The Contained Garden: The Evergreen, The Elegant,
and the Whimsical
Tuesday, August 11, 7:00-8:00
p.m. Cobb Master Gardener Shirley Priest will explain how to use elements of
garden design to create beautiful contained gardens, as part of the ongoing Gardeners Night Out
presentation series of the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, at East
Cobb Regional Library, 4880 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, 30068. Free and open to the public.
Plant Propagation
Friday, August 14, noon - 1:00
p.m. Cobb Master Gardener Shirley Priest will reveal how to create new plants
from existing ones. 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.
Planning the Fall Vegetable Garden (UPDATED LOCATION)
Tuesday,
August 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Presented by Cobb Extension Horticulture Staff Amy
Whitney. Learn what to plant for your fall vegetable garden, and when, and how
to find the space in a garden still brimming with summer vegetables, 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.
Vermicomposting = Recycling with Worms
Thursday,
September 3, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Who loves worms? We do! Learn to recycle kitchen
waste using a worm bin, and then use the compost to help your plants grow. Presented
by Cobb Extension Horticulture Staff Amy Whitney at UGA Extension/Cobb County,
second floor, 678 South Cobb Drive, Marietta, GA, 30060. Free and open to the
public.
Gardens! Gardens! Gardens!
Tuesday, September 8, 7:00-8:00
p.m. Cobb Master Gardener Susan Fisher will take us on an armchair voyage
across five continents to visit gardens from the grand to the quirky and strange, 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 Lane NW, Kennesaw, 30152. Free and open to the public.
Thyme to Read Book Club
Friday,
September 11, 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. Meeting of the book club sponsored by the
Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County is free and open to the public. This
month’s book is Footprints Across the South: Bartram’s Trail Revisited,
by James Kautz. 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.
Making Your Garden a Bird Habitat
Friday, September 11, noon - 1:00
p.m. Les Cane from the Atlanta Audubon Society will show how to make a garden irresistible
with a bird habitat and enjoy the resulting, natural pest control. 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.
