As our final speaker for this year, on October 16, we welcomed Dr. Allan Armitage to share his garden wit and wisdom. All attending enjoyed a wonderful and fun presentation with many stories of personal experiences and how many plants have their common name. Not only the author of more than 14 books, Dr. A has now written an horticulture app for mobile phones and the iPad called Armitage’s Greatest Garden Plants. He shared many of the features of the app which is like having a plant encyclopedia at your fingertips. Emeritus Professor of Horticulture at the University of Georgia, “Dr. A” started the world renowned Trial Gardens at UGA with fellow professor, Dr. Michael Dirr, in 1982. Together they changed the horticultural world and focused international attention on Georgia. Dr. Armitage holds degrees from McGill University and University of Guelph in his native Canada and from the University of…
Author: Becky Wolary
GCMGA Hosts Conference
We are proud to be the host organization for the 2017 Georgia Master Gardeners Association Annual Conference, “THE GREEN TABLE” on Saturday, October 7, 2017 The event will be held at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford as GMGA brings together master gardeners from around the state for their annual conference. The 2017 conference theme is “The Green Table” featuring Joe Lamp’l as the Keynote speaker. In addition to the conference, on Friday afternoon, October 6th, four 2-hour workshops are being held at Bogan Park, also in Buford, and are open to the public and non-conference attendees. Questions? Contact Carol Teja 2017gmga@gmail.com for more info, and to register, use the following link: http://georgiamastergardeners.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d772352fe18fad82e98f393f1&id=45cd43b554&e=5febe12a2a Related Images:
August 2017 Monthly Meeting
Our August meeting of the Gwinnett County Master Gardeners Association welcomed Gail Zorn, flower grower extraordinaire, who shared her story on becoming a farmer – the “Journey to Daybreak Flower Farm.” Gail is passionate about creating beauty from this good earth and told us how her beautiful lavender and cut flower farm in Loganville came to be. As she talked, she put together three different flower arrangements that were given away as door prizes. She gave tips on general flower arranging, color coordination and combining the different types of flowers and greenery. A very informative and wonderful program. Related Images: