Ceremony Honors Scholastic Writing Award Winners at Welty House and Garden
On Sunday, April 10, over 300 people were present on the lawn of the Eudora Welty House and garden as 139 winners of the 2016 Scholastic Writing Awards for the Mississippi Writing Region, including five national winners, were honored. They received a total of 274 awards at the ceremony. The keynote speaker was Dr. Shalanda Stanley, a […] Read more »
Tenth Anniversary of Welty House Opening Celebrated During April
Ten years ago in April, the Eudora Welty House opened to the public after two years of meticulous restoration. The ribbon cutting ceremony is seen here. To celebrate the anniversary of this historic occasion, during the week of April 9-15 there were free tours and a series of events at the House and Garden. A flier […] Read more »
Welty Southern Studies Professor Ralph Eubanks Presents Lecture at Millsaps April 7
A public lecture entitled “Mississippi, Past and Present” was delivered by W. Ralph Eubanks, Eudora Welty Professor of Southern Studies at Millsaps College, at the college’s Gertrude C. Ford Academic Center on April 7. Prof. Eubanks discussed how teaching at Millsaps has been a lesson in separating the past from the present as well as seeing connections between […] Read more »
Annual Spring Plant Sale Features Welty Garden Daylilies and Irises
A popular Spring event, the annual plant sale benefitting the Welty Garden was held Friday, April 15 from noon until 6 p.m. Featured this year were divisions of daylilies and irises from the Welty Garden. Other perennials were also available for purchase. (Photographs here are courtesy of Susan Haltom, historic Welty Garden consultant.) Download the plant sale flier here. […] Read more »