Advance tickets @ $15 were available from an GCMGA member through May 17th. Tickets are $20 the day of the tour, available at any Garden except McDaniel Farms. Gwinnett County Master Gardener Association 2013 TOUR OF GARDENS May 18, 2013, 10AM to 5PM Our featured gardens include five certified National Wildlife Habitats, sun and shade gardens, a nature center and a circa 1930’s farm. This year we are showcasing a total of twelve gardens in our county: five private gardens and one grant project in the Duluth/Norcross area and five private gardens and one grant project in the Grayson/Snellville area. An overview of each tour garden follows. The fully detailed features of each garden can be read here. We look forward to having you visit our outstanding gardens! NORTH AREA OF GWINNETT COUNTY McDaniel Farm Park, Duluth, GA GCMGA works with Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation and the Environmental Heritage…
“Trash to Treasures Yard Art” Workshop – April 29, 2013
Gwinnett Master Gardener Terri Erwin and her husband Allen graciously offered their home, garden, and expertise to show us some ways to create yard art while helping the environment by recycling. To start the workshop we enjoyed a tour of Terri and Allen’s amazing garden to see examples of recycling and get ideas. We were wowed by arbors and hand rails made with tree roots from downed trees, concrete from a broken driveway stained to look like natural stones (fooled us), refurbished furniture that had been discarded by someone who could not see it’s potential, and the list goes on and on! After getting our creative jump start, we put our hands to work to design our own unique stepping stone. Using cake pans, flower pots, water trays and concrete mix we set the forms for our project. After a brief setting period for the concrete, we became artists in…
Cox Arboretum and Gardens Field Trip – April 23, 2013
The Cox Arboretum and Gardens is a private estate located in Canton, Georgia. Numbering over 4,000 living specimens, the plantings display one of the largest private collections of temperate flora in the United States. The property is also bounded by several large wetland habitats where many migratory and native fowl make their home. It is situated on 13 acres in the middle of an old-growth southern deciduous hardwood forest, containing many large Oaks, Hickory, Poplar and Sweetgum—some of which are over 100 years old. We were led on a tour of the gardens by owner and garden creator Tom Cox. Tom served as a national president of the American Conifer Society and he now travels the world in search of conifers that might be adaptable to the Southeastern United States. Along with Dr. John Ruter, he is in the process of co-authoring a first-ever book on conifers for the South. The opportunity to experience…