Thyme to Read Book Club
Friday, October
9, 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 The
Hot Zone, by Richard Preston. 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.
Adaptive Gardening
Friday, October 9, noon - 1:00
p.m. Master Gardener Joe Washington will share his research on tools, tips, and
techniques to keep gardening for a lifetime. 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.
Art of Pruning
Tuesday,
October 13, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Master Gardener Pam Bohlander will teah the basics of good pruning for
aesthetic value and for promoting the health of ornamental trees and shrubs in
the landscape, as part of the ongoing Gardeners Night Out presentation series
of the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, at Mountain View Regional
Library, 3320 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta,
30066. Free and open to the public.
Bluebird Trail Tour
Saturday, October 17,
10:00 a.m. to 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.
Craft and Gift Fair
Saturday, October 17, 8:00
a.m.-3:00 p.m. Local crafts-persons will be showing and selling their wares on
the grounds of UGA
Extension/Cobb County, 678 South Cobb Drive, Marietta, GA, 30060. Stop by for
some early holiday shopping!
Cobb Community Gardens
October 28,
6:30-8:00 p.m. Captain Planet Foundation representative Kyla Van Deusen will be
presenting information about Project Learning Garden at this quarterly meeting
of community and school garden managers and supporters. 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.
ALSO,
come meet Cobb Extension staff and some of our Master
Gardener Volunteers at the Marietta Square Farmer’s Market. We will be there on
October 31 to answer questions on canning, food preservation, and gardening.
Bring sick plants (or large pieces of them) for help with diagnosis and
treatment options, and bring bugs for identification.
