Our plant sale was held Friday the 25th of April at the Gwinnett Justice and Administrative Center in Lawrenceville. We had lots of buyers who came to see and buy our native shrubs, perennials, and vegetables. We had an “Ask a Master Gardener” table to answer all questions and many of our members were on hand to help with buyers selection and tell them how to plant their selections. Photos from the sale are posted in the Photo Gallery.
Category: Events
Make A Wreath Workshop – November 1, 2013
by Mary Ann Hindes, Master Gardener and Workshop Chair Gwinnett Master Gardener Jessica Miller offered her design expertise to show 17 Gwinnett Master Gardeners how to create wreaths using both artificial and living materials. Each participant fashioned a 14-inch wreath using artificial pine twigs, a bird’s nest, two brilliantly colored birds, and burlap ribbon. Jessica also demonstrated working with a grapevine wreath form to create a dried flower wreath and a basket wreath. Everyone was fascinated by the oasis table wreath demonstration; floral foam is attached to a plastic tray for long-lasting live centerpieces and the tray/saucer protects your table. We all went home with a charming wreath and many ideas for future projects. I’ll be rooting ivy for my live wreath this afternoon! This was the final workshop for 2013. In the past year our association has hosted two advanced master gardener trainings: Woody Landscape Plant Identification and…
Hypertufa Workshop – September 10, 2013
Gwinnett Master Gardeners are always learning new skills, and thanks to Workshop Host Carole Teja we now know how to master hypertufa. To follow our earlier birdhouse workshop, it was natural to add a birdbath to the garden for our fine-feathered friends. After selecting our favorite Colocasia leaves from Carole’s garden, we got busy mixing a formula of Portland concrete, peat moss, vermiculite, and water. We mixed the concoction in wheelbarrows until it was the perfect consistency. Then it was time to get down and dirty forming our water feature using the Colocasia leaf as our mold. We had to determine how deep we wanted the shape to hold water, then we patted it into shape, carved our signature on the bottom to identify it as our own, and covered it with plastic. What fun that was . . . more fun than making our childhood mud pies! Since we…