Lecture Series with North Texas Artists and Master Gardeners
Garden Muse
FREE
Thursday, October 3, 2024 | 7:00-9:00 PM
Bath House Cultural Center | Lake Level
521 E. Lawther Dr. Dallas, TX 75218
Featuring:
Corasonora, Rosalía Salazar, “Flower Pounding on Fabric Activity”
Dallas County Master Gardener, Janet D. Smith, “Native Plant Gardening”
Rosalía Salazar
By merging a variety of alternative photographic processes with her fascination for botanical elements, Rosalía produces pieces that highlight the delicate beauty of the plant world. She blends her passion for gardening with her artistic practice to create compositions that celebrate the tactile connection between her hands and her materials. She hopes her art inspires viewers to see nature through a fresh lens.
Janet is a recovering plantaholic who considers the Master Gardener, Master Naturalist and native plant training as her 12-step program. She specializes in creating attractive landscapes that conserve natural resources and money; are good for the local ecology; and attract bees, butterflies, and birds. She loves helping others discover the thrill of having their own nature channel out their windows.
Janet’s love of gardening didn’t start until after she took early retirement and decided to spruce up her dismal landscape. The next year she took the Master Gardening training and learned how to actually grow and care for plants. She embraced the concept of WaterWise Earth-Kind Gardening in her landscape and as a speaker. A few years later she became a Master Naturalist and joined the Native Plant Society of Texas where she coordinated their very active Native Landscape Certification Program.
CERTIFICATIONS TEXAS MASTER GARDENER, Dallas County 2005 White Rock Demonstration Gardens, DCMG – Project Coordinator, 2006-present National Earth-Kind Certification 2007 Rainwater Harvesting Certification 2008 North Texas Master Naturalist, 2011 Native Plant Society of Texas, Level 4 Certification, 2021
RECOGNITION & AWARDS for volunteer work: Lifetime Achievement Award from President Obama Over 6000 hours of Master Gardener service Dallas County Master Gardener Speaker of the Year, 2008 and 2023 Texas Master Gardener Volunteer of the Year, 2010 Over 1500 hours of Master Naturalist service
EDUCATION BA in Russian and Spanish, University of Arizona Happily retired from a long career in information technology
