MG Snippets 10/08/10

COWETA COUNTY MASTER GARDENER PLANT SALE Saturday, October 9, 2010 (Rain or Shine) 1:00- 4:00 PM Greenhouse at the County Fairgrounds 255 Pine Road, Newnan, Ga 30263 We have a limited selection of beautiful ornamental shrubs and perennials -- perfect for fall planting. Located behind the County Extension Office and next to the Horse Arena. Look for the Plant Sale signs Great plants at great prices - Checks or cash accepted. For additional Information, please contact the County Extension Office at 770-254-2620

GRIFFIN: SCARECROWS IN THE GARDEN at the UGA Research and Education garden. Visit the garden and the scarecrows weekdays 8 am-4:30 pm and Sundays 1-4 pm October 11th through October 24^th. Don’t miss the Scarecrow Celebration Sunday, Oct 24^th 1-4pm. You can get the latest RE Garden event information at http://www.facebook.com/REGARDENEVENTS

ATLANTA: “LUNCH LINE” MOVIE SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION There will be a free screening on of "Lunch Line" on Oct. 13 at the Midtown Atlanta Art Cinema, with organic concessions available at 6:30 p.m. Please arrive no later than 6:45 p.m. to reserve your seat. Movie starts promptly at 7 p.m. In the film, six kids from one of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago set out to fix school lunch and end up at the White House. Their unlikely journey parallels the dramatic transformation of school lunch from a weak patchwork of local anti-hunger efforts to a robust national feeding program. The film tracks key moments in school food and child nutrition from 1940s, 1960s, and 1980s to the present - revealing political twists, surprising alliances, and more common ground than people realize. Along the way, Senators, Secretaries of Agriculture, entrepreneurs, and activists from across the political spectrum add top-down perspective to a bottom-up film about the American political process, the health and welfare of its future, and the realities of feeding more than 31 million children a day. A panel discussion will follow the movie with the filmmakers and special guests from Georgia Organics, City Schools of Decatur Nutrition Director, Joe Reynolds of Love is Love Farm, and nutrition expert Diane Harris, Ph. D, MPH, CHES. The panel will be moderated by CNN's Natalie Snedden. RSVP is required, seating is limited. Please email RSVP@prcollaborative.com or call (202)339-9598 to reserve your seat.

DECATUR NATIVE PLANT BOTANICAL GARDEN LUNCH AND WILDFLOWER SERIES at Georgia Perimeter College. Just a few weeks of these left until spring. Next week is Oct 13 "Rare plants of Georgia with emphasis on Floyd County” Richard and Teresa Ware. Free native plant talks and guided garden walks. Plant Sales with Discounts: 10:00 - 2:00 Walks: 10:30 - 11:15. Talks: 11:30 - 12:30 - Please follow signs at garden to the classroom. 3251 Panthersville Road Decatur, GA Phone: 678-891-2668 http://www.gpc.edu/~decbt/

GWINNETT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FALL PLANT SALE Friday October 15 9am-4pm at the Greenhouses GTC 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 August Beauty Gardenias, Ilex glabra ‘Shamrock’, Frost Proof Gardenias, Indigofera decora, Pansies, Vitex agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’, Ferns Heucherella ‘Bridget Bloom’, Hydrangeas, Echinacea Big Sky ‘Twilight’, Golden Globe, Thuja, Amsonia hubrechtii. Remember if you plant to go to the Vince Dooley book signing on campus at 10 am that day, it’s free but you must register at https://aceweb.gwinnetttech.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?~~112SEM2001

GWINNETT MASTER GARDENERS MEETING Want to learn how to be a better environmental steward and also how to get a reduction on your water bill? Come and hear a very informative Stormwater program at the Gwinnett County Master Gardeners meeting on Monday, October 18th. We will have a covered dish dinner at 6:30. If you would like to eat with us, please bring a dish to share. Otherwise, come and learn about using rain barrels, rain gardens, etc. at 7:00 p.m. We meet at the Gwinnett Sr. Center at 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville off of Ronald Reagan Parkway.

ATLANTA OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SYMPOSIUM Georgia’s 14^th Annual Outdoor Classroom Symposium Friday November 5 at Zoo Atlanta. The theme of "Get Outdoors! Teaching Locally, Connecting Globally" will feature hands-on sessions on how to create outdoor teaching spaces, how to how to teach outdoors, and how to use local resources to make connections to the larger world. New this year, three speakers will give presentations in Zoo Atlanta’s auditorium: Daron Joffe AKA "Farmer D" of Farmer D Organics, Jerry Hightower, Outdoor Educator Extraordinaire from the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Dr. Joe Mendelson, Curator of Herpetology at Zoo Atlanta. Other highlights will include "make and take" classes, informative exhibits prepared by program providers and outdoor classroom experts, presentation of the Outdoor Classroom Service Award, and endless opportunities for networking and inspiration! Complete Details/Registration: http://eealliance.org/net/content/go.aspx?s=60146.0.0.7182

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE Fred Dyer, editor of the Georgia Master Gardener Association, Inc. newsletter, The Scoop, reminds you that October 15th is the normal deadline for inputs for the Winter issue of the SCOOP. If you have anything for him, please send it along soon. You may send those items along to Fred at fbdyer@windstream.net And, speaking of GMGA, if you have questions about your membership, please contact the GMGA membership chair Carole Teja at membership4gmga@gmail.com Dues are $15 annually and paid-up members have access to The Scoop Newsletter online and receive notification when a new issue is available for viewing.

Kudos to the Troup County Master Gardeners and GMGA for a terrific conference last weekend! Rome and Floyd County Master Gardeners are up next so make plans to attend another great weekend April 29 & 30, 2011.

MG LOGO Please remember that the Georgia Master Gardener Program logo is trademarked by the USG Board of Regents and permission to use must be granted by the University of Georgia through its Division of External Affairs. While this mostly pertains to use on merchandise, and similar uses, it also includes personal use on social networking sites, blogs. etc. Ms. Mary Beth Crumley in the External Affairs Service Office at 706-542-4583 can assist with any questions. http://www.externalaffairs.uga.edu/policies/nodes/view/203/Logos-and-Trademarks

YOUR SOUTHERN GARDEN WITH WALTER REEVES is on the GeorgiaPublic Broadcasting schedule this week for Saturday at 12:30 and 6:30 pm.