Gwinnett Master Gardener’s Virginia Schofield, Emily Eberhardt and Ruth Kail got together and created “Edgar Allen Crowe” as this year’s entry into the Atlanta Botanical Gardens “Scarecrow’s in the Garden” event, Oct 1st -30th. Virginia mentioned that he didn’t place this year but he sure is cute and someone liked him a lot because he’s the first scarecrow that you see when you enter the garden! This is a fun event for the whole family to visit at ABG. And, say ‘Hey’ to Mr. Crowe while you are there. http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/events-classes/events/scarecrows-garden Related Images:
October 2011 Monthly Meeting
The Gwinnett Master Gardener October monthly meeting took place Monday, October 17th at our temporary location at the George Pierce Park Senior Activity Center, 55 Highway 23 NE (Buford Highway), Suwanee, GA 30024 (770) 822-5414. The featured speaker for October was Linda Copeland, co-author with Allan Armitage of “Legends in the Garden: Who in the World is Nellie Stevens?” In her presentation, Ms. Copeland related the stories behind Nellie Stevens, Jane Bath, George Tabor and many others and how she accomplished the research to write the Legends book and some information that is not included. For our membership, this meeting also included a report from the 2012 Nominating Committee. A membership vote for 2012 officers and committee chairs will take place at the November meeting. Executive Committee officers nominated are: Hilary Wilson, President; Carole Teja , Vice President/Programs; Becky Wolery, Treasurer and Rosalie Tubre, Secretary Related Images:
Fall at McDaniel Farm
Our GCMG/Gwinnett Extension Project at Gwinnett County’s McDaniel Farm Park is wrapping up for 2011 as our volunteers dig into fall. Spring bulbs were added today at the main parking lot entrance. Our big fall rennovation of the Farm House foundation shrubs included the use of the park’s tractor and a lot of help from the park’s maintenance heroes, Joe and Juan. This was our first year planting sweet potatoes in the main demonstration garden plot. The potatoes were huge. Lesson learned – harvest a little sooner next year. Master Gardeners took advantage of fall being a great time to plant and move shrubs. The bushy Nandinas that had been in front of the farmhouse for years were removed with the tractor and replaced with small hollies (Ilex crenata ‘Soft Touch’). The hollies will grow 2’-3’ wide and tall. We plan to add dwarf boxwoods, one on each side of the steps to balance out the…