Fall Landscaping Activities
Tuesday,
September 16, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Presented by Cobb County Extension Horticulture
Agent Neil Tarver, 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.
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.
Green
Industry Update
Tuesday, September 30, 8:30 a.m. (registration until 9 a.m.) to
noon. Recertification credits: 21/23/24/27 = 3 hours; ISA = 2.5 hours;
Private = 1 hours. $10 per person at the door; Pre-register with cornelius.tarver@cobbcounty.org
or by calling 770-528-4070. Reduce pest problems with proper tree selection and planting, Joe Burgess,
Georgia Forestry Commission; Control spring turf diseases with fall fungicide applications,
Neil Tarver, UGA Extension in Cobb County; Interpreting pesticide labels is key
to pesticide safety, Milton (Micky) Taylor, UGA Dept. of Entomology.
Bluebird Trail Tour
Saturday,
October 4, 10:00 a.m. –Noon. Free and open to the public. Cobb Master Gardener
and Bluebird expert Jim Bearden will conduct a guided walk of the 2.3-mile Bluebird
Trail at Green Meadow Preserve Park, at 3780 Dallas Hwy., Powder Springs, GA, 30127. Follow
the Bluebird Trail blog at bluebirdtrail.blogspot.com.
Thyme to Read Book Club
Friday,
October 10, 10:30 -11:30 a.m. Book club sponsored by Cobb County Master
Gardeners will meet at the Training Room of the Cobb County Water lab,
662 South Cobb Drive (at the intersection with Atlanta Rd.). This month’s book
is The Forgotten Garden, by Kate
Morton. November’s book will be The Founding
Gardeners, by Andrea Wulf. Schedule and information can be found at www.cobbmastergardeners.com. Free
and open to the public.
Landscaping and Septic Tanks
Friday,
October 10, noon-1:00 p.m. Presented by Cobb County Extension Horticulture Agent Neil
Tarver, 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.).
Trees of Our Lives: Small Native Trees for
the Landscape
Tuesday,
October 14, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Presented by
Master Gardener Dawn Hines, as part of the ongoing Gardeners Night Out
presentation series of the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, at South
Cobb Regional Library, 805 Clay Road, Mableton, 30126.
