Upcoming Events

• National Bird Feeding Month — Feb 1, 2012 8:00am - Feb 29, 2012 5:00pm
• COLUMBUS: Gardening with the Masters — Feb 2, 2012 10:00am - Mar 29, 2012 12:00pm
  February 2-It’s time to...prune; February 9-It’s time to...consider your garden space; February 16-It’s time to… prepare your soil; February 23-It’s time to… make black gold; March 1-It’s time to… choose your plants; March 8- Let’s Feed the birds (and bees); March 15- Let’s Eat: Growing with Friends; March 22- Let’s Eat: Backyard Fine Dining ; March 29- Let’s get Watersmart!Contact Oxbow Meadows at 706 507 8550 or online at http://oxbow.columbusstate.edu/ ort Jennifer Davidson, Muscogee County Extension Agent, 706 653 4200.
• Certified Interpretive Guide class — Feb 6, 2012 9:00am - Feb 9, 2012 5:00pm
  learn both the theoretical foundations of the profession, as well as practical skills needed to deliver quality interpretive programming to visitors
  Cost: Workshop Fee (includes textbook  and workbook)$242. Phone 770-992-2055 ext. 252
• Arbor Day (Georgia) — Feb 17, 2012 12:00am - Feb 17, 2012 11:59pm
• The Great Backyard Bird Count — Feb 17, 2012 12:01am - Feb 20, 2012 11:59pm
• Gwinnett Co. MG Meeting — Feb 20, 2012 7:00pm - Feb 20, 2012 9:00pm
  Walter Reeves will be the speaker and his topic will be “Gardening For Everyone”.
• ATLANTA: Cherokee Garden Library Lectures — Feb 22, 2012 7:00pm - Feb 22, 2012 9:00pm
  Susan Haltom, author of One Writer's Garden: Eudora Welty's Home . This special evening is a fundraising event for the Cherokee Garden Library endowment. Admission is $25 individual; $50 couple; $250 patron.
• Southeast Lawn and Garden Expo — Feb 24, 2012 9:00am - Feb 25, 2012 5:00pm
  Featured speaker-Erica Glasener. Event is a fundraiser for the Tift County Literacy Volunteers
• South Georgia Native Plant & Wildflower Symposium — Mar 28, 2012 9:00am - Mar 28, 2012 5:00pm
• FORSYTH COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS SPRING — Mar 30, 2012 8:00am - Mar 30, 2012 6:00pm
  For more info call 770-887-2418
• Griffin MG Advanced Training — Mar 30, 2012 8:00am - Mar 30, 2012 8:00pm
  Starts 30 March and continues throughout the year.
  
• FORSYTH COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS SPRING — Mar 31, 2012 8:00am - Mar 31, 2012 6:00pm
  For more info call (770) 887-2418
• Keep Georgia Beautiful Month — Apr 1, 2012 12:01am - Apr 30, 2012 11:16pm
• National Garden Month — Apr 1, 2012 12:01am - Apr 30, 2012 11:59pm
• Hall County Spring Plant EXPO — Apr 6, 2012 8:30am - Apr 7, 2012 4:00pm
  Information: Hall Cty Extension Office 770-535-8293 or visit our website.
  
• GARDENERS' CIRCLE OF LIFE — Apr 20, 2012 8:00am - Apr 21, 2012 5:00pm
  THE ONLY GMGA CONFERENCE IN 2012!
  
  Register today for Early Bird rates.
• Southern Region Master Gardener Conference — May 1, 2012 9:00am - May 4, 2012 5:00pm
  The Mississippi Master Gardener Association and Mississippi State University Extension Service are honored to be selected as the hosts for this prestigious conference in our great state.
  
  This event will bring together master gardeners, vendors, horticulture professionals and others with a common interest in all aspects of gardening, the environment and plant sciences
• FORSYTH COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS 2012 Tour of Gardens — Jun 2, 2012 9:00am - Jun 2, 2012 5:00pm
  Tour 6 delightful, diverse gardens by our best Master Gardeners
  
  Tickets $15 prior and $20 day of tour
  for more info call770-887-2418
• CSRA Hydrangea Society Conference — Jun 7, 2012 8:00am - Jun 7, 2012 5:00pm
  Vince Dooley, Keynote Speaker
• 33rd Annual American Community Gardening Association National Conference — Aug 9, 2012 9:00am - Aug 12, 2012 5:00pm