August — John Magyar, owner of Universal Aquatics, was our guest speaker at our August 15^th meeting.  John’s presentation of “All Things Water Features” from fountains to waterfalls to koi and goldfish ponds, exploring different designs for your backyard was extremely informative. The water features they’ve built are beautiful and they inspired ideas for our own yards!

John has worked in the water feature industry for 25 years. Universal Aquatics specializes in backyard water feature installation, repair and maintenance. This includes installing or repairing koi ponds, waterfalls, water fountains, pondless waterfalls and more.  For further information you can contact John through their website at Universal Aquatics.

We had some outstanding photos shown at our annual Photo Contest. Our gardeners are wonderful photographers.  Eric Bowles, a well known photography judge, returned as our contest judge.  He has been trained in judging photos by Professional Photographers of America, and judges both digital and print competitions for a variety of groups, galleries and museums.  For more information about Eric, visit his website at www.bowlesimages.com. Eric is also an active gardener so makes a perfect match as our contest judge. Follow this link to our Photo Gallery to see the entries.

MAY — Rose Guerra, a naturalist/environmental educator, was our guest speaker for our May 16th meeting at Bethesda Senior Center sharing her knowledge regarding Dragonflies and their Habitat. Rose gave us a lighthearted introduction to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia, their beauty and contributions to our environment. 

Rose currently contracts with several environmental organizations, including Atlanta Audubon Society, Dunwoody Nature Center, Blue Heron Nature Preserve, City of Sandy Springs Rec/Parks, Chattahoochee Nature Center to share her knowledge of many species in Georgia.