Dr. David Creech, Stephen F. Austin State University agriculture professor and director of the Mast Arboretum, will be the speaker for the first Les Reeves Lecture Series event of 2006 at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19. The lectures are free and open to the public, and a plant is given away during a raffle following each lecture.
Upcoming lectures include a presentation on camellias on Feb. 16 by Bobby Green, horticulturist from Fairhope, Ark., and a March 16 presentation on magnolias by University of Florida lecturer Gary Knox.
Lectures are held in the Agriculture Building Room 110 on Wilson Drive. For more information, call (936) 468-1832.