Sierra Treasures

A slide talk sponsored by the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, "Botanical Treasures From the Sierra Madre Oriental," will take place at the Bridgehampton Community House on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

John G. Fairey and Carl M. Schoenfeld, nurserymen from Texas, will narrate the show. Mr. Fairey and Mr. Schoenfeld have led over 60 expeditions into remote regions in northeast Mexico to collect seed and plants for testing and distribution in the United States, Europe, and Korea - work for which they received the American Horticultural Society's 1996 Commercial Award. In 1990, they provided the National Cancer Institute with a specimen of Taxus globosa to be used in a research project.

The discussion of unusual plants, many of which are hardy north of Texas, is free to Horticultural Alliance members; nonmembers are asked for a $5 contribution. Refreshments will be served

Garden Club

Another organization for green thumbs, The Olde Towne Garden Club, will meet on Monday at noon at the First Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Southampton. A lunch, prepared by Catherine Cary, Dee DeNiff, Charlotte Gleason, Mary Maran, Diana Seuringer, and Pat Bauer, will be served before the installation of new officers.

Also at the meeting, the club historian, Ann Lingwood, will narrate a slide presentation called "Out With the Old, In With the New."