naturalist Rally. Seminars, hikes. http://www.friendsofroanmtn.org/
April 27
Sullivan County Household Hazardous Waste Collec-tion. 9am–1pm. Sullivan Central High School parking lot. 423-323-6439
April 27-28 Exchange Place Spring Garden Fair. Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 12-5 pm. 4812 Orebank Road, Kingsport. 423-288-6071. or www.exchangeplace.info
May 2 Herb Saplings meeting. 7 pm at Exchange Place. 2019 Herb of the Year: Anise hyssop. Plus Fire Cider.
May 3-4 Spring Plant Sale. Botanical Gardens at Asheville, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd., Asheville, NC 28804. May 4: Noon-6pm, May 5: 8:30am-3pm. Free admission and parking on site or nearby. 828-252-5190.www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.
May 3-5 30th Asheville Herb Festival. Western NC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road . Largest herb festival in the Southeast. http://www.ashevilleherbfestival.org/
May 16 SAPS Meeting. Landscape Architect Susan Jansen. "Gardening on Slopes and Hillsides." 7 pm. Kingsport Cen-ter for Higher Education
SAPS Weed and Feed
Join fellow SAPS members on Sunday, April 14, at 5 pm to spruce up the gardens at Exchange Place, 4812 Orebank Road in Kingsport. We'll weed for about an hour and then share a pot luck supper. SAPS helps maintain the ornamental beds as thanks for using the facilities at the living history farm for Herb Saplings and board meet-ings as well as for storage. It's a fun get together and community service project. (Master Gardeners get volun-teer hours.) Bring your favorite weeding tool and a dish to share. SAPS will provide wine (some of it made by our own members), soft drinks, plates, napkins and utensils.
No April Herb Saplings meeting. Enjoy the many Garden Fairs in the region.
From the President’s Desk
Hurray, spring is here, I am looking forward to dirt under my finger nails, being reminded of muscles that I forgot I had over the winter, and watching new plants break through the soil to bath in the sunshine.
I want to take a moment of your time to remind you of the reason we charge for membership. I am sure you are impressed by the quality of our speaker programs. Each speaker is given an honorarium, and if they have to travel we cover their travel, accommodation and meal costs. This means that for the most highly recognized speakers we have to pay a substantial honorarium as speaking, books they write and other gardening related activities is how they make their livelihood.
This past year we also began giving out plants to the first 50 attendees at four of our meetings. We buy these plants from commercial growers and they cost us a mini-mum of $100 each time. Additionally when we hold our October Potluck lunch we have to pay rent to the facility and purchase supplies including drinks, cutlery, table clothes etc.
We have been able to make a bit of savings by sending our newsletter to most members electronically.
And of course in addition to the benefits above your membership also gives you the opportunity to save 10% at our discount vendors. If you can’t remember the names of all our discount vendors they are posted at our website which is www.SAPS.us
SAPS Plant Distribution April 2019 Slender Mountain Mint
Slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium), a great pollinator plant, will be available to the first 50 SAPS members who attend the April 18th meeting (one plant per household; first-come, first-served.) We’ll have an up-dated membership list on hand. This is another benefit of SAPS membership. Plants are grown by Christy Shivell at Shy Valley Farm in Fall Branch, TN. Mountain mints (Pycnanthemum spp.) are clump-forming native perennials that typically grow 1-3 feet tall (USDA hardiness zones 4 - 8). About 20 species of mountain mints grow in the south-eastern U.S. in open woodlands, dry prairies, and grassy meadows. As the common name suggests, they belong to the mint family, most evident by its square stems and aro-matic leaves when crushed. Botanically, they are closely related to beebalms (Monarda). Slender mountain mint is rated as highly tolerant of wet or dry soils, and flourishes along streams, meadows, and farm fields.
Slender mountain mint, also called common horsemint or Virginia thyme, grows 2 to 3 feet tall and spreads as wide as site conditions permit. It is not an aggressive spreader. The slender upright stems have opposite narrow, needle-like foliage. From mid to late summer plants are covered with
profuse clusters of small ¼ inch white tubular flowers with purple anthers, attracting a wide assortment of pollinators and other beneficial insects including many kinds of bees and butterflies. Flowers may be used fresh or dried in flower arrangements.
Best flowering and overall plant performance occurs in full sun, but it will tolerate light shade. Slender mountain mints are slightly less drought tolerant than other mountain mint species. No serious insect or disease problems trouble them. Foliar rust disease may occur in wet summers. Deer do not like its aromatic foliage.
Mountain mints naturalize freely in butterfly gardens, mead-ows, and garden borders. Native Americans used this native herb for treatment of fevers, colds, stomach aches, and other minor physical ailments. The foliage is a natural mosquito repellent; just rub some fresh leaves on your skin. The minty leaves can be added to teas.
