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:
George Nash’s Weed and Feed
It was a great Saturday morning at George and Jeannine Nash’s home volunteering for a Weed and Feed. We got almost everything on George’s wish list done! We trimmed the many hydrangeas, fertilized, weeded, cleaned the rocks around the pond and tidied up both front and back. Master Gardeners who participated were Aida Rosa Galarza, Beth Powell, Karen DePew, Shirley Bohm, Jackie Kujawa, Suzanne Franklin, Bonnie Smolinski and Becky Wolary. 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: