Gwinnett County Master Gardeners

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   Apr 19

2012 Garden Tour Information

The full information sheet for the tour can be downloaded here -> www.gwinnettmastergardeners.com/pdf/2012GardenTourInfo.pdf 2012 Garden Tour & Plant Sale Gwinnett County Master Gardeners Saturday, May 19, 2012 – 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Proceeds from the garden tour and plant sale benefit the community projects of the Gwinnett Master Gardeners.  Master Gardeners will be available [...]

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   Jun 06

Garden Tour feedback

2011 Gwinnett Master Gardener Garden Tour By Susan Varlamoff, garden host By foot and by car pool, family, neighbors, friends, fellow Master Gardeners, and the general public found their way to my Lilburn garden and that of my neighbor’s for the Gwinnett County Master Gardener’s Garden Tour on May 21. Approximately 100 people, ages 4 [...]

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   May 17

2011 Garden Tour – Sue Shaw

One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour  Sue Shaw’s front yard consists of a rose garden and azalea lined driveway leading to a front courtyard with hellebores, ferns, heuchera, macrophyla hydrangeas and callas. The greenhouse shade garden is home to Annabelle and lacecap hydrangeas as well as trillium, ferns and other [...]

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   May 16

2011 Garden Tour – Linda Edwards

One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Linda and Steve Edwards’ lovely Peachtree Corners garden is a welcome retreat.  This certified National Wildlife Habitat is designed to have something blooming each season.  Visitors enter the garden through an arbor draped with a living curtain of evergreen ‘Armandii’ Clematis.   A flagstone path [...]

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   May 16

2011 Garden Tour – Payge Cox

One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Wind your way around a flagstone path taking you to outdoor rooms designated for reflection and relaxation. Mostly shaded by mature hardwoods like maples, oaks and pines, the garden has sunny areas as well, displaying perennials like iris, daylilies and asters. Payge, a Gwinnett [...]

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   May 16

2011 Garden Tour – Jane Trentin

One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Jane Trentin’s garden is mostly a shade garden with some sun areas in the front.  She specializes in native plants, many of which she has acquired through plant rescues with the Georgia Native Plant Society.

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   May 16

2011 Garden Tour – Julie Foster

One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Julie Foster’s garden is about an acre and surrounds the circa 1903 home.  The front yard consists of a sunny garden of mixed shrubs and perennials as well as the ‘berry patch” with a fig tree, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries.  The backyard is a [...]

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   May 14

2011 Garden Tour – Susan Varlamoff

One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Susan Varlamoff’s garden is a combination of classic beauty maintained with environmental practices. The front yard features a koi pond and waterfall with biological filter. It also has an herb garden and other plants that attract beneficial insects to keep pests under control. Much [...]

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   May 13

2011 Garden Tour

The Garden Tour will be held May 21, 2011 The Gwinnett Master Gardeners are pleased to announce our 2011 Garden Tour to be held on Saturday, May 21st, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.  Tickets may be purchased at any of the tour gardens on the day of the tour.  Proceeds from the garden tour [...]

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