MG Snippets 8-26-11

MG Snippets 8-26-11

This weekend on Your Southern Garden with Walter Reeves: Propagating camellias, repotting orchids, and sedums. YSG airs Saturdays at noon and 6:30 pm on GPB TV. http://yoursoutherngarden.com/

JONESBORO: Jonesboro Farmers Market is still open on Tuesdays from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. and Saturdays from 8:00 A.M. until Noon. As long as the local growers keep producing we will be open. Did you know that most of the Farmers Market produce is picked ripe and sold that day, you can meet the farmers who grow your food, ask when it was picked, how it was grown, and ways to prepare it? Also, Farmers Markets put more money in the farmers pockets. Commercial farmers get only a percentage of every dollar’s worth of produce sold in supermarkets. At the Farmers’ market, they get the whole dollar. Buying locally grown produce encourages regional farming. For more information call 770-473-5434 or email hortpa@uga.edu .

ATHENS: Seed Saving Class. State Botanical Garden of Georgia. September 8, 2011 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM with Amanda Tedrow, Athens Clarke County Extension Agent. Are you interested in heirloom vegetables and saving your own seeds? Many gardeners are interested in this concept but unsure which seeds or plants to buy or where to start in the garden. Join Amanda for more information on saving your seeds from year to year. Members $14.00; Non-members $16.00 http://uga.edu/botgarden/edu or 706-542-6156

ATLANTA: Georgia Native Plant Society Meeting Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:30 pm Day Hall, Atlanta Botanical Garden, at 1345 Piedmont Avenue, NE, Atlanta, GA. Mary Woehrel presents Introduction to Wild Mushrooming. Social Hour at 6:45. http://www.gnps.org

ATLANTA: Georgia Perennial Plant Association Meeting Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:30 p.m. Atlanta History Center McElreath Hall Atlanta History Center. Linda Askey presents "Second Spring". Social hour 6:30-7:30 p.m. http://www.georgiaperennial.org

MADISON: Mark your calendars Morgan County Historical Society Home and Garden Tour September 23 - 24: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Earlybird Tickets purchased before 4pm September 22nd, $20;regular $25. 706-342-9627 http://www.friendsofheritagehall.org/ Email: madisonheritagehall@yahoo.com

MCDONOUGH: Beekeeping Short Course. Learn about how to become a beekeeper. Most beekeepers are in it for the honey, although others maintain colonies of bees to pollinate crops, or for the beeswax, propolis, pollen or royal jelly. But did you know it could be a Family Hobby? Join us on Saturday, October 15th, 8:00 A.M., Public Safety Building Community Room, 116 Zack Hinton Parkway South, McDonough, Georgia, when the Henry County Beekeepers will host a Beekeeping Short Course. To print out the registration application www.henrycountybeekeepers.org or for more information call 770-473-5434.

STATEWIDE: The Georgia Master Gardener Association needs your help in finding a Ways and Means Committee Chair. Please help them find the right volunteer for this important position. This committee is charged with exploring ways to ensure adequate resources for GMGA through membership, donations, gifts and sponsorships. Specifically, to develop a partnership or sponsors program to generate revenue to support educational programming and general operations, increase membership, develop a plan to fully fund the Georgia Master Gardener Scholarship, create a program of member benefits through relationships with retail outlets, public and private gardens, and other garden establishments, and promote sales of GMGA merchandise and attendance at the annual conference. Send your resume or a nomination to GMGA President WH Smith at gmgapresident@gmail.com or phone WH at 770-834-4266 (H) or 770-328-2773 (M) to discuss the position.