Advance tickets @ $15 were available from an GCMGA member through May 17th. Tickets are $20 the day of the tour, available at any Garden except McDaniel Farms. Gwinnett County Master Gardener Association 2013 TOUR OF GARDENS May 18, 2013, 10AM to 5PM Our featured gardens include five certified National Wildlife Habitats, sun and shade gardens, a nature center and a circa 1930’s farm. This year we are showcasing a total of twelve gardens in our county: five private gardens and one grant project in the Duluth/Norcross area and five private gardens and one grant project in the Grayson/Snellville area. An overview of each tour garden follows. The fully detailed features of each garden can be read here. We look forward to having you visit our outstanding gardens! NORTH AREA OF GWINNETT COUNTY McDaniel Farm Park, Duluth, GA GCMGA works with Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation and the Environmental Heritage…
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2012 Garden Tour Information
2012 Garden Tour & Plant Sale Gwinnett County Master Gardeners Saturday, May 19, 2012 – 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Proceeds from the garden tour and plant sale benefit the community projects of the Gwinnett Master Gardeners. Master Gardeners will be available at each site to answer your questions and handle ticket. Plants will be available for purchase at one of the gardens. The location will be announced closer to tour day. Please check our website for the location. General Information: Tickets may be purchased on the day of the tour at any of the three private gardens. Tickets purchased on tour day are $20. Tickets will not be available at Harvest Farm or Parsons Elementary School. Please check our website before you begin the tour for any new garden tour information or possible changes. No strollers in the gardens. Parents must hold their children’s hands. No pets are…
Garden Tour feedback
2011 Gwinnett Master Gardener Garden Tour By Susan Varlamoff, garden host By foot and by car pool, family, neighbors, friends, fellow Master Gardeners, and the general public found their way to my Lilburn garden and that of my neighbor’s for the Gwinnett County Master Gardener’s Garden Tour on May 21. Approximately 100 people, ages 4 years old to 80-something, wound their way around my planet friendly landscape. They paused first to admire the front yard koi pond outfitted with biological filter built 20 years ago by my three sons and my husband. The most frequently asked question – how do you prevent the great blue heron from dining on the fish?? Answer – We can’t. Note the absence of small and medium size fish. Visitors next circled the front perennial beds that include an herb garden that attracts beneficial insects to keep the pests under control. Then they descended stone…