Join us for a ramble as we walk through the Hummingbird Trail to find the hummingbird’s secret hiding places. Bring a camera or binoculars if you’d like and join the adventure! The last hour of the ramble is intended for participants to…
Find out more »Plant Conservation: Protecting Plant Diversity in the Garden and in the Wild $105 General Admission, $94.50 Members Course Full Plant conservation is an applied science that draws upon many fields of knowledge from ecology to horticulture, to ethics and politics.…
Find out more »Line Mass Design $45 General Admission, $40.50 Members Register Online Upon completion of all five units, students will be awarded the Basic Design Certificate from The Garden Club of Georgia. Courses do not need to be completed in order. Participants…
Find out more »$50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Our gardens, roadsides and meadows are aglow with color in the fall. In this class, students will learn to recognize the most common fall-blooming wildflowers in the Georgia Piedmont and be introduced to…
Find out more »Insect Pollinators in Our Gardens $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online This course is designed to allow participants to evaluate plant-insect interactions in gardens from an ecological perspective. For instance, we will be focusing on the importance of maintaining…
Find out more »Natural History of Georgia's Insects $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online This course is intended to be a hands on learning experience for attendees. Participants will hike landscaped, ornamental and forested areas collecting and identifying insects while learning about their…
Find out more »108 Sun Salutation Festival CELEBRATION- UNITY- JOY- PEACE- NATURE Celebrate Nature, the change of season, and National Yoga Month with this ancient and powerful practice. A Sun Salutation is a series of 12 linked yoga poses. It is said to…
Find out more »Certificate in Native Plants Elective: Warm Season Grasses of the Georgia Piedmont $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Grasses are the most economically and ecologically important plant family but most of us know very little about them and fewer…
Find out more »Basic Botany: Certificate in Native Plants Core Course $105 General Admission, $94.50 Members Register Online Explore the biology of flowering plants in this introduction to general plant anatomy, morphology, physiology, and genetics, with an emphasis on relating form to function.…
Find out more »Mass Design and Foliage Design $45 General Admission, $40.50 Members Register Online Unit 2 in this National Garden Club series focuses on Mass and Foliage Design. Additional units of study include Designs for Dining Table, Fruit and Vegetable…
Find out more »Certificate in Native Plants Elective: Plants we love to Hate: Identifying and Controling Exotic Pest Plants $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online This two-part workshop is an introduction to invasive, non-native pest plants in the Georgia Piedmont. Students will…
Find out more »Certificate in Native Plants Elective: Plants we love to Hate: Identifying and Controling Exotic Pest Plants $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online This two-part workshop is an introduction to invasive, non-native pest plants in the Georgia Piedmont. Students will…
Find out more »Grow your own Prairie $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Prairies, meadows, savannas and woodlands were once an integral part of Georgia’s Piedmont and mountain ecoregions. These habitats have nearly disappeared, but are now being restored and re-created by…
Find out more »Heritage Days Fall Festival celebrates our horticultural and agricultural history with crafts, stories, music and hands-on education classes, so that we can better remember the teachings of the past and relate them to the garden work we do today. Come…
Find out more »Indigo Dyeing $45 General Admission, $40.50 Members Register Online Indigo has been a major part of the American landscape since the invention of blue jeans. In this workshop, participants will gain a rich understanding of the Indigo plant, its environment,…
Find out more »Seed Saving $10 General Admission, $9 Members Register Online Join us for a presentation on backyard seed saving, including such topics as: definitions and botanical terms to get you started, the challenges and rewards of seed saving, the lifespan of…
Find out more »Paper Making with Plants and Flowers $35 General Admission, $31.50 Members Register Online In this exciting hands-on workshop we will explore all the creative possibilities of making recycled paper from cotton scraps. We will discuss the rich history of cotton…
Find out more »Soap Making 101 $55 General Admission, $49.50 Members Register Online Soap Making 101 is a beginning-level soapmaking class designed to teach students to make soap by hand at home. The main focus of this class is the "cold process" soapmaking…
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