Gwinnett County Master Gardeners
Promoting Gardening Through Education and Volunteering
Zoom offered an wonderful presentation of all the member photos submitted for this years Photo Contest. Many thanks to our judge Jenny Burdette of http://www.jennyburdettephotography.com and to our co-chairs Lori Prosser and Ann Langley for organizing this event. Click on each slide to progress through the pictures.
This year’s plant sale was definitely different due to Covid restrictions and guidelines. A huge thank you to our members who potted plants, then figured out the how-to! Click on each picture to see how we did!
Worms in My Kitchen is Trecia Neal’s topic for our August 16th meeting. We’ll hear about the art of vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is using worms (red wigglers) to change food waste into what gardeners refer to as “black gold”. Worm castings are the best fertilizer that you can find for vegetables, perennials, shrubs, trees, and lawns. Step by step instructions will be given during this talk for how to make our own vermicomposting container and transform our food waste to black gold. Trecia, a retired biologist working at Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta for thirty years, has expertise are ornithology, environmental education, and designing outdoor classrooms and gardens.
Katy Ross, co-owner/operator of Night Song Native Plant Nursery will present Natives in the Landscape: Using native plants to promote biodiversity in urban and suburban landscapes at our July 19th meeting. Katy has many years working in the plant and nursery industry. Katy first became interested in native plants out of high school and always promoted them as a hardier, better alternative to non-natives while working in the nursery industry. She is also a Georgia Certified Plant Professional. She and her husband are working to build a more sustainable native plant nursery and educate the public about the importance native plants play in the environment.
