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Carmen Johnston will be a featured speaker at the Southern Living® Taste of Charleston, on Sunday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Historic Boone Hall Plantation.

Fall planting creates heathy plants and reduces future water use.

Kip McConnell, director of Plant Development Services, Inc., will speak at the 7th Annual Harvest Festival on September 28, 2013.

Buddy Lee, inventor of Encore Azaleas – the world’s bestselling reblooming azaleas, will be a featured speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course (MAHSC), a nationally recognized training event for individuals in horticulture-related fields.

Can you have a beautiful garden and save water too? The answer is yes—if the right plants are planted.

Innovative Mahonia from Southern Living Plant Collection and Sunset Western Garden Collection is named Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year 2013.

Loxley, AL – May 28, 2012 – ‘Soft Caress’ Mahonia, a plant bred by Ozzie Johnson of ItSaul Plants is the 2013 Plant of the Year at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, England.

Southern Living® Plant Collection and Sunset® Western Garden Collection to add a unique variety of Ligustrum.

Southern Living® Plant Collection is a proud sponsor of this year’s gardens at the Southern Living Idea House at Fontanel.

SOUTHERN LIVING® PLANT COLLECTION GARDEN LIFESTYLE EXPERT AND ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL® PATIENT AMBASSADOR TO PLANT GARDEN AT IDEA HOUSE AT FONTANEL Six-Year-Old Nashville Native and Carmen Johnston Will Create Containers Tuesday, June 4 from 10 A.M. – 12 P.M. — The House, Built on Barbara Mandrell’s Former Estate, Opens for Tours June 29; A Portion … Read more

The Southern Living Plant Collection will be featured in a national ad campaign generating more than 100 million impressions between March and May. The exciting cornerstone of the program will be six full-page ads in Southern Living magazine. The March and April ads feature “The Top Five Plants of Spring”: • Purple Pixie® Loropetalum • Jubilation™ Gardenia • Obsession™ Nandina • Little Bonnie™ Dwarf … Read more

Southern Living® Plant Collection’s Garden Lifestyle Expert To be Featured Speaker at Birmingham Home + Garden Show Southern Living® Plant Collection’s Garden Lifestyle Expert, Carmen Johnston, will be a featured speaker at the Birmingham Home + Garden Show on February 16-17, 2013. Carmen uses her gardening expertise to give audiences ideas and inspiration on how to … Read more

Southern Living Plant Collection and Encore Azalea Featured at Texas Home & Garden Show  Southern Living Plant Collection and Encore Azalea will be featured at the Texas Home & Garden Show alongside a wide range of the newest home and garden products. The Texas Home & Garden Show is your chance to see the latest varieties … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tara Henley [email protected] (251) 533-2916 Interactive web site focuses on educating gardeners  Loxley, AL – Dec. 3, 2012 – For 15 years, Encore Azalea, the world’s best-selling reblooming azalea, has stunned gardeners with beautiful blooms in spring, summer, and fall. This fall, to match the innovation and uniqueness of the 29 varieties … Read more

Contact: Jennifer Jenkins [email protected] 251-591-4974 Loxley, AL – October 8, 2012 – Sunset Western Garden Collection, featuring innovative plants specifically developed for the Western garden, will showcase the top three plants for the Western garden at the Garden Writers Association Annual Symposium October 12 – 15, 2012 in Tucson, Az.  The top three plants include … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            Contact: Tara Henley [email protected] 251-533-2916  Southern Living Plant Collection debuts new Designer Container Series   Loxley, AL – September 24, 2012 – Southern Living® Plant Collection welcomes Carmen Johnston as its new Garden Lifestyle Expert, where she contributes ideas on how to incorporate … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Jenkins [email protected] 251-591-4974 Southern Living® Plant Collection Debuts Fresh and Easy Decorating Tips for Fall Loxley, AL – September 14, 2012  – Carmen Johnston, garden lifestyle expert for the Southern Living® Plant Collection, will be a featured speaker at the Southern Living® Taste of Charleston, on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 2-3 p.m. at … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Jenkins [email protected] 251-591-4974 Southern Living® Plant Collection to debut Designer Series container gardens Loxley, AL – September 4, 2012  – Carmen Johnston, garden lifestyle expert for the Southern Living® Plant Collection, will be a featured speaker at Southern Living Speaker Series during the State Fair of Texas, set for Sept. 28 – … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Jenkins [email protected] 251.591.4974 Loxley, AL – September 11, 2012 – Beauty without strength has no value in hot gardens, and Southern Living editors know this all too well. Southern Living® Plant Collection’s new fall releases of shrubs, vines, evergreens and grasses combine beauty and strength with improvements such as disease resistance, reblooming capabilities, and … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tara Henley [email protected] 251-533-2916 The collection provides landscape for the historic renovation in Senoia Georgia. Loxley, AL – July 23, 2012 – Southern Living Plant Collection is excited to join Southern Living’s 20 year tradition of building Idea Houses across the South by providing all of the plants for the 2012 Idea House. Southern … Read more