Thank you for coming to our annual plant sale held on April 27th at the Lilburn Library parking lot! We want to give a shout out to all our wonderful members who put in so much time to make this herculean effort successful. We deeply appreciate everyone who played a part. Over 3000 plants were donated: that’s a lot of digging, potting, and labeling! We appreciate our generous donors. Out Friday setup was a tremendous, unified effort involving tents, tables, and plants. Saturday was a whirlwind of success. We served hundreds of Gwinnett residents and folks from other counties in six quick hours. As our customers were leaving, I heard many “thank you’s” and we’re proud we could help them select plants, not just sell them. The GCMGA plant Sale is a testament to our member’s collective strength and teamwork—each and every one who played a crucial role in this…
Category: Current Events
2024 April Meeting
Our topic for the April 15th meeting was “Backyard Habitats, Urban Coyotes and Monitoring” presented by Dr. Michael Kohl. It was highly interesting to learn about the coyote monitoring, particularly within the metro Atlanta area surrounded by I-285. He answered many question and was able to share a lot of knowledge of what’s also happening in our state. Related Images:
Hand Tools
The hand tools we all personally use and favor are many and varied. Almost all of us have some sort of hand trowel and clippers. From those two, it’s everything and the kitchen sink – from old ones to brand new and specific brands. So what’s in my gardening tool box? Too much, perhaps, but I use every one of them at one time or another in my community garden beds or on a volunteer workday during the year. Most of my favorites are old. These two are the oldest and considered antique and the small claw is great for weeding close to a plant. The triangle makes great furrows for planting seeds. My bulb planter makes a great hole for planting vegetable transplants. There’s a knife in my box too – it’s handy for harvesting broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. I have a vintage green fork and green claw. The…