Seeding
Fescue Lawns: Techniques for Terrific Turf
Thursday, Aug 21, 6:30-8:00
p.m. County Horticulture Agent Neil Tarver will teach the essentials of
seeding, overseeding, and maintaining your fescue lawn, at UGA
Extension/Cobb County, second floor, 678 South Cobb Drive, Marietta, GA, 30060.
Free and open to the public, but please preregister by calling 770-528-4070, or
email Cornelius.tarver@cobbcounty.org.
All
About Bluebirds - and More
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7:00-8:00
p.m. Presented by Master Gardener Jim
Bearden as part of the ongoing Gardeners Night Out presentation series of the
Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, at West Cobb Regional Library, 1750
Dennis Kemp LN, NW, Kennesaw, 30152. Free and open to the public.
Thyme
to Read
Friday, Sept. 12, 10:00 –
11:30 a.m. Monthly meeting of garden-oriented book club, sponsored by Master
Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, will be held at the Training Room of the
Cobb County Water lab, 662 South Cobb Drive (at the intersection with Atlanta
Rd.). September’s book will be A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson.
Free and open to the public. (October’s book will be The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton.)
The
Joy of Bluebirds
Friday, Sept. 12, Noon-1:00
p.m. Presented by Master Gardener Jim Bearden as part of the ongoing Lunch & Learn
series of the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, at the Training Room
of the Cobb County Water lab, 662 South Cobb Drive (at the intersection with
Atlanta Rd.). Free and open to the public.
Indoor
Plants
Thursday, September 18, 10:30
a.m. to Noon. Presented by Cobb Extension horticulture staff member Amy
Whitney, at UGA Extension/Cobb County, second floor, 678 South Cobb Drive,
Marietta, GA, 30060. Free and open to the public, but please preregister by
calling 770-528-4070.
ALSO, come to the Marietta Square Farmer’s
Market and meet Cobb Extension staff and some of our Master Gardener
Extension Volunteers. We will be there on August 30 to answer
questions on canning, food preservation, lawns and gardens. Bring sick plants
(or large pieces of them) for help with diagnosis and treatment options, and
bring bugs for identification.
ALSO, applications for the January 2015 Master
Gardener class are now being accepted. Visit the website of UGA
Extension in Cobb County to download an application.
