When it comes to ornamental trees and landscape shrubs, the idea of pruning often seems daunting. To prune or not to prune…and when? That was our topic for our lunch presentation on January 21, 2019. The guest speaker was Rick Smith, known across the Southeast as “The Pruning Guru”. Rick spoke to a packed room of avid gardeners who listened to some good advice and tips and tricks for pruning. He spoke to appropriate pruning techniques, different types of equipment that could be used and introduced winter rejuvenation. Currently serving as the Chairperson for the Georgia Certified Landscape Professional Advisory Board, Rick is certified in both Georgia and Alabama as a Certified Landscape Professional, and in 2010 served as President of MALTA (Metro Atlanta Landscape & Turf Association). ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Related Images:
Category: Meetings
January 2020 Monthly Meeting
We were pleased to have Scott McMahan, who is the Manager of International Plant Exploration at Atlanta Botanical Gardens, speak at our first program of 2020 on January 20th. Scott talked about “Plant Exploration with a Purpose” and shared his experiences on his work in India, Vietnam and China and shared information about his new evaluation nursery up in Gainesville. Related Images:
October 2018 Monthly Meeting
For our final meeting of the year hosting we welcomed Deb Duchon who spoke about “Forgotten Foods in your Yard“. Deb explained that many of the plants that are now considered “weeds” are actually tasty and nutritious foods that have been forgotten over time. She focused in on five edible “weeds” – dandelions, chickweed, acorns, sourgrass (oxalis) and wild garlic/onions. It was a truly educational program which we all enjoyed. An MGEV from DeKalb County, Deb is a nutritional anthropologist and ethnobotanist, currently retired, who speaks and lectures nationally and has appeared on Food Network’s “Good Eats”. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Related Images: