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Garden News
Posted: March 21, 2008
The Friends of the Garden annual Meeting is Friday March 28, 2008. The meeting will be composed of a business
section in the Morning, an Optional Dinner at the Garden, followed by an evening presentation by Pat Stone, editor and creator of GreenPrints "Weeder's Digest". For registration,
contact the Garden at 706-542-1244 and join us for a fun evening with this great storyteller and singer.
Posted: March 21, 2008
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia art exhibit for April will be Exploring Garden Transformations, 1900-2000.
This Smithsonian traveling exhibit is making a return apperance to help us celebrate our 40th Anniversary. These work will display transformations of 5 of America's historic garden: Thornewood
in Tacoma, WA, Beacon Hill in Newport, RI, Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Michigan, Shirley Plantation in the James River in VA, and Weld in Brookline, MA.
Posted: March 21, 2008
The State Botanical Garden is cosponsoring an Ethnoecology/Biodiversity Symposium on the afternoon of April 4.
Sam Sorenson will speak from 3:00-4:00 on “Being Sustainable in the Food System Industry.” Gary Nabham will speak from 4:00-5:00 pm on “Renewing America’s Food Traditions: Documenting
Foodways from Farm to Table.” Other evening events are scheduled off site.
For more information on this event Click Here
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Posted: March 21, 2008
Winners of the 2008 Student Art Competition are on display in the Garden Visitor Center and Conservatory. The
winners were: Jessica Bolfik 1st Place, Sutawee N. Thitaram 2nd Place, Amy Michel 3rd Place. Come out an view these wonderfull works while on display. Winning artwork will also be used to create signature items for the Gift Shop
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Posted: January 10, 2008
The Garden Gift Shop is now on-line. You can now
shop a selection of items sold in our gift shop online. We will be expanding the selection and changing items int the months to
come, so visit often and dont miss the gift you have been looking for.
To shop online now just Click Here.
Posted: August 1, 2007
Certificate in Native Plants. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia in cooperation with
the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance will begin offering a certificate program in native plants beginning in the Fall of 2007. This program will offer a comprehensive
series of short couses in identification, cultivation, propagation, ecology and conservation of native Georgia plants. This program is appropriate for home gardeners and
enthusiasts, as well as green industry professionals, conservationists, and professionals in land, resource, and park management fields.
For more information on this course,
Click Here.
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Posted: May 16, 2007
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia is pleased to announce the Field Guide to the Rare Plants of
Georgia, is available now! It is the first book to provide identification, habitat, and management information on the rarest of Georgia's plants in a single,
field-oriented volume. Containing discriptions, photos, and illustrations on over 200 plants, it is designed for anyone to use easily, whether you have technical
experience in identifying plants or not.
Order yours today, just Clicking Here.
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