Author & gardener Shelley S. Cramm loves to refresh hearts with gentle graces of gardening metaphors planted throughout God’s Word. She wrote My Father is the Gardener based on John 15, created www.GardeninDelight.com with current gardening information, and speaks enthusiastically to garden clubs and faith groups about Biblical plants, connecting garden to table to Scripture to life. Join us for a lively lunch hour via Zoom drawing you deeper into gardening glimpses in the Book of John Free online event – register via Zoom here: Alive at Last Lunch & Learn

Join author & gardener Shelley S. Cramm as she leads the weekly staff devotions for Blue Letter Bible via Zoom. Shelley is a longtime friend of this 30 year old ministry, one of the first to create an online Bible available to all. Its resources including handy access to original Hebrew and Greek languages make studying the plants of the Bible all the more enriching and intriguing. See for yourself: Find figs, ponder pomegranates, or wonder about wormwood. Free event – email to request the meeting link: shelleycramm@gardenindelight.com  

This is where the green industry’s storytellers, marketers, publishers, and brand leaders come together — not just to learn, but to connect deeply with the people, plants, and ideas that are actively shaping horticulture’s future. The GardenComm Conference at Farwest 2026 is your all-access week in Portland: two days inside one of the country’s most influential trade shows, two days of exclusive behind-the-scenes garden and nursery tours, and an awards dinner that celebrates the best in garden communications.

Shelley S. Cramm has prepared a program for Tarrant County Master Gardeners to inspire with details and delightful stories on some of the plants of the Bible that thrive in the north Texas area. Drawing from her recent book, My Father is the Gardener, published by BRIT Press at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and Fort Worth Botanic Garden, as well as years of research and devotional writing, Shelley will reveal horticultural subtleties as hidden treasures in the Scripture, showing the Bible to be the world’s oldest gardening book! copies of My Father is the Gardener will be available for …