April showers bring May flowers but what else can make them grow? Anyone interested in gardening, from the greenest of thumbs to the most clueless of beginners can learn all of the ins and outs of the art as the University of Kentucky Alumni Association and Greater Louisville Club Enrichment Series presents Garden Talk for the First Timer on Thursday, Feb. 26. The event will be held in the Gheens Room of the Louisville Zoo at 6:30 p.m.

Sponsored by club corporate partner Central Bank, this festive event will jumpstart the gardening season and plant the seeds of successful planting into the heads of all attendees. The talk will include tips from experts representing the Jefferson County Extension Agent for Horticulture, the Louisville Zoo, Breaking New Grounds and Heine Brothers Coffee and feature WHAS Radio and Wave 3 Gardening Expert Cindi Sullivan.

The cost of this event is $10 per person and free for members of the UK alumni association and Louisville Zoo. Please RSVP to Tanya Jones at tanya.jones@imgworld.com or at 502-562-5728. Contributing organizations include Heine Brothers Coffee/Breaking New Grounds Worm Compost and the Louisville Zoo/Zoo Poopy Doo Rich Compost Mixture.

The UK Alumni Association is located at 400 Rose Street in Lexington, Ky. and its members directly support the University of Kentucky through scholarships, awards, student recruitment and activities and recognition of outstanding teachers. For more information, call UK on Main at (502) 562-5728 or visit the UK Alumni Web site at www.ukalumni.net.