Go green thumb

The McFaddin-Ward House is inviting the community to hear author and gardening expert Randy Lemmon discuss regional gardening practices at a lecture scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Visitor Center Lecture Hall, 1906 Calder Ave. in Beaumont.

Lemmon is well known in Southeast Texas through his Garden Line program on KTRH radio in Houston. For over 25 years and with 1.4 million listeners, he has guided Southeast Texans on the best gardening practices for our area. Author of popular gardening books such as Gulf Coast Gardening, Golfer’s Guide to Gardening, and New Decade Gardening: A Gulf Coast Guide, Lemmon offers help to those with and without green thumbs.

Lectures are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m. Note that the date of this lecture has moved from Jan. 13 to Jan. 27.

For more information, visit mcfaddin-ward.org or call (409) 832-2134.