On February 18, Cherokee County Extension Agent Josh Fuder delivered a presentation entitled “Saving Seeds and Seed Libraries”. A seed library is a place where community members can get seeds for free or for a nominal fee. During his presentation, Josh focused on the benefits of saving and sharing seeds that can promote plant life abundance within our communities. His talk focused on vegetable seeds; however, he stated his remarks generally applied to all seeds. Josh shared that seeds are our history. As an example of how seeds can evolve, Josh stated that the original ear of corn was the size of our thumb. Corn has grown in size due to seed breeding. What are the advantages of seed sharing? Josh offers these advantages: saves money; promotes experimentation; adapts to location; promotes continued propagation; and encourages personal connections with family, friends and other gardeners Seed sharing is also just plain fun! Many thanks to…
Category: Meetings
January 2019 Monthly Meeting
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:
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: