Events, Happenings & Links

Upcoming Events & Ongoing Activities

Plan Now to Attend MGCG's 2012 Spring Home & Garden Show

It's not too early to "Think Spring!" Join us on March 31 & April 1, 2012, at our annual Spring Home & Garden Show in beautiful Perry, Georgia. At our show you'll find vendors from throughout the southeastern region offering a wide variety of plants, garden tools, pottery, home accents and outdoor living accessories. Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions, help with plant selections, provide information to guide your landscape planning, and conduct demonstrations. Our many children's activities include painting projects and creating special garden keepsakes.

Our show will be held in the McGill Building at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry. Tickets are only $4.00 if purchased before the show and $5.00 at the door. Children under 12 are admitted free. For more information on location and advance ticket purchase, send an email to info@mgcg.org.

Recent Happenings

2011 Master Gardener of the Year Announced

Veteran Master Gardener Sandy Lee is the organization's Master Gardener of the Year for 2011. The retired educator can always be found volunteering her time and expertise throughout our area. Her many accomplishements and projects are too numerous to list, but include serving as MGCG President in 2009, Education Committee chair, Junior Master Gardener volunteer leader, and co-developer of our group's scholarship program. Sandy is also extremely active in the Georgia Master Gardener Association serving in many capacities. The middle-Georgia region continually benefits because of her efforts and leadership.

Inaugural MGCG Scholarship Recipient Selected

Britney White, of Roberta, was recently recognized by the Master Gardeners of Central Georgia as the recipient of the organization's inaugural academic scholarship. Her outstanding scholastic achievement, involvement in school activities, and involvement in the community warranted her selection. Miss White will use the $1,000 award to help defray the costs of attending classes at the University of Georgia where she is a senior. Congratulations Britney.

The Native Plant Garden Continues to Thrive

Beginning in June 2010 several intrepid Master Gardeners have worked long and hard to ensure the success of the Native Plant Garden on the grounds of Macon's Museum of Arts and Sciences. Not only did the volunteers move the garden from its previous location to the museum's grounds, but they've also planted new species, eradicated invasive plants, established pathways, identified plants on-site, and developed a plant list. Click here to download the plant list.

Moving the NPG to the museum's grounds involved many steps taken over many months and required a lot of hard work by dedicated Master Gardener volunteers. All that hard work is paying off. For photos of the Native Plant Garden, click here.

To explore the new Native Plant Garden, head on over to the museum located at 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon, GA.

Great Gardening Links

There are hundreds of gardening-related websites on the internet! Some of them are great and some of them are not. If you want unbiased and fact-based information, check out the following sites.

NEW! If you're a Georgia Master Gardener, then you'll be interested in the Georgia Master Gardener Association: georgiamastergardeners.org/

How can we enjoy the bounty of our gardens throughout the year? Preserve it! Visit the website of UGA's National Center for Home Food Preservation: www.uga.edu/nchfp

Know your way around the net? Then navigate your way to the Georgia Master Gardener Events blog: http://georgiamgevents.blogspot.com

Want to learn more about Master Gardeners, then head here: www.caes.uga.edu/departments/hort/extension/mastergardener

If you're interested in the University of Georgia's Cooperative Extension, then visit this site:
www.caes.uga.edu

To get more information about Urban Agriculture, look here:
apps.caes.uga.edu/urbanag

Having problems with your Turfgrass, then this is the place for you:
commodities.caes.uga.edu/turfgrass/georgiaturf/index

How about Gardening in Georgia with the Georgia Gardener? Then check out Walter Reeves' new website: www.walterreeves.com

Wondering about Georgia Weather or drought conditions? This is the place for the latest:
www.georgiaweather.net

Let's get Kids Gardening! Try these:
www.kidsgardening.com  -or- www.jmgkids.us

Maybe you know of a great gardening website. If so, pass it along to us, and we'll list it here.