In case anyone is from Indy or nearby, I've been working on putting together an educational urban/small/historic gardening event for the past year now.

Diggin' Downtown is an educational urban gardening event taking place June 23 and 24 from 12 - 5 each day in the Old Northside. The purpose of the event is to promote gardening and urban living in downtown Indy while raising funds for our historic neighborhood.

We're going to have 9 lectures and 22 gardens on tour. Tickets are $10 in advance (at O'Malia's downtown) and $12 day of. Speakers and ticket booth will be at All Saints Episcopal Church at 1559 N. Central Ave.

Speakers for the event are Lynn Jenkins, Steve Mayer, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Geoff VonBurg and Mary Welch-Keesey. They will be covering the following topics:

- Ornamental Trees

- Vines

- Landscaping Historic Homes

- Woody Plants Worthy of Small Spaces

- Container Gardening

- Pruning Trees and Shrubs

- Gardening for Winter Interest

- Cut Flowers for Home and Garden

If you have any questions, let me know!