August Reflections in the Garden
Topic: Photography in the Garden
Photography and gardens are a natural fit due to the variety of subjects, types of light, patterns and color palettes available. No matter the season, there is always something to photograph in the natural world. Today we will share my tips for how to capture beautiful images in public gardens as well as in our own backyards.
Speaker: David Humphreys
About the Speaker:
David Humphreys has been a professional artist/ photographer for 50 years. Before becoming interested in photography, David pursued a career as a professional singer and worked in numerous genres of music. Starting out with a 35 mm camera, David's first photography was for beauty salons and models. David now works in all photographic formats, including 35 mm, 2-1/4, 4x5, 8x10, and high-end digital. Over the past 41 years, he has photographed people, products, architecture, fine art and food for clients all over the world. His craft has taken him to Japan, Jamaica, Europe, Mexico, and all over the United States. His fine art work has been collected by patrons internationally and he is the recipient of many awards (the PDN/Nikon award, the Pete Goldsby Award, for outstanding contributions to the advertising community, the Community Hall of Fame Award, presented by the LSU Graphic Design Department, for contributions to the advancement of education in advertising, photography and graphic design, and the Communication Arts award of excellence for photography. David has also won numerous local and regional ADDY® awards for photography and art direction). He is the recipient of a 2009 national ADDY award for photography. He has studied fine art printing with Graham Nash and Nash Editions and applied photography with Douglas Kirkland at Apple Market Center in New York. David has been represented by Griffith Menard Gallery, Cason Gallery, Mario Villa Gallery and Ann Connelly Fine Art.
Event Details: August 4, 2025 from 12 pm to 1 pm at the Ione Burden Conference Center (4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809)
Reflections in the Garden is a monthly "lunch and learn" series presented by the Friends of LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens. The lectures are generally held on the first Monday of the month at noon at the Botanic Gardens.
Reflections in the Garden is live-streamed to members of the Friends of the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens through Microsoft Teams. In-person attendance is open to both members and nonmembers with registration.
September Reflections in the Garden
Topic: Container/ Small Gardens
The average American yard has shrunk by 40% since the 1980's. This can make gardening challenging! Even small spaces can be beautiful and productive. Learn how to make the most of your space by utilizing container gardening and other methods. We'll look at vegetable and herb gardening, ornamentals, and fruit trees.
Speaker: Anna Timmerman, Assistant Extension Agent
Anna Timmerman is an LSU AgCenter Horticulture Agent stationed in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes. From 1999-2006 Timmerman focused on growing cut flowers, nursery stock and market vegetables in West Michigan for sales to local chefs and at two farmer's markets on the fourth-generation family farm. From 2008-2012 she worked in Chicago, Illinois providing custom vegetable, microgreen, and edible flower production services on urban properties and rooftops owned by several Michelin-ranked chefs. From 2012-2017, Timmerman owned and managed a landscaping company in New Orleans, focused on edible gardening, historic garden restoration, urban agriculture, and stormwater mitigation plantings using native species. Timmerman recently completed a Master’s thesis on containerized citrus at LSU and plans to pursue her PhD in Horticulture while running the new Louisiana Citrus Center of Excellence as a research farm in Violet, Louisiana in partnership with the Meraux Foundation. She lives and gardens in the Upper 9th Ward of New Orleans.
Event Details: September 8, 2025 from 12 pm to 1 pm at the Ione Burden Conference Center (4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809)
October Reflections in the Garden
Topic: Tales from the Wild
Tales from the Wild - Janie Braud, Louisiana Master Naturalist since 2016, will introduce you to a few of our members that have found a special niche in "wild" Louisiana. Nature nerds at heart - we love learning about frogs, mushrooms, bats, bees, plants, birds, and more. During this presentation, you will hear from ordinary people that have discovered extraordinary things. LMNGBR has a TOP 20 International ranking of species documented for the 2024 City Nature Challenge.
Speaker: Janie Braud, Master Naturalists
Janie has been an active participant in Burden activities since the Project Learning Tree Trees and Trails was first established (guessing 15 years ago) - representing East Baton Rouge Parish Schools as a Science Curriculum Specialist. Prior to that, she taught biology and environmental science at Tara High School for 27 years. Upon retiring, Janie was part of the volunteer group that hosted school field trips on the trails. Currently she is serving on the Board of the Friends of Burden. As a Master Naturalist since 2016, she has served as a Board Member of local, state and national organizations. She received her Master Gardener certification during the "Covid remote -learning year" - 2020. Other organizations that she is active in include: Wild Ones of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana Native Plant Society, Louisiana Photographic Society, and her church - St Luke's Episcopal. Her favorite thing to do is slow hiking in nature with her camera.
Event Details: October 6, 2025 from 12 pm to 1 pm at the Ione Burden Conference Center (4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809)
Friends of the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens is a 501(c)5 non-profit organization. 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
