MHS Homecoming Court Photo Shoot Highlights The MEGC
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Marietta Educational Garden Center Hosts 2014 Marietta High School Homecoming Court
The Marietta Educational Garden Center was honored to host The 2014 Marietta High School Homecoming Court for their formal photo shoot on Sunday, October 12th. Local photographer, Johnny Walker, executed the shoot with ease. Kibbie DeJarnett, Marietta High School’s faculty advisor to The Student Government and Homecoming Director was so pleased that The Garden Center welcomed the court and their families.
Read More»May Vintage Garden Wedding at the MEGC
- At October 26, 2014
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It is October, and as the weather gets colder and the leaves begin to change, most of us in the South are thinking about Football, Halloween, Thanksgiving and the upcoming Holiday Parties of the season. But there is one special group of people who are only thinking about the beauty of May in Marietta, GA – Brides.
May is one of the most beautiful times here at the Marietta Educational Garden Center and brides who want to take advantage of this beauty for their own wedding are planning now. Take a look at some photos from one of our lovely brides who planned a gorgeous garden wedding in May. Photographs courtesy of Roth Photography.
Read More»Landscape Design School | Registration Now Open!
Registration is Now Open for Landscape Design School 12/01 – 12/02
Landscape Design School
This curriculum, offered in a series of four courses, covers a wide range of subjects: landscape design and its history, landscape architecture and horticulture in the landscape. After successful completion of all four courses students will become Landscape Design Consultants. The general public may attend, but only persons belonging to a federated garden club will receive the certificate. These courses comprise a two-day series of classes and are taught by professional instructors. Required text for the series is Stewards of the Land: A Survey of Landscape Architecture and Design in America ($40 plus shipping and handling) published by National Garden Clubs, Inc. Also required is a subscription to National Gardener. Courses do not have to be taken in chronological order; for instance, if you take courses 1, 2, and 4 in one District but miss the 3rd, you can attend that course in another District at a later time.
Read More»Roses, From A to Z | Dr. Bruce Gillett
You won’t want to miss the next Council Meeting!
Wednesday, Oct. 8th,
9:30 AM
In addition to delicious refreshments and our regular business meeting, our speaker is none other than Dr. Bruce Gillett, one of the area’s leading experts on all things roses. He is a neurologist, a published author, a Lifetime Cobb County Master Gardener and he serves on its Board of Directors. He is an American Rose Society Consulting Rosarian who has helped design and establish community rose gardens such as Rose Lawn in Cartersville and Smith-Gilbert Gardens in Kennesaw.
Dr. Gillett’s articles have appeared in newspapers and national publications. His book of love poems, “Quarter-Peeled Oranges,” a tribute to his wife, Dale, who died of breast cancer, has raised more than $11,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. He will be glad to sign books that are purchased.
Read More»Glory In The Garden 2015 | Save The Date!
- At September 19, 2014
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Save the Date! Glory in the Garden will return again to the Marietta Educational Garden Center on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 7pm. Join us for a fabulous night of food, fun and fantastic music.
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