Georgia Piedmont Land Trust
                                  (formerly Gwinnett Open Land Trust)
A true conservationist is a man who knows
that the world is not given by his fathers    
but borrowed from his children.                 
                                                                                         John James Audobon

 

 


Grow Your Garden Beautifully with Native Plants
April 10, 2010


Learn how gardening with native plants can lead to an eye-catching landscape that also supports an amazing array of wildlife.

(Click the picture of the event brochure to the left for more details and directions to the Kistner Center.)

Registration Options & Fees

  • $55 - Full Day Session
  • $30 - Morning Session Only (Lunch NOT included)
  • $25 - Afternoon Session Only (Lunch included)

Register by Wednesday, April 7.
Pre-registration and prepayment required.
(checks or credit cards only)

There will be books, plants and more for sale.
(Checks or cash only at the event)

 

 

 


Morning Session: 10a.m.-12:30p.m.

Monarchs Across Georgia (MAG) volunteers demonstrate how to build a pollinator garden and make a Butterfly-Garden-in-a-Pot.  Participants will help and create their own container garden to take home.


Afternoon Session: 12:30p.m. - 3:00p.m.

Lunch: 12:30p.m.-1:30p.m.
Courtesy of Whole Foods Market. On display, a special painting featuring the Kistner Center landscape by local artist, Steve Logan, now of Wilmington, NC.

Presentations: 1:30p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  • Walter Reeves, the Georgia Gardener and host of WSB Radio’s Saturday morning gardening program – Selecting and Gardening with Native Plants
  • Tara Dillard, well known landscape designer and garden writer – Designing with Native Plants
  • Laurie Fisher, CEO of Buck Jones     Nurseries – Availability of Native Plants

EVENTS:  Check out our upcoming activities and join us.

Shady or Sunny - What's The Right (Native) Plant?

 

Sponsored by

Buck Jones Nursery

Featured Speakers:

* Walter Reeves, The Georgia Gardner
* Dr. Wilf Nicholls, Dir. of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia

*Click here for more details.

 


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