This week in the Garden – Vol 138
This week in the garden…Vol 138
June 14, 2024
Wednesday, June 19th 6:00 pm Meeting and Program at the Cottage
Meet our Scholarship Student-6:00 pm Leanne Penman will introduce the Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship Winner, who directly benefited from our scholarship donations.
At 6:30 pm Quinn Yawger will present: “Sustainability in Film Production: Green-ing One of the World’s Most Wasteful Industries” Quinn graduated with an Environmental Science degree from Colorado College. She relocated to Atlanta in early 2022 to pursue film and connected with Earth Angel (https://www.earthangelsets.com) with a shared desire to provide solutions to reduce the environmental impact of the entertainment industry. In her free time, Quinn focuses on the power of storytelling and science communication and is currently finalizing the post-production of her first climate-centered, short-form documentary.
Please RSVP Debbie Boyd by Monday June 17th, so we know how many chairs to set up. Water, iced tea and light refreshments will be available. (Debbie.boyd@comcast.net).
National Pollinator Week June 17 – 23
Sustainable Norcross invites all to honor our buzzing pollinator friends this month. Observe busy pollinators in your own garden and in your neighborhood. Add a pollinator-friendly plant to your garden or container gardens. Pike Nurseries suggest adding some of these pollinator favorites: Salvia, Lantana, Pentas, Angelonia, Marigolds. Pike also recently featured a suggestion for creating a “bee bath”—fill a shallow dish with stones and add water, place it near a container garden or any place in your garden near pollinator plants. This simple bee bath gives the bees a place to rest and re-hydrate.
SAVE THE DATES! Great Southeast Pollinator Census August 23-24
All citizens are invited to participate in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census. Check out this website for more information: https://gsepc.org/. Stay tuned for more information on how our club will participate.
Meals on Wheels Flower Arrangements-Thursday, June 27th 6pm at the Cottage
One of our favorite projects is to make flower arrangements for the Meals on Wheels clients. Please bring flowers from your garden or purchase flowers from Trader Joe’s. We also need green bottles (the size of beer bottles or Perrier bottles) Or other clear bottles of the same size. This type of bottle works great as a vase. (Please no short mason jar type). Feel free to bring wine, another beverage or a light appetizer/snack.
Garden Gateways Summer 2024 Edition
This issue features articles for creating a cutting garden (p.3), a recipe for creating a traditional mass flower design (p.4-5) and a recap of the Floral Design workshop recently offered in Savannah GA (p.7)
“6 Tips and Tricks to Create Your Best Color Palette” by our club member, Linda Doiron, can be found on p. 13. District Digs pp.14-20 features articles from clubs throughout the state. We’re in Dogwood District. Volunteers are needed to write and submit articles about our club. Contact Kathy Sumner if you would like to help (678.357.8684).
For more information about the Garden Club of Georgia, check out www.gardenclubofgeorgia.org.
Striping Elementary School Garden
Several club members had a fun morning with students and teachers at Striping Elementary. Kathy talked about good and bad garden pests. She brought a few live sample bugs for them to see and passed around pictures of others. Then we went out to the garden beds. The students had fun looking for garden bugs. They were very enthusiastic about the progress of the plants and vegetables. We helped them thin out zinnia’s and many took home a plant. There is a video link below, courtesy of member Jill Rice. You may have to right click and open it in a new window.
Studio 87 Yoga, 87 S. Peachtree St, Norcross 30071
Please spread the word to family and friends. There is a critical need for all blood types in the metro Atlanta area. It’s best to create a login and pre-register for a time slot. The website lists all Red Cross Blood Donation Centers and Blood Drives. Use zip code 30071 to find this blood drive.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive
Norcross Events
LionHeart Theatre https://lionhearttheatre.org/. See website for upcoming performances, times and ticket information. Performances have been selling out! Reserve early if you see something you like!
The Norcross Gallery and Studios is open Thursday-Saturday 11am-4:00pm to view works and exhibits by local artists. https://norcrossgalleryandstudios.org/
Peachtree Corners Events
Town Center Events Schedule-https://peachtreecornersga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/561/Full-2023-Event-Calendar-PDF?bidId= The Forum https://theforumpeachtree.com/
