Author: Margaret Bergeron

Elizabeth Dean of Wilkerson Mill Garden entertained and enlightened us with her presentation on hydrangeas at our January meeting.  GCMGA members and guests followed up the presentation with a field trip to learn more and shop!  Elizabeth provided a tour and educational demonstration.  After learning more about the selections available, many of us took advantage of the opportunity to acquire a variety of hydrangeas and companion plants in order to establish them for the spring blooming season.  Elizabeth’s advice is to plant early and, although there is the possibility of a late freeze in March, it is manageable with young plants. After touring Wilkerson Mill, we traveled to Nearly Native Nursery for a picnic lunch, workshop, and tour.  Nearly Native Nursery is a specialty nursery that promotes and propagates southeastern native plants for all types of landscapes.  They offer a wide variety of native plant life that is tough, versatile,…