Help Wanted: We are looking for a new SAPS website manager. Word Press is used to maintain the site, which is updated once a month. Website manag-er will be on the SAPS board. I will be happy to sit down with anyone to go through the steps for adding material and updating. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Bays Mountain Park Wildflower Walks
Bays Mountain Park will host free, naturalist-led wildflower hikes this spring, both at Laurel Run Park and at Bays Mountain Park. Hikers can expect to see 20-30 species of flowers. The varieties of flowers can be quite different at each park because of the difference in eleva-tion. Hikes are free and do not require registration. De-pending on what's is blooming, hikes may take up to two hours and cover 2-3 miles. Please dress for the weather. All hikes begin at 10 a.m. Meet in the main parking at Laurel Run Park for Laurel Run hikes and at the Nature Center for Bays Mountain hikes. Questions? Call 423-229-9447.
Hike days are: • Bays Mountain Park – March 29th, April 8, 22 and 29 • Laurel Run Park – April 5, 12 & 26
Friday, April 19—9:30 AM - 6 PM Saturday, April 20—9:30 AM - 5 PM
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Interstate 81, Exit 14 One Partnership Circle Abingdon, Virginia 24210 $6 per day, children under 12 free
The Garden Marketplace will feature thousands of plant varieties, an amazing array of garden accessories and nearly everything imaginable for gracious outdoor living. A wealth of inspiration and information can be obtained in the demonstra-tions and thru the special speakers. At the Garden Cafe enjoy delicious food and beverages created by some of Abingdon's favorite caterers. WWW.GARDENFAIRE.NET Schedule: Friday 10:15-11:30 (Exec. Aud.) Jason Reeves ,Hydrangea Hys-
teria 11:45-1:00 (Exec. Aud.) Dr. Sue Hamilton,
Foxglove: A Real Standup Flower 11:45-1:00 (Room 103) Stephanie Huckestein, Growing
and Caring for Indoor Plants 2:30-4:00 (Exec. Aud.) Jason Reeves, Garden Travel Ad-
ventures Schedule: Saturday 10:15-11:30 (Exec. Aud.) Hugh Conlon, Summer Flower-
ing Trees and Shrubs 10:15-11:30 (Room 103) Ben Casteel and others, Growing
Window Boxes for Long, Hot Summers 11:45-1:00 (Exec. Aud.) Judy Deutsch, Great Garden Ros-
es 1:00-3:00 (Room 103) Rebecca Willis, The Art of Topiary
(Class is limited to 20 people and the cost is $40. Must pre- register. Send check to WCMG Classes, 234 W. Valley St., Abingdon, VA 24210. Deadline April 5.)
Mid-Atlantic Garden Faire Native Plants for Tennessee https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/
Silverbell, Mountain Silverbell Halesia tetraptera
(H. carolina)
Attractive, small understory tree, low branched and often multi-trunked with a wide-spreading crown. Flow-ers are its most charm-ing feature, with ½ inch long, bell-shaped flow-ers drooping delicately along undersides of twigs. Flowers emerge with or before the leaves, and trees bloom at same time as the Redbud. Grows well with rhododendrons and azaleas. One of the best native trees for shady habitats. Best in moist, acidic, organically rich soils in part shade. Susceptible to chlorosis in high pH soils. Very low wildlife value.
Full sun to light shade; medium moisture level; humus-rich organic loam soil; moderately acid pH.
20-40 feet height by 15-30 feet spread; clusters of 2-5 white, bell-shaped flowers in April and May; oblong seedpods, each containing 2-3 seeds in summer.
Growth Rate: Medium
Maintenance: Mulch to keep roots cool and moist. Ex-ceptionally pest resistant.
Native Region: East Tennessee and the western valley of the Tennessee River
Exchange Place Spring Garden Fair
The 35th annual Exchange Place Spring Garden Fair will be held Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 28, from 12 - 5 p.m. at Exchange Place Living History Farm, 4812 Orebank Road in Kingsport, Tennessee. The old-est garden fair in the region and a favorite among gardeners, the event will feature thousands of plants for sale - perennials, annuals, trees and shrubs - with the emphasis on herbs, na-tives and heirloom plants (including a wide variety of heir-loom tomatoes), along with garden related arts and crafts. The Fair is also an educational and family event that fills the grounds and buildings of the historic site, and gardening ex-perts in specific topics and Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer home gardening questions throughout the weekend. Heritage breeds of animals and the spring activities on a mid-1800’s farmstead will be featured as volunteers shear the sheep, spin and weave the wool, cook over the hearth, and shape iron over the forge. Children's activities abound as vol-unteers help children create garden crafts and learn gardening skills. Ol' timey music and traditional foods add to the atmos-
phere. The Fair strives to be as environmentally friendly as pos-
sible with recycling, composting, and re-using. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own plant carriers and to bring used nursery pots (quarts and larger) for reuse.
Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 12. For more information, call 423-288-6071. www.exchangeplace.info
Volunteers are always appreciated - to help with set-up, parking, staffing Information Table, take down/clean up, and other aspects of organizing the Garden Fair. We will also be having a mini sale of gardening books and passalong plants from SAPS members' and EP volunteers' gardens. If you have items to donate you may bring then to Weed and Feed, to the April SAPS meeting or to Exchange Place on Friday, April 26. To volunteer or for more information: Joy Moore 423-348-6572 or [email protected]
