The 30th annual Gardening in the Northern Neck Seminar will be held on April 13 at Lancaster Elementary School, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock. This year’s theme is “Creating Outdoor Spaces—Defining your Lifestyle.”

Barbara W. Ellis, horticulturist and lifelong gardener, will speak on “Fun with Plants: Creating Successful Container and Small-Space Gardens for the South.”

Are you always looking for space to put a few more plants? Join the author of “Container and Small-Space Gardening for the South” for a look at how pots and small plantings make it easy to add flowers, foliage or tasty edibles throughout your property, Ellis will take participants on a tour through the creative and practical aspects of planting successful containers and gardens for even the tiniest spot.

Ellis has spent a career writing about gardening, having been Publications Director at the American Horticultural Society, and editor of American Horticulturist, now The American Gardener. She was also Managin...