Our GCMG/Gwinnett Extension Project at Gwinnett County’s McDaniel Farm Park is wrapping up for 2011 as our volunteers dig into fall. Spring bulbs were added today at the main parking lot entrance.  Our big fall rennovation of the Farm House foundation shrubs included the use of the park’s tractor and a lot of help from the park’s maintenance heroes, Joe [...]

Gwinnett County’s McDaniel Farm Project Master Gardener volunteers will be cleaning up the demonstration garden and harvesting the last of this year’s produce during September.  For the 2011 growing season, volunteers have harvested over 600 pounds of produce making this a record setting year for the garden.  All harvested produce is donated to help feed the hungry in [...]

Here are some pictures taken out at McDaniel Farm Park in the garden today. We harvested about 60#’s of produce to send over to Annandale Village, our Plant-a-row for the Hungry location here in Gwinnett. We now have a total of 395#’s of produce harvested and donated to-date! The garden is looking great and we [...]

Ed Saulvester has been part of the Home Dedication program with Habitat for Humanity for many, many years, teaching each ‘soon-to-be’ homeowner about taking care of their landscape.  He also incorporated into his class the subject of how to care and the proper use of their garden equipment since many homeowners he had noticed were [...]

McDaniel Farm Park Project Gwinnett County Master Gardeners work with Gwinnett Parks & Rec and the Environmental Heritage Center every year to plan, plant and maintain the circa 1930 demonstration gardens, Farm House grounds and the orchards of the homestead at McDaniel Farm Park. Located next to Gwinnett Place Mall, this 142 acre park is [...]

On a cold but sunny day in early April, Gwinnett Master Gardeners braved high winds to spruce up the Calendar Garden at Gwinnett Tech.   This area  blooms from the front of Building 100 to the back entrance, with blooms coming seasonally.  It starts with the lavender phlox in March, and continues to the far end, [...]

Projects funded by Gwinnett Master Gardeners for Year 2010 Each year the Gwinnett County Master Gardener Board sets aside money for projects for the coming year.  The money comes from our fund-raising efforts including, but not limited to, the Plant Sale and Yard Art sale in May, our Garden Tours held in Summer, and the [...]

November at Vines Botanical Gardens was a workday to replant the entrance annuals (pansies) for the winter/fall and do cleanup at the entrance areas.  We dug plants to be replanted elsewhere in the park and propagated cuttings from existing plants to start more plants in other areas of the park.  Fun day!

Master Gardeners Cyndy Weber, Jackie Kujawa, Becky Wolary, Mary Ann Maher and Becky Panetta gathered at Vines Botanical Garden Park to plant annuals (geraniums) at the entrance area to the park.  This will be an on-going Gwinnett County Master Gardener project.