Making a home for our fine-feathered friends was a new experience for many of us. Under the direction of Jane Burke and Aaron Tulin, our workshop hosts, and thanks to Mary Ann Hindes, Education Chair and workshop coordinator, we had the opportunity to learn many new skills. At first glance this seemed a simple process — it is a birdhouse, isn’t it? However, carefully measuring and following instructions turned out to be a challenge for the students and the instructors’ patience! Plus, most of us had never used a drill press or a miter saw. After a serious safety talk, we don our safety glasses and ear protectors and put the power equipment to work to construct our cedar birdhouses. After we completed the cutting and scored foot holds for our feathered friends to easily access their home, there was more measuring, drilling, re-measuring, and checking the fit before we could…
Author: Margaret Bergeron
Horticultural Scholarship Funds Dedicated
Horticultural education is a primary mission of the Gwinnett County Master Gardeners Association (GCMGA) through sharing our knowledge with the community and fostering advanced education. To support area horticultural students, GCMGA has established a scholarship fund at Gwinnett Technical College. Gwinnett Master Gardeners have a long-standing relationship with Gwinnett Tech in providing educational programs for our members and supporting mutual goals. GCMGA previously contributed to a memorial scholarship at Gwinnett Tech established by the family of Master Gardener Helen Dyer. The scholarship funds will be awarded for the 2013 fall semester to two qualifying students. GCMGA members will have the opportunity to meet the scholarship recipients at a GCMGA meeting next year. As a qualification requirement for the scholarship, the students will make a presentation to the organization on their horticultural career goals. GCMGA has also made a contribution to the Georgia Master Gardeners Association (GMGA) Scholarship Fund. This scholarship…
Field Trip – Ryan Gainey’s Garden – June 4, 2013
Gwinnett Master Gardeners and guests visited the garden of internationally-known, madly passionate garden enthusiast Ryan Gainey. Not only is Ryan Gainey a gardener, but also a poet, raconteur, philosopher, mentor, visionary, designer, and showman all in one. Upon moving to Atlanta, he began to nurture his own piece of land, a two-acre garden in Decatur, Georgia which has been featured in every major gardening publication in the United States and abroad. Visiting this paradise is a highlight each year for the thousands who partake of the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Gardens for Connoisseurs tour. His garden has been a featured stop for 20 years. As with all of our gardens, this garden reflects the personality of the owner. It is stimulating, thought-provoking, exuberant, creative, romantic, whimsical, embracing …. but in reality mere words are inadequate to describe this unusual garden. After exploring the many garden rooms, through twists and turns and…