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.
• 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
• Forsyth: Lotus Propagation Workshop — Feb 25, 2012 9:30am - Feb 25, 2012 11:30am
  learn how to grow and cultivate stunning lotus flowers in your home garden. Workshop participants will gain hands-on experience in dividing plants, making root cuttings for vegetative propagation, and learn the secrets of growing lotus plants from seeds. You’ll also go home with root cuttings and seeds
  
  Cost: $15.
  To Register: Call 770-887-2418
  or email hnkolich@uga.edu
• Forsyth: Plan????ng and Caring for Cool Season Vegetables — Mar 10, 2012 9:00am - Mar 10, 2012 12:00pm
  Extend your growing season with vegetables that like cool weather. $5
  
  Call 770-887-2418 to register
• 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.
  
• Environmental Alliance of GA Conference — Mar 30, 2012 8:18am - Mar 31, 2012 5:18pm
  More info and registration at http://eeingeorgia.org/core/item/page.aspx?s=100093.0.0.4863&utm_source=siteid%3a4863&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2%2f6%2f2012+5%3a40%3a11+PM
• 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.
  
• Forsyth:Planting and Caring for Warm Season Vegetables — Apr 14, 2012 9:00am - Apr 14, 2012 12:00pm
  Take advantage of Georgia’s long warm season with planting strategies. $5.
  
  Call 770-887-2418 to register
• 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.
• EARTH DAY — Apr 22, 2012 12:01am - Apr 22, 2012 11:59pm
• 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: Organic Gardening — May 12, 2012 9:00am - May 12, 2012 12:00pm
  Organic gardening is healthy for you and your soil. Learn basic principles and practces
  for growing chemical-free food. $5.
  
  Call 770-887-2418 to register
• 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
• Forsyth: Tour of Gardens — Jun 2, 2012 9:00am - Jun 2, 2012 5:00pm
  Visit one or all six gardens designed, planted and maintained by Forsyth Co. Master Gardeners Profits from the sale will fund ongoing and future garden education
  
  Tickets: $ 15 advance      $ 20 tour day
  
  Information:  "Heather Kolick"hnkolich@uga.edu;
  or at Forsyth Co Extension Service  770-887-2418
• 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