Garden to Table

A fusion of food and ornamental plants will serve as the centerpiece for the 2016 Horticulture Symposium, “A showcase of Garden & Home” on Nov. 12 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
Magnolia has partnered with two other premier organizations — the Charleston Horticultural Society and the Charleston Tea Plantation — to raise awareness of the unique history and importance of horticulture and food in the Lowcountry.
Karen Lucht, Magnolia’s special events and festival coordinator, said, “This is an opportunity to highlight how the melding of European, Caribbean and African cultures has formed a unique food and garden heritage in the South Carolina Lowcountry.”
Award-winning chef and author Nathalie Dupree and Buddy Lee, inventor of Encore Azaleas, are among a dozen horticulture and culinary experts who will gather at Magnolia Gardens from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Dupree will demonstrate the “Art of Southern Cooking” by making pork tenderloin with muscadine jam. Dupree is the author of fourteen cookbooks, which have sold more than half a million copies. She also has hosted more than three hundred national and international cooking shows.
Lee will lead a colorful tour of the Encore Azaleas varieties and provide care and planting tips that will ensure beautiful blooms in spring, summer and fall.
The Horticulture Society will conduct a plant sale. The event will also feature exhibitors of locally grown produce to bring the “garden to table” for a healthier lifestyle.
Admission to the plant sale and produce sale is free. Attendance to the Horticulture Symposium requires basic garden admission to Magnolia. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for children 6-12 years old. Children five and under are free. Tickets may be purchased at the gate. 
Visit the symposium website at www.magnoliaplantation.com/horticulture/ for more information about the speakers, topics and event schedule.