Our Home Away From Home for the Next Three Months Beginning July 18th and continuing through September, Gwinnett County’s George Pierce Park Senior Center will be our meeting home away from home while the building at Bethesda is being renovated. Located at 55 Buford Highway in Suwanee, the park contains large areas of wetlands, but is primarily known for its many recreation and athletic facilities. The park houses a playground, five soccer fields, a football field, seven youth baseball/softball fields, two adult softball fields, concession/restroom building, three pavilions, a paved walking trail, and a mulch footpath and, of course, the Senior Center. When you enter the park, the Senior Center will be the only building you will see. Drive about 150 yards and you will see the sign on your left. This is a beautiful building and it will give you an idea of what our Bethesda Senior Center might…
Category: Meetings
March 2011 Meeting
Our March 21st meeting featured Dawn Hines, a DeKalb Master Gardener who talked on “Trees for Our lives; Small Native Trees for the Landscape”. At this month’s meeting we collected for the Snellville and Loganville Co-op’s, canned fruits and jellies only. This was their request when MG, Shirley Cook inquired about what they are short in receiving from the public as donations. Ms. Shirley accepting and delivering what we bring in to the Co-op’s.
January 2011 Meeting – Douglas Ruhren on Camellias
Monday, January 17, 6:30p. The year’s first meeting was well attended and received. Seventy-five members, friends and guests attended Gwinnett Master Gardeners’ (GMG) kickoff meeting for 2011. Newly installed officers Anne Heath (president) and Hilary Wilson (VP) were smooth and seamless in handling the business of GMG. Alice Verner and her new hospitality committee handled the “soup and sandwiches” theme with aplomb. Programming. There was a special recognition at the front end of the program. This was an award for work on the outdoor classroom at the Monarch School on Main Street in Duluth. Dr.Barbara Martin, Monarch principal, attended the meeting long enough to present the GMGs a plaque. Shannon Pable has designed and organized the garden area at Monarch, and supervises its ongoing maintenance. She accepted the award on behalf of “Gwinnett Master Gardeners” involved in this labor of love over the past several years. Aaron Tulin, GMG’s new webmaster, introduced the newly redesigned GMG website. He…