SFA Gardens’ March Lecture to Feature Plant Sale Preview


Jordan Cunningham, Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens greenhouse and nursery manager, will present “Plant Sale Preview: Plants You Shouldn’t Live Without.” SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. March 14 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

February 21, 2024 - Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. March 14, 2024 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St.

Jordan Cunningham, SFA Gardens greenhouse and nursery manager, will present “Plant Sale Preview: Plants You Shouldn’t Live Without.”

Cunningham received a Bachelor of Science in horticulture from SFA in 2015. While attending the university, she was employed as a student worker with SFA Gardens and participated in internships with Moore Farms Botanical Garden in Lake City, South Carolina, and with Disney Horticulture in Orlando, Florida. After earning her degree, Cunningham worked as a garden supervisor at the Dallas Arboretum before returning to Nacogdoches.

Cunningham joined SFA Gardens full time in 2017 as the greenhouse technician, training under former research associate Dawn Stover. In 2022, she became the gardens greenhouse and nursery manager, with main responsibilities including supervising staff members, volunteers and student assistants to maintain the greenhouse and nursery areas. She oversees the planning and production of plants that go through the garden's facilities, those used in research and the thousands sold at SFA Gardens’ popular biannual plant sales.

The Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series is held the second Thursday of each month and includes a rare plant raffle after the program. The lecture is free and open to the public, but donations to the lecture series fund are always appreciated.

Parking is available at the PNPC, 2900 Raguet St., or Raguet Elementary School, 2708 Raguet St.

For more information, email sfagardens@sfasu.edu.