2019 Grant Awards

GCMGA is delighted to announce that $6,000 Grants have been awarded to twelve Gwinnett County Master Gardener projects.  We are pleased that seven of these projects are at schools.  They are:

    Archer High School Garden and Garden Club, MGEV Jeff Hicks, Project Leader

    Community Garden @ Snellville Greenhouse, MGEV Wes Nettleton, Project Leader

    Lawrenceville Elementary Pollinator Garden, MGEV Susan Smith, Project Leader, 

    Couch Middle School Garden, MGEV Richard Kennedy, Project Leader

    McDaniel Farm Park, MGEV Joyce Teel, Project Leader

    Minor Elementary School “The Good Earth”, MGEVs Kathy Hartman and Abby Lockhart, Co-Project Leaders

    Pinkneyville Middle School Walled Garden: Solving the Mystery, MGEV Mim Harris, Project Leader

    Trip Elementary School – ‘Revitalizing Trip’s Garden, MGEV James Wilson, Project Leader

    Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Garden, MGEV Jacquelyn Daniell, Project Leader

    Vines Park – Install and Maintain Plant ID Tags, MGEV Shirley Bohm, Project Leader

    McConnell Middle School Sustainable Edible Learning Garden, Phase 2 Pollinator Gardens, MGEV Kim Fritz, Project Leader

    Georgia Piedmont Land Trust Continues Restoration of a Woodland Garden, MGEV Carol Hassell, Project Leader

Congratulations to these projects and MUCH thanks to the Grant Committee: Martha Whitman, Chair and members Erby Daniel, Becky Wolary, Faith Mann, Virginia Schofield.  Special appreciation goes to Faith Mann for her efforts in contacting MGEVs with school projects and offering assistance.

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