GCMGA members have maintained the landscape immediately around Bethesda Senior Center as well the Butterfly Garden at the rear of the building for many years and have updated the plantings each year. This year, leadership is under Tricia Moakler with many regulars coming each month. Suzanne Franklin sparked the addition of cosmos seed in the Butterfly Garden and this year they took over in glorious yellow. Related Images:
Author: Becky Wolary
Gwinnett County Master Gardener - Class of 2010
Asian Garden Walk at Vines Park
The Vines Volunteers are a dedicated group composed of mostly GCMGA members who work at the park every Tuesday. On Saturday morning, August 8th, 2015, the group hosted their quarterly event with a public walk through the Asian Gardens led by Jeff Hicks and Dick Kennedy. Dick talked about the history of Asian gardening and both guys explained the architecture and planning of the garden with it’s many different plants. Visitors enjoyed the variety of Japanese maples, the pond, rocks and moss and learned about the other plants within this garden in Vines. Many visitors stayed to stroll through the entire Vines Park. Related Images:
August 2015 Monthly Meeting
Gwinnett County Master Gardener Association’s August meeting featured Sheri Dorn, an, Extension Horticulturist and State Master Gardener Coordinator at the University of Georgia in Griffin. She has served as an Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent in Roanoke, VA and managed a family retail nursery and landscaping business with her husband. Sheri chose “Color in the Garden” for her topic last night showing over 100 pictures to demonstrate sources of color for our gardens. She highlighted bloom, foliage, and bark with a plant list illustrating her suggestions and also presented the plants by seasonal colors. Our members enjoyed the talk and obtained many ideas. Related Images: