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Fallkner Garden
Felder Rushing visits the garden with this "Truck"  Patch on wheelsThe words of William C. Faulkner  have been read around the world.  He is considered the greatest 20th century writer.  Faulkner confined most of his work to his fictional county of Yoknapatawpha - which reflected his ’postage stamp of native soil".  His landscape reflected real people and real places .

The Faulkner Literary Garden located one block away from his birth site brings his landscape to life with the plants about which he wrote, pairedBench of Repose with quotes from his work. 

Take a virtual stroll through the Faulkner
garden at the Union County Heritage Museum:







Faulkner Garden Plant Sale & Art Event set May 8, 2010

 The annual plant sale will offer pass-along plants as well as some new varieties. The Tallahatchie Arts Council will have a presence at the event with  plein air painting as well as a sale of unique and interesting outdoor art .  Mark you calendars. 
See images from last year’s event below.

Faulkner Garden Plant SaleArtist Rebecca Browning exhibits and sells her work to benefit the garden.



                                      
Plants Galore Plant Sale offers many unusual varieties of plants
for your garden.

Felder Rushing, the Gestalt Gardener from  Mississippi Public Radio, visits the garden with this "Truck" patch on wheels.
Felder Rushing and friends





Plant Sale 2009






Faulkner Garden has a beauty in winter - in fact in all seasons.

Nandina in Snow



























Images from the Faulkner Garden When a tree dies, paint it blue!


Weddings in the Garden
Create a memorable wedding and reception  at the Faulkner Literary Garden.  What better place to forge the knot than an area steeped in uniquely southern ambiance.