Our June 16, 2014 meeting featured Rani Von Württemburg. Rani is a Consulting Rosarian and came to us from the Greater Gwinnett Rose Society She joined the Rose Society in 2004 to find out why her five roses were not big and healthy. Although she has lived in Gwinnett County since 1979, Rani was born and grew up in a tropical county where there is always a current crop of flowers, fruits and vegetables. She is an avid gardener who grows many of her own herbs and vegetables and presently has about forty-five roses in her garden ranging from miniature to Hybrid Gigantea. Rani brought a variety of cut roses from her own garden and shared many tips and ideas not only about roses, but natural fertilizer and insect control ideas. Related Images:
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May 2014 General Meeting
The Gwinnett County Master Gardeners Monday, May 19, 2014 meeting featured George Sanko PhD, CEO of the Georgia Perimeter College Botanical Garden who talked to us about the garden and specifically ferns. We saw lots of great photographs of ferns, learned the different way to differentiate similar looking ferns and he answered the many questions we had. Dr. Sanko taught Botany, Biology and Plant identification. His knowledge and enthusiasm make him a dynamic speaker, teacher and plant educator. In 1990 Dr Sanko started the Georgia Perimeter Botanical Garden which contains the largest collection of native plants in Georgia. In 2003 he developed the Ferns of the World garden, which is one of the top collections of ferns in the world. For this work he was awarded the National Garden Club’s Award of Excellence. Related Images:
April 2014 General Meeting
We thoroughly enjoyed listening to Lee May at our April 21, 2014 meeting. Lee shared his thoughts on “Gardening South, Gardening North: adventures had, lessons learned from years of gardening in both regions.” Lee has written two books, Gardening Life, a collection of essays, and a memoir, In My Father’s Garden. He has also corresponded for the PBS television program The Victory Garden, and written for a number of magazines, including Southern Accents, Attache, Better Homes and Gardens, and Country Gardens. Visit his website at leemaysgardeninglife.com to follow this gardener. Related Images: