Month: December 2024
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Old Fashioned Daffodils
Read More: Old Fashioned DaffodilsIt’s that time of year when there’s yellow all around in Georgia — daffodils are blooming like crazy. You can spot the old home sites where daffodils are blooming – Oakland Cemetery is abound with daffodils and I’m sure Gibbs Garden in Canton is a wonder to behold. I remember when we had Mr. Daffodil…
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February 2022 Monthly Meeting
Read More: February 2022 Monthly MeetingFEBRUARY —- Dr. Tim Smalley, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, UGA, was our featured speaker for our noon meeting at Bethesda Senior Center on February 21st. Dr. Smalley discussed his project documenting the Significant Trees of Georgia and showed pictures of various trees that are situated throughout Georgia. These are trees with historical and…
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Violets and Bees, if You Please!
Read More: Violets and Bees, if You Please!Violets! I know. You didn’t buy them. They didn’t cost you anything to get them; in fact, you may have spent money to try to get rid of them. We are a consumer society; we value what we pay for. I’m surprised that anyone values beautiful sunsets or a moon-lit night anymore, or do they?…
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March 2022 Monthly Meeting
Read More: March 2022 Monthly MeetingMARCH – Brad Livesay, Program Supervisor for Harvest Gwinnett, shared information about the new community garden initiative in Gwinnett County at our March 21st meeting. A program of Live Healthy Gwinnett, Harvest Gwinnett was launched in 2019 to connect community members through hands-on environmental education, plant fresh produce to improve resident food access and nurture engagement opportunities leading to improved health outcomes. There…
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Pioneer Species: Part 2 – Green Mulch Conquers Weeds
Read More: Pioneer Species: Part 2 – Green Mulch Conquers WeedsMost weeds are fast-growing annuals; you combat them by crowding them out by having vigorous, healthy plants in your garden. This is where green mulch comes in.
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January 2022 Monthly Meeting
Read More: January 2022 Monthly MeetingDue to the weather conditions, our in-person meeting at Bethesda Senior Center on January 17th was cancelled and we hosted a Zoom Meeting for our members. Bet Sobon, a Native New Yorker who moved to Georgia twenty years ago and began growing roses. Bet shared very detailed knowledge about growing roses in Georgia and covered…
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Winter Sowing
Read More: Winter SowingWinter sowing is the “natural” alternative to scarification and stratification. If you have seeds that call for either or both, winter sowing is a great alternative, particularly if you do not have the space or money to have a rack of plant grow lights set up in your home or a temperature and moisture-controlled greenhouse.…
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Pioneer Species: Part 1 – Wildflowers
Read More: Pioneer Species: Part 1 – Wildflowers1/3/22 “Pioneer Species,” now doesn’t that sound very American? Don’t you picture flowers hitching a ride in a covered wagon going over the Oregon Trail? No? They don’t have thumbs! Sorry for the 6th-grade humor, but that visual was how the term struck me many, many, many years ago when I first heard it in…
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Bluemist Flower
Read More: Bluemist FlowerBlue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) is also known as hardy ageratum. This beautiful blue flowering native perennial is a prodigious bloomer with the staying power of eight weeks of flowers from late summer until frost. It is a valuable fall nectar source for butterflies and skippers, and other pollinators such as our native bees. The flower…
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No Mow Zone
Read More: No Mow Zone“No Mow Zone” areas were established by Gwinnett Parks and Recreation three years ago in all county parks. Part of their goal was to establish native plant growth and provide habitat birds, pollinators and critters. At Bethesda Park, one of the areas was a grassy, lawn-like section on about a 45-degree slope from the walkway…
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June Monthly Meeting
Master Naturalist, Kathryn Kolb, Director of the EcoAddendum, is our speaker for our June 15th meeting at 7PM . She will explain the accidents of history that gave metro Atlanta its exceptional urban forest and natural areas, from parks to backyards. She will also share how to identify our highest value old growth forest remnants—which…
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May Monthly Meeting
Trecia Neal, a Biologist and Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist, gave a thorough education on the biology and ecology of the Monarch butterfly. Her presentation was outstanding, as were her videos! In detail, she explained why the butterfly weed should be a native species. She explained why the migration is endangered, the current conservation efforts, and…
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April 2026 Meeting
We welcome Michael Cowan, chairman of the Georgia Native Plant Society, to speak on Georgia’s Essential Native Plants at our April meeting. Join us at Bethesda Senior Center on Monday the 20th at 7PM to hear the vital role that our members can play in fulfilling the society’s mission to champion the stewardship and conservation…
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