Pretty Posies publication principals: artists/illustrators, author and editor, left to right: Gardener, Editor, & BHS Director, Marjorie White; Illustrators, Ellen Erdreich, Sumter Coleman; Herbalist and author, Antonia Viteri; Illustrators, Gail Cosby, Louise McPhillips, and Jane Reed Ross….and Mary Virginia Rushing and her sister sampling the lavender.
Barbara Shores is presiding over the Lemon Balm and Lavender Punch that was a big hit….
Watercolors and books are for sale at the Botanical Gardens Library, $20 and $300 respectively. Thirty-four watercolors are in the exhibit. 
Gardeners (with floral hats) Eunice Gray and Marjorie White. Pretty Posies publication principals include artists/illustrators, author & editor, left to right: Marjorie White, Ellen Erdreich, Sumter Coleman, Antonia Viteri, Gail Cosby, Louise McPhillips, and Jane Reed Ross. 
Eunie Gray and Marjorie White previewing the exhibit 
Eunie Gray and Marjorie White previewing the exhibit 
The herbalist/author Antonia Viteri and her sister Esperanza 
Herbed biscuits using herbs from Grandmother’s Garden 
Barbara Shores serving Lemon Balm and Lavender Punch 
Mary Virginia Rushing and her sister sampling the lavender with Jane Reed Ross’s watercolors of the Passion Flower vine/May Pop (that they also enjoyed eating in the garden).
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