May Landscaping Camp To Feature Donna Yowell And “Cut Flower Gardening”

Donna Yowell, president of the Mississippi Urban Forest Council, will inspire you to start your own garden as she speaks on “Cut Flower Gardening” at the upcoming Landscaping Camp set for May 26-28 in Oxford.

Yowell holds a Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture from Mississippi State University and has worked for over 35 years in diverse areas of natural resource management and agriculture.
Yowell began as a horticulturist and flower shop owner in Jackson, Mississippi, being the first ‘bucket shop’ selling loose stems of cut flowers to the public. She developed and owned the shop for 15 years.
She furthered her career by continuing to be active in her community, the state of Mississippi and nationally. She is known for developing, planting and maintaining the first public cut flower mini farm in Mississippi. The site was developed to provide cut flowers for Mississippi’s Governor’s Mansion and its events while serving as a demonstration site for cut flowers.
As a Master Gardener since 1989 Yowell has conducted hundreds of civic educational programs of horticulture subjects. In addition, she helped to develop a series of educational gardens in the Jackson metro area.
Furthermore, she has taught green infrastructure planning with urban forestry for over 30 years. Yowell has created and customized many projects to fit Mississippi communities and citizens. She has developed and implemented a number of environmental programs customized for Mississippi, which include Scenic Communities of Mississippi, Edible Forest, Mississippi Arboretum Trail, Storm Preparedness and Mitigation for Mississippi Communities, Urban Forest Masters, Earth Day Releaf and Rhythms, Bloom Town Mississippi, urban forest and arboretum certification, The Nature School, Mississippi Grown Cut Flower cooperative, Ribbons of Green, Mississippi Tree Registry and others.
“We’re honored and excited to have Donna Yowell among our speakers for this inaugural three-day event,” said Rosie Vassallo, director of Retirement Attraction for the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Foundation.
For more information on the Landscaping Camp, visit https://oxfordms.com/retire-in-oxford/landscaping-camp/ or contact Rosie Vassallo at 662-234-4651.

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