Full Bloom Nursery Spring Open House
Saturday May 1st, 2010
Live Bluegrass Music
Lunch prepared by Hall County 4-H
Bill Maine & Magic 102.9 will be live from 9 am til noon!
Our growers will be on hand to give advice
EVERYTHING will be on sale-Saturday only!
More details to come
Live Bluegrass Music
by East Tennessee University Alumni Band!
J.P. Mathes was born in Elizabethton, TN and began playing banjo while he was in middle school. While attending high school he was allowed to join the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass Program. He continued on with ETSU receiving both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. As a student he performed all over the United States and the world spreading bluegrass music. Performance highlights include; the Smithsonian Folk Festival, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, NATO Headquarters in Brussels Belgium, and seven tours of Japan. J.P. Mathes was also the graduate assistant for the ETSU Bluegrass program handling scheduling ensembles and teaching banjo. In 2006-2007 he was named adjunct instructor at ETSU and taught ensemble, banjo, group guitar, and bluegrass seminar. He is currently performing with the International Bluegrass Group called the Last Frontier which tours both in the United States and Japan and is also currently an instructor at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music in Hazard KY.
With a background of playing Bluegrass and Gospel music in Churches and Nursing homes, Adam Starr has been emerged in roots music from an early age. Originally attending a university in South GA on a track scholarship, Adam found out about the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass and Old Time country music program at East Tennessee State as a sophomore and decided to apply for their public performance scholarship. Receiving this Scholarship Adam immediately transferred to ETSU and after one semester he made the top performing band, the “ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band.” While a member of the Pride Band Adam traveled across the East Coast performing at an assortment of venues and festivals and alongside many of his heroes including Grand Ole Opry members such as Ralph Stanley, Rhonda Vincent, and even once with the legendary Earl Scruggs! After graduating from ETSU, Adam has moved back to his home in south GA where he is currently employed in our state’s horticulture industry.
This is a rare reunion for Adam and some of his friends and former band members of the world renowned ETSU Bluegrass Program!
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The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
at the University of Georgia
2450 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Ga. 30605
A 313 acre preserve with 5 miles of nature trails, theme garden displays, a three-story conservatory, café, gift shop, volunteer opportunities, and on-going educational classes for adults and children. Visit: uga.edu/botgarden or call 706-542-1244 for more information and hours. A great place to visit to learn more about gardening and to get ideas for your own landscape.
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Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Located at 1345 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Explore an urban garden. Over 30 acres of unmatched beauty in the heart of Atlanta, featuring breathtaking gardens, woodlands and more. One of the world's largest permanent orchid displays. Tropical garden displays in glass conservatory, interactive children's garden, rare and endangered plants from tropical rain forests and desert regions, water features, poison dart frogs, gift shop and café. Special exhibits year round and on-going classes for adults and children.
Call 404-876-5859 or visit: atlantabotanicalgarden.org for more information.
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Hall County Agribusiness of the Year 2007
- Full Bloom Nursery-
Photo: from left: Billy Skaggs
(Hall County
Extension Director)
Kellie and Tim Bowen
(Owners of Full Bloom Nursery)
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what you do for it”.
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Here's what others have said about our annual open house:
I happened upon your awesome opening weekend celebration by chance last year and LOVED it! The prices were great, food, festivities and energy awesome and I would love to plan for it this year and find a caravan of people to bring with me. Unfortunately we can't carpool because I will need every last cubic inch of space for plants! What day and time should I mark on my calendar?
Thanks!
Paula C.
Thank You, Paula! We're glad you had a great time.
UGA Trial Gardens - summer 2008
White County Lunch N Learn- Vegetable Gardening
Tuesday, March 9 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
(original date of March 2nd was changed due to snow)
White County Agri-Center, Hwy. 129 N.
(44 Claude Sims Rd.) Cleveland, Ga.
Featuring Joe Potter, White County Extension Coordinator
From the White House's organic garden to urban gardens, the country is experiencing an increased interest in growing home-grown veggies. Like to grow your own veggies? Find out how
while you enjoy a light lunch.
TO PRE-REGISTER
E-mail your name and phone# tolunchandlearn30528@yahoo.com or call 706-219-0072.
Gainesville Home Expo Gardening Seminars
The 2010 Northeast Georgia Home Expo is set to be held at the Georgia Mountains Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 6th and noon to 6 p.m. March 7th.
