MG Snippets 9/16/10

ATLANTA KOI Club Annual Koi and Goldfish Show this weekend. Beautiful koi and goldfish are judged to see who will become this year's Grand Champions! Additionally, enjoy a little shopping! Participating vendors will have live koi and goldfish, as well as Yard Art, t-shirts, plants, jewelry and more. Come by to learn more about the Hobby of Keeping Koi. Best of all, there is no charge for admission! Location: Coastal Pond Supply 2101 Tucker Industrial Road Tucker, GA 30083 800-782-6179 Show Hours: 9/18– Saturday 9am-5pm 9/19 – Sunday 9am-2pm (10a-12p Judges Discuss Koi)

http://www.atlantakoiclub.org/Nishikgoi%20Shows/2010/2010.htm

ROCKDALE COUNTY: Fifth Annual Master Gardener Plant Sale and Festival. Saturday, September 25th

10:00 AM-4:00 PM. 1400 Parker Road, Conyers GA. Free Family Fun and Gardening Advice Join us for Plant Bargains, Free Gardening Advice and Materials, Cooking Demo “Fall Cuisine- Cooking with Fresh Fall Garden Produce,” at 10:45am with our Celebrated Chef Alain of Seven Gables Restaurant. Children’s Activities - face painting, crafts, clowns, etc. , Chick-Fil-A and other food for the hungry gardener ,Vendors - nature crafts, tools, landscaping items, specialty plants, etc., Chinese Auction - great items!, Nature Gift Shop. Guest Speakers on Horticulture Topics 10:30-12:30

For more information, contact the Rockdale County Extension Office at 770-278-7373.

ATHENS: STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN 16th Annual Insect-ival! Saturday, September 25 9:30 am – 12:30 pm $5 per person; $20 max/family; children under 2 years are free. Visitor Center. Join Garden staff and volunteers for this creepy, crawly, and definitely fun Family Festival. Discovery stations, roach and beetle races, puppet shows and of course, lots of live insects, will also highlight this year’s event! Children can complete a series of discovery station activities to receive a special insect prize. At 11am we will host our 4th butterfly release on the lawn of the International Garden. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to view dozens of native butterflies flap their wings above your head! The Insect-ival is sponsored the Garden, the UGA Lund Club, the UGA Department of Entomology, and the Georgia Museum of Natural History. Supporting sponsor: Jackson EMC Project Roundup. Pre-registration is not required http://uga.edu/botgarden/

ATLANTA Cobb Galleria Centre: Fall Atlanta Home Show September 24-26, 2010. Scheduled garden speakers at the show are Joe Washington, Todd Goulding, Farmer D, & Live Broadcast of the 750 WSB Lawn & Garden Show. General Admission is $10. Senior Citizens 65+ with valid ID FREE. Free Parking http://www.atlantahomeshow.com

ATLANTA: Fall Native Plant Sale at Chattahoochee Nature Center. Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16 from 9am-5pm. Location-Chattahoochee Nature Center Greenhouse at the top of the hill 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell, GA 30075. Trees and shrubs with outstanding fall color including native azaleas, American beautyberries, Winterberry hollies, Serviceberries, and more! Late-season blooming perennials for fall garden color including Georgia Asters, Black-Eyed Susans, Sages, and Goldenrods. Evergreens for beautiful winter focal points and privacy screens. Groundcovers such as gingers, native grasses, and ferns. http://www.chattnaturecenter.org/

COLUMBUS: GARDEN GALA LUNCHEON The Columbus Botanical Garden in Columbus, Georgia will hold its 2010 Garden Gala luncheon on Wednesday, October 20 at Green Island Country Club. This year’s exciting and unique format will feature Remco Van Vliet , Metropolitan Museum floral designer, demonstrating his beautiful creations followed by a delicious, festive luncheon. After lunch, Mr. Van Vliet will conduct a workshop for 25 people at the Columbus Botanical Garden in the Adam’s Farm House. Here, he will instruct lucky participants in the fine art of floral arranging. All proceeds go to the Columbus Botanical Garden and its projects such as: building a Children’s Garden on the Joann Holt Walking Trail and developing its Gin House into an excellent educational facility.The event schedule is as follows: Silent Auction 10:00 – 11:00; Demonstration 11:00 – 12:30 ; Luncheon 12:30 – 1:30 ( All held at Green Island Country Club). The Workshop ( 2:30 – 4:30) will be held at Columbus Botanical Garden. Costs of demonstration and lunch - $75.00. Workshop cost – $150.Tickets go on sale September 21 and will be on a “first come first serve basis”. http://www.columbusbotanicalgarden.com/

INTERNATIONAL MASTER GARDENER SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE. The International Master Gardener Search for Excellence is the recognition program of Master Gardener volunteer work throughout the United States and Canada. Search for Excellence has seven categories in which Master Gardeners can demonstrate their outstanding contributions to their communities. All SFE applications must show that significant learning took place, whether by the Master Gardeners or the general public they were involved with.

All volunteer projects done by Master Gardeners are significant to their communities, but not all are Search for Excellence projects. The Search for Excellence is designed to recognize outstanding group projects, not an individual who does outstanding work. Deadline for SFE applications is February 1, 2011.Awards will be given out at the International Master Gardener Conference in Charleston, West Virginia October 11-14, 2011.

http://www.extension.org/pages/International_Master_Gardener_Search_for_Excellence

Your Southern Garden with Walter Reeves will not air at the usual time and place this week on the regular broadcast GPB channel. It’s back on the schedule Saturday, Sept 25 at 12:30 and 6:30. It is also on the schedule to broadcast on the GPB 8.3 channel at 5 pm Saturday.

WOW! Next Weekend Sept 25-26^th has plenty to keep you busy!

Carroll County Shade Gardening Seminar

Fall Home Show at Cobb Galleria

GNPS Native Plant Symposium

Hall County MG Fall Expo

Insectival at State Botanical Garden

Rockdale MG Plant Sale and Festival

Oct 1 &2 Georgia Master Gardener Association Fall Conference in LaGrange

In case you missed something, you can see the previous Snippets on the MG Events Blog.

http://georgiamgevents.blogspot.com/