Topics ranging from heirloom seeds to genetically engineered plants and from urban gardening to photographing wildflowers highlight the schedule for the Cornell Plantations' Fall 1996 Lecture Series.
The evening lectures are free to the public and also can be taken as a one-credit seminar course through the Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture (FOH).
Two of Plantations' annual lectures are part of the series: Judith D. Zuk, president of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, will speak on "Greening the Concrete Jungle" for the eighth annual Audrey Harkness O'Connor Lecture on Friday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall. For the 14th annual William J. Hamilton Jr. Lecture, Marco Polo Stufano, director of horticulture at Wave Hill in the Bronx, will speak on "Gardens That Inspire," Friday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium.
All other lectures are in the Whetzel Room, 404 Plant Science Building. The series starts Friday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. with "How to Be an Accomplice to Murder and Mayhem in the Garden: Ways to Enhance the Benefits of Natural Enemies" by Michael Rapp, professor of entomology at the University of Maryland.
Other topics include companion gardening, unusual shade and ornamental trees, gardening and education, and British gardens.
Information on the lecture series is available from Cornell Plantations at 255-3020. Information on the FOH seminar is available from that department at 255-1789.