Saturday, March 6th Gardening Seminar Schedule:
12:30pm Edible Food Gardening with Billy Skaggs & Kellie Bowen of WDUN's Home Grown
1:30pm Container Gardening with Elaine Kelley of the Potting Shed Nursery
2:30pm Vegetable Gardening with Master Gardener Ron Brechter
3:30pm Home & Property Staging with designers Jan Pierce & Debra Lucero
"Gardens on Green" Gardening Series
Wednesdays at 1 pm at Gardens on Green
Hall County Board of Education Office Gardens
711 Green Street, Gainesville
“Gardens on Green” is pleased to announce its first series of adult classes for 2010. Sponsored by Hall County Master Gardeners and the Hall County School System, the classes will be taught at the school system’s Administration Building. “Wednesday at 1:00” classes will be taught in a conference room, as well as in the Gardens when weather permits.
No fee – If desired, attendees may make a contribution to the Gardens.
February 24 1:00PruningKellie Bowen- Full Bloom Nursery
1:00PruningKellie Bowen- Full Bloom Nursery March 3 1:00Garden DesignJan Pierce- Pierce Landscape Design
1:00Garden DesignJan Pierce- Pierce Landscape DesignMarch 10 1:00 Planning the Perfect LawnBilly Skaggs
1:00 Planning the Perfect LawnBilly Skaggs Hall County Extension AgentMarch 17 1:00Camellias / Air Layering Propagation
1:00Camellias / Air Layering Propagation Dr. Del Mixon, Camellia Grower Extraordinaire March 24 1:00To be announced
1:00To be announcedMarch 31 1:00Hellebores / Lenten Roses Mary Wenger
1:00Hellebores / Lenten Roses Mary WengerHall County Master GardenerApril 7 1:00To be announced
1:00To be announcedApril 14 1:00Native PlantsJanelle Whalen
1:00Native PlantsJanelle Whalen Hall County Master GardenerApril 21 1:00To be announced
1:00To be announcedSpring 2010 State Botanical Gardens
March, April, May Calendar of Classes, Symposia and Events
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia 30605
ALL CLASSES REQUIRE PRE-REGISTRATION UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Call 706-542-6156 or register online at www.uga.edu/botgarden.
The first Evergreen Concert is still classical Guitar, but we are changing musicians:
Dusty Woodruff, Classical Guitar
Tuesday, February 23
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Free
Visitor Center
Special dinner available 6:00 -7:30 p.m.
Enjoy a concert of classical guitar music in the Conservatory. As a member of the Athens Guitar Trio, Dusty Woodruff has contributed a number of arrangements that have been received with great acclaim. He was selected to be a contender at the Shadt String Competition in Allentown, PA, as well as having been a guest performer with the Voices of North Georgia, the Augusta State University Orchestra, and the Augusta Opera. Dusty also maintains a career as a soloist, concerto performer, and has conducted masterclasses across the country.
Dusty received his Master of Music degree from the University of Georgia where he studied with John Sutherland. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at UGA in classical guitar performance. Dusty heads the guitar department at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia, and maintains a private guitar studio in Athens.
Before this free evening event Jerry will be serving a special dinner in the Gardenside Café. After dinner, stroll through the tropical conservatory and enjoy the concert upstairs. Dinner will be served from 6:00-7:30pm for $15 per person.
Reservations are required for dinner (not for the concert). Call 706-542-1244 to make your reservations for an evening in the Garden.
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John Bartram Lives
Friday, March 26
6:30 - 8:30 pm
$10 members/$15 non-members
Visitor Center
John Bartram himself (OK, so he really is Pennsylvanian Kirk R. Brown) visits the Garden in this first-person biographical and historical presentation on the life of America's first botanist and horticulturist. Prepare to be entertained, amused, awed, intrigued and educated as history comes alive! Attendees will have the opportunity to meet John Bartram at a reception from 6:30-7:30pm. The program will follow. This event is in conjunction with the Friends of the Garden Annual Meeting. Please call 706-542-6138 for information.
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Gardening 101
Monday, April 5
5:30 - 7:00 pm
members $10, non-members $12
Visitor Center, Classroom 2
Amanda Tedrow, ACC Cooperative Extension, UGA
New to gardening or Georgia? This quick start class will teach participants the basics of home gardening. The class will touch on the topics of testing and preparing the soil, sunlight and water requirements, planting tips and yearly maintenance. Amanda will provide basic zoning information to help participants plant and maintain annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees in their yard.
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ALL CLASSES REQUIRE PRE-REGISTRATION UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Call 706-542-6156 or register online at www.uga.edu/botgarden.
Photos from Full Bloom Nursery Spring Open House- 2009
Customers load up on all the great deals
Gotta have those Knockout Roses
Acres of plants- and all on sale!
The men faithfully load up their wives purchases
Lunch time
The food tent is always a hit
Drew Echols and volunteers with My Sisters Place Shelter draw names for the door prize winners
Give him a few more years
Birds Eye view of the festivities
