GCMGA is delighted to announce that $6,000 Grants have been awarded to twelve Gwinnett County Master Gardener projects. We are pleased that seven of these projects are at schools. They are: Archer High School Garden and Garden Club, MGEV Jeff Hicks, Project Leader Community Garden @ Snellville Greenhouse, MGEV Wes Nettleton, Project Leader Lawrenceville Elementary Pollinator Garden, MGEV Susan Smith, Project Leader, Couch Middle School Garden, MGEV Richard Kennedy, Project Leader McDaniel Farm Park, MGEV Joyce Teel, Project Leader Minor Elementary School “The Good Earth”, MGEVs Kathy Hartman and Abby Lockhart, Co-Project Leaders Pinkneyville Middle School Walled Garden: Solving the Mystery, MGEV Mim Harris, Project Leader Trip Elementary School – ‘Revitalizing Trip’s Garden, MGEV James Wilson, Project Leader Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Garden, MGEV Jacquelyn Daniell, Project Leader Vines Park –…
Author: Becky Wolary
January 2019 Monthly Meeting
When it comes to ornamental trees and landscape shrubs, the idea of pruning often seems daunting. To prune or not to prune…and when? That was our topic for our lunch presentation on January 21, 2019. The guest speaker was Rick Smith, known across the Southeast as “The Pruning Guru”. Rick spoke to a packed room of avid gardeners who listened to some good advice and tips and tricks for pruning. He spoke to appropriate pruning techniques, different types of equipment that could be used and introduced winter rejuvenation. Currently serving as the Chairperson for the Georgia Certified Landscape Professional Advisory Board, Rick is certified in both Georgia and Alabama as a Certified Landscape Professional, and in 2010 served as President of MALTA (Metro Atlanta Landscape & Turf Association). ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Related Images:
Terror on the Trail 2018
The brainstorm idea from the regular Gwinnett County Master Gardener Association members who work weekly at the Vines grew into a Halloween adventure. They planned and executed Odie’s murder story with a walk and talk through the Asian Gardens that had multiple sets of spooky stuff – from the graveyard to Ptomaine Kitchen to skeletons in boats and much, much more. On October 27th, many GCMGA members with enthusiastic teen volunteers and family members worked with Gwinnett County Parks and Rec folks to provide Terror on the Trail at Vines Park in Loganville. To quote Kim Shealy of Parks and Rec: “There are many highlights of the event that need to be shared-like-one tour had the opportunity to see a volunteer go for a swim in the lake, another tour had a volunteer walk off with the grave digger, another one had a lawyer/detective in the group that gathered…