THIS IS SHARED SPACE: PLANTS AND PEOPLE

Horticulturist Lucinda Mays will present the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum’s Young Lecture Nov. 8 in Lincoln.

Mays has a long history of caring for landscapes. From hosting the Victory Garden television series in the 1990s to facing High Plains challenges like fire, snowstorms and drought at Chadron State College, her talk will focus on our reliance on plants for survival, beauty and connection.

She recognizes gardens as places that bring us together, with each other and with our surroundings, “Our best gardening endeavors are sustainable, welcoming to all and deeply connect us to our surroundings.”

Mays is the featured speaker of the 2019 Joseph and Dorothy Young Memorial Lectures in Horticulture Nov. 8 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus Hardin Hall. The ticketed lecture will be presented at 7 p.m. with a cookie reception following. Tickets are $10-15. Seating is limited; sign up at plantnebraska.org or call 402-472-2971.

The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum hosts the Young Memorial Lecture in Horticulture to honor the late Dr. Joseph Young who served the university from 1958 to 1980 as chair of the Department of Horticulture and founder and first director of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. A visionary advocate for landscape beautification, he helped establish the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, host for the lecture.