March 2017
Build your own Natural FurnitureWith Bim Willow
Natural Furniture $46-$685 depending on furniture selection Registration Deadline is March 10, 2017 Register Online Bim Willow is a nationally recognized furniture builder. He has been featured on HGTV and has been building furniture for 30 years. He…
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Dragon Making Workshop Lunar New Year 2018
Dragon Making $45 Per Family, $40.50 Members Register Online Since the Lunar New Year festival traditionally marks the beginning of the planting season in China, a major character is a dragon, bringer of rain and good luck. Sign up in…
Find out more »Forest Service National Botany Programunique places, native plants and pollinators
Forest Service National Botany Program RSVP Online The State Botanical Garden of Georgia is pleased to welcome William Carromero, the National Botanist for the USDA Forest Service, for a special evening conversation. The U.S. Forest Service is a…
Find out more »April 2018
Rethinking Annuals for Your Garden
Rethinking Annuals Cost: $12 Member Cost: $10.80 Register Online Don’t dismiss warm-season annuals, when there are so many great ones to choose from and our growing season stretches from April to November. Horticulturist Mike Sikes and landscape architect Connie Cottingham…
Find out more »August 2018
Flower Arranging Unit 1Line/Line Mass Design
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…
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Flower Arranging Unit 2 Mass Design and Foliage Design
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…
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Paper Making with Plants and Flowers: A Beautiful Tradition
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 »July 2019
Orchid Swap! Buy/Sell/Trade Meeting by the Northeast Georgia Orchid Society
The annual NGOS Buy/Sell/Swap is a great way to get your hands on some great orchid plants. Attendees are encouraged to bring any spare divisions, plants for sale, or unwanted orchids to give away. All sales are arranged via cash/check/paypal…
Find out more »September 2019
Native Orchidsby the Northeast Georgia Orchid Society
Jim Drake will speak about native orchids at the September NGOS meeting. Please bring any plants you would like to show, or that you have questions about. For more information, email northeastgaorchidsociety@gmail.com.
Find out more »November 2019
Soap Making 101 Beginning Cold Process
Soap Making 101 $65 General Admission, $58.50 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…
Find out more »January 2020
Portals Exploring the Intersection of Landscape and Self in the New Year
Portals $90 General Admission, $81 for Members Register Online JCome explore the intersection of landscape and self with “Portals,” a deck of cards created by Beth Thompson. With her camera in hand, Beth followed in the footsteps of the botanist…
Find out more »January Garden Travels– Chicago
Chicago $10 General Admission, Free for Members Register Online Director of Horticulture Shelly Prescott attended a unique industry collaboration in August, 2019, when The National Garden Bureau (NGB), Perennial Plant Association (PPA), and All-America Selections (AAS) teamed up…
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Garden to Plate Cooking Series – Winter – A Valentine’s Dinner
Garden to Plate: Winter Class $240 For All 4 Units, $65 per Individual Units Member discount available Register Online The Garden to Plate Cooking Series with Wildcraft Kitchen highlights fresh and nutritious flavors of Georgia-grown produce in four…
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Gardening to Plate Cooking Series – Summer
Garden to Plate: Summer Class $240 For All 4 Units, $65 per Individual Units Member discount available Register Online The Garden to Plate Cooking Series with Wildcraft Kitchen highlights fresh and nutritious flavors of Georgia Grown produce in…
Find out more »September 2021
Cyanotype Printing on Silk and Paper
Cyanotype Printing on Silk and Paper Fee: $50 Register Online The cyanotype is a form of photography recognized by the Prussian blue color which is achieved with the use of iron rather than silver as the light sensitive material. Using…
Find out more »October 2022
Fall Floral Design
Fall Floral Design Fee: $60 (includes all floral materials) Register Online This workshop will teach you how to bring a flair to your floral arrangements by incorporating unusual and unexpected textures of the fall season. During this program, you…
Find out more »June 2023
River Cane Restoration
Join us for an interactive presentation on river cane! River cane is a bamboo species native to the southeast U.S. and has been a foundational plant for supporting ecological and social systems. River cane was a major cultural resource for…
Find out more »September 2023
September Friends First Friday Pollinator Plants of the Year for 2023
$12 General Admission, $10 Members Register Online Join us as Heather Alley, conservation horticulturist at the State Botanical Garden, shares information on the Georgia Pollinator Plants of the Year for 2023. She will also give us a glimpse…
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November Friends First Friday Winter WonderLights
$12 General Admission, $10 Members Register Online Please join us as we learn what will be found nightly at the third annual Winter WonderLights at the State Botanical Garden. This year we are mixing it up. James Gilstrap,…
Find out more »January 2024
January Friends First Friday An Overview of More Than a Half-Century of Experiences
$12 Non-members, $10 Members Register Online Join us as Dr. David C. Coleman, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, UGA Odum School of Ecology, shares his experiences including travel to many countries around the world. He will discuss soil structure—leading to a…
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February Friends First Friday Orchid Madness
Orchid Madness Fee: $10 for members, $12 for non-members Register Online It’s time to celebrate Orchid Madness at the State Botanical Garden! Please join Carol Dyer, curator of the Tropical Collection and Herb & Physic Garden, and her assistant, Kim…
Find out more »Fundamentals of Design Graphics
Richard Ludwig, PhD, former host of PBS TV’s GardenSmart, past garden specialist for Southern Living Register Online This course provides intense, hands-on instruction in design illustration and graphics. The full-day workshop offers participants bold yet efficient strategies to communicate…
Find out more »March 2024
Heirloom Southern Apples: Past, Present and Future
Register Online The morning session begins with a presentation by orchardist and author Diane Flynt, founder of Foggy Ridge Cider and author of Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South. Next, Dr. Stephen Mihm, Head…
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