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Garden Jubilee speaker to highlight Olmsted’s design of Biltmore gardens

By Lightning Reports, Published: May 10, 2024

Garden Jubilee returns to downtown Hendersonville on Memorial Day weekend May 25-26 featuring 150 plant and crafts vendors and a speaker showcase at the Historic Courthouse plaza starting at 10:30 a.m. both days.

“We wanted to build on an event that has been successful for a long time,” says Terrye Jacobs, Hendersonville events coordinator. “Everyone loves the shopping aspect of Garden Jubilee, so we thought we would see if we could get some top-notch speakers to round out the schedule, and turns out, they were happy to participate.”

Bill Quade, director of horticulture for Biltmore, kicks off the speaker showcase with a talk about Frederick Law Olmsted’s garden design at Biltmore. Bryce Lane — longtime horticulture lecturer at N.C. State University and host of “In the Garden with Bryce Lane” on PBS NC — follows with talks about the joy of gardening Saturday and the importance of landscape biodiversity on Sunday. Local gardening experts speak in the afternoon on shade-loving plants, pollinators, monarch butterflies and other topics.

Downtown shops and restaurants welcome attendees, and on Saturday morning, the Hendersonville Farmers Market is a short walk away at the at the train depot in the Historic Seventh Avenue District. Hours for Garden Jubilee are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.