Bored with old-fashioned varieties and heirloom plants, Road Trips Gardeners? If you’re passing through northeastern Georgia at the end of the month, consider stopping by Hills & Dales Estate, 1916 Hills and Dales Drive, LaGrange, Georgia (map).

Norman Winter, director of the Columbus Botanical Garden, will share “all the hot new trends” during a 10 a.m. workshop March 23, 2013, as well as recommend companion plants for the newcomers.

After the program, he’ll sign his books: Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South, Captivating Combinations and Paradise Found.

Cost is $30 person, and you’ll drive away with one of the recommended plants.

(Photo courtesy of Hills & Dales Estate)