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Upcoming Events for 2012 |
| Annual Plant Sale The Douglas County Master Gardeners will have their annual plant sale Saturday, May 5th, from 8:00a.m. until 1:00p.m. There will be a large variety of perennials, shrubs, annuals, herbs, and vegetables--many ‘old favorites’ and some ‘hard to find’ plants. Proceeds benefit a variety of causes throughout Douglas County including the group’s garden for ‘Feed the Hungry’. The sale will be at the Master Gardener’s greenhouse located adjacent to the Woodie Fite Senior Center at 8750 Dorris Road in Douglasville |
| 5th Annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea
Festival & Near Standard Flower Show This annual festival is held on the first weekend in June (June 2-3, 2012) and is a signature event that stimulates participation of all county citizens, city and county governments and civic groups. This year’s show is entitled “The Royals”, after a new hydrangea collection entitled The Royal Majestics that will be released this spring, The Festival will not only include the Flower Show but a lecture and book signing by renown gardener Vince Dooley, a day time garden tour event of seven local private gardens as well as Master Gardeners projects of the Douglas County Cultural Arts Center Butterfly Garden and the Nature Trail, a festival market of highly skilled crafts and antiques, display gardens designed by well known landscape designers on view at LeJardin Blanc and a Progressive Dinner and Garden Tour entitled “Moonlight & Magnolias” whose proceeds help benefit Douglas County Museum of History and Art. |
| 26th Annual “Home Vegetable Garden
Contest” The deadline to enter the 26th annual ‘Home Vegetable Garden Contest’ will be Saturday, June 16th. So if you’ve been told that you have one of the best vegetable gardens in Douglas County, then you need to enter the contest this year. Or feel free to nominate someone for the contest. This year’s sponsors are the Douglas County Farm Bureau, Turner's Feed and Seed, the Douglas County Cooperative Extension, and the Douglas County Master Gardeners. $100.00 prize money and a plaque recognizing outstanding achievement will be awarded to each of the first place winners in four categories: best small, medium and large gardens and best youth garden. The judging criteria includes layout and design, weed control, yield of vegetables, and overall appearance. If you wish to enter or nominate someone, contact James Kirkwood at 770-942-1663 or email jkirk30135@yahoo.com. You may also pick up and/or drop off a form at any of the sponsor's locations. |
| 18th Annual “Great Tomato Contest If you are a Douglas County resident and would like to enter the ‘Great Tomato Contest’, bring your heaviest tomato to Turner’s Feed and Seed for ‘weighing in’. Entries will be accepted Monday-Friday (8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.) and Saturday (8:00a.m.-3:30 p.m.) The individual bringing in the heaviest home grown tomato will win $100.00 cash prize donated by Turner’s Feed and Seed. They are located at 8808 Bright Star Road, Douglasville, Ga. 30134. Phone # 770-942-4832 This annual event is sponsored by the Douglas County Master Gardeners, Douglas County Cooperative Extension, and Turner’s Feed and Seed. Entries accepted now thru September 3rd, 2012. |