The Atlanta Track Club has awarded the Gwinnett County Master Gardeners Association $2,500 for participation in the 2012 Adopt a Marathon Mile—and, we have been invited back for 2013! A very special thanks to our Adopt a Marathon Mile volunteers! We had 44 in our cheering squad and all of our volunteers were super enthusiastic and looked great in their costumes! We had fun — and it was so rewarding to hear the thank you’s from the runners for being there to support them. If couldn’t participate in this event this year, please join us in 2013. 2012 Volunteers Karen Alexander M. J. Blackshear Suzi Caapel Judy Chesser Karen Depew Gordon Depew Alice Dunn Daniel Dunn Terri Ervin Susan Hendricks Mary Ann Hindes Greg Marldo Jo Pell Holbrook Dewey Holbrook Maggie Howze Greg Mauldin Sherry McCann Elba McCue Bob McCue Karen McGinty Jane Montgomery Scott Mullennix Teri Nallett-Carmine George Nash…
Author: Margaret Bergeron
October 2012 GCMGA Meeting – “History of Landscape Design”
Connie Cottingham, Director of Public Relations and Communications and Special Events for the Georgia State Botanical Gardens, was the guest speaker for the October meeting. Connie is a Lifetime Master Gardener, a garden writer, a garden club member and is lucky enough to spend almost every day in a botanical garden. Her writing career started almost 20 years ago and has led to over 600 newspaper garden columns for Morris News Service, the Athens Banner-Herald and Northwest Arkansas Morning News. Connie is also a columnist for Georgia Gardening and Southern Distinction magazines, and has been published in a number of magazines. Her presentation on the History of Landscape Design provided important information on the development of historical gardens and their influence on gardens of today. Related Images:
August 2012 GCMGA Meeting – “Creating a Garden for Winter Beauty”
The guest speaker for the August meeting was Arty Schronce, Director of Public Affairs for the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Arty publishes “Arty’s Garden” for the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin and a weekly Q&A column. His articles and photographs have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines, and books. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, and a lifelong gardener. Making gardens more ecologically friendly and biologically diverse is a special interest to Arty, and his garden in the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta is an oasis for wildlife. His presentation on “Creating a Garden for Winter Beauty” provided interesting ideas to make sure our gardens are beautiful during drab winter days. Related Images: