{"id":2368478,"date":"2026-04-11T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2368478"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:22:10","slug":"georgia-gardening-guru-and-southern-gentleman-walter-reeves-dies-at-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/georgia-gardening-guru-and-southern-gentleman-walter-reeves-dies-at-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia gardening guru and \u2018Southern gentleman\u2019 Walter Reeves dies at 74"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Walter Reeves, a garden columnist with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1986, has died from Parkinson\u2019s disease at age 74. (Courtesy of Sarah Esther 2011)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Georgia gardening expert Walter Reeves, who spread his gospel on WSB radio and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution over a span of decades, died from Parkinson\u2019s disease at age 74 on Friday. <\/p>\n

WSB radio, which aired his Saturday morning garden show from 1994 to 2020, officially announced his death.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Radio personalities once had black and white publicity photos; these depict Walter Reeves during his time at WGST (1986 to 1993) and WSB (1994-2020). (Courtesy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2001, Walter Reeves co-authored a book with Erica Glasener called \u201cGeorgia Gardener\u2019s Guide.\u201d (Courtesy of Thomas Nelson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Walter Reeves made frequent trips around Georgia to talk about gardening. The authority on gardening in the South loved doing live shows and meeting his fans. (Courtesy of walterreeves.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Walter Reeves stands in his own Atlanta garden \u2014 which features rare woodland ferns, persimmons, camellias, vegetables, fruit trees, berries and a respectable collection of perennials. (Courtesy of Erica Glasener 2018)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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