HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC1988-003 Birnam Wood NUrseries BrochureAllen Smith is a
y native Arkansan with
family ties in Middle
Tennessee, an area
traditionally regarded
as the nursery capital
of the South, where
for four generations his family has pur-
sued the cultivation of field grown orna-
mentals. Since graduating from Hendrix
College with a degree in Biology in 1983
he has become a principle partner in
Bimam Wood Nurseries in Little Rock.
In 1985 he attended the University of
Manchester, Manchester, England un-
der the auspices of a Rotary Foundation
Scholarship. While in Manchester he
studied in the Department of Town and
Country Planning, Division of Land-
scape Design, toward a Master of Phi-
losophy in a landscape topic. In addition
to visiting over seventy-five British gar-
dens and Country houses he became a
Certified Fellow of the Royal Horticul-
tural Society and a member of the Gar-
den. History Society of Great Britain. He
has written for Horticultural Week, a
British publication, and is currently ex-
changing plants and seeds with British
gardeners and the Royal Horticultural
Society. As a southerner he is sPecifi-
caU.y interested in the uniqueness and.
special needs of the Southern garden
both past and present and is a member of
the Southern Garden History Society.
Birnam Wood
Nurseries
recognizes that one of its respon-
sibilities is to offer reliable infor-
mation to'a public who is becom-
ing increasingly aware of the sat-
isfaction that quality landscape
gardening can bring.
In this spirit, Allen Smith is
eager to share his knowledge, ex-
perience and enthusiasm in this
field with interested individuals
and groups.
He may be reached at Birnam.
Wood Nurseries, LTD.
BY NAM WOOD
GARDEN DESIGNERS - PLANTSMEN. LTD.
7901 Stagecoach Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
501-455-2962