THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 24, 1996 TAG: 9603220160
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: REMINDERS
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
THE 50TH ANNUAL Williamsburg Garden Symposium gets under way April 14 with the theme ``A Celebration of American Gardening.'' The program features: Mac Griswold, editor of Garden Design magazine; Dean Norton from Mount Vernon; Allan Armitage from the University of Georgia; Mary Painter, Virginia Natives nurserywoman; and Pauline Runkle, a floral designer from Boston. It ends Tuesday evening with a special session on ``Gardens for Children.''
The symposium opens at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Williamsburg Lodge; Monday and Tuesday sessions are at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery. It is open to the public and costs $275 per person for the three-day symposium. For reservations, call (804) 220-7255. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION
The Williamsburg symposium highlights gardens such as this one at
Lightfoot House.
by CNB