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WEEKLY HCMG Newsletter>
Weekly HCMG Newsletter for August 18
August 18, 2008
Weekly HCMG Newsletter for August 18
Field Trip to Native Garden at Georgia Perimeter College:
A trip is being planned for this Thursday, August 21, to
the Native Garden at Georgia Perimeter College. ( Departure
time: 8:30 and Return time: mid-afternoon) Please
contact Janelle Whalen, chairman of the Native Garden at
Gardens on Green, if you’d like to go. There will be a
sign-up sheet at the HCMG meeting on Tuesday night.
Meeting place will be announced then. (Katharine Hemphill
gives her blessings to this additional trip as we plan for
planting our Native Garden in September/October.)
Monthly HCMG Meeting:
Our next monthly meeting will be this Tuesday evening,
August 19, at Wilshire Park. beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please
bring a folding chair. Wilshire Park is just off Pearl Nix
Parkway and behind Gainesville H.S. Members whose last
names begin with the letters M through S are asked to bring
snack refreshments.
Wilshire Park Workday: TODAY!
Wilshire Park workday Monday August 18th 1:30 p.m. time-
under 2 hours. We want the beds in the garden to look
really nice for the scheduled Master Gardener meeting on
Tuesday. We will mainly be doing weeding and any other
cleanup of the area. It should not be a hard job as we
were there several weeks ago. New Interns invited! Wilshire
Trails is off Pearl Nix Parkway just behind Gainesville
High School. There is plenty of parking and rest room
facilities. Please bring your water, and tools. I
recommend bug spray as well. For information call or email
Mary Wenger, (770)287-0734/mwenger@charter.net
Symposium Registration:
IF YOU HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT you can register directly
through our website for the Fall Gardening Symposium.
Otherwise, you may print out a registration form, and mail
it with a check to the Extension Office.
Expo/Symposium Flyers:
Flyers are now available at the Extension Office for
distribution advertising the Fall Garden Expo (September
13) and the Fall Gardening Symposium (October 11). Flyers
are wrapped in packets of 200, so only take what you need.
We will alos have them available at our Tuesday meeting.
Fall Expo Volunteers:
The schedule for volunteers will be published next week in
the newsletter. Thanks to all that have volunteered their
time. We could still use a few more volunteers for Saturday
evening load-out and clean-up from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
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