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Calendar of Events

	Only $25 per person RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP click for all the information Monday, May 15, 2008
May 21 & 22	Tissue Culture Workshop: Basic & Advanced Chicopee Woods Ag Center; Fee is $30 for one day; $50 for both days Registration will be limited to 30 participants. For more information, visit www.hcmgs.com
June 16	UGA Trial Gardens Public Open House, Athens For more information, visit http://ugatrial.hort.uga.edu
SUMMER CALENDER OF EVENTS AT THE STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA
All classes require pre-registration unless otherwise stated. For class information and registration call 706-542-6156 or go online to www.uga.edu/botgarden.
Saturday, June 7 - 10:00 am	Native Flora Ramble Cliff Brock, Former Shade and Native Flora Garden Gardener, SBG Meet at Shade Garden Arbor Interested in learning how to identify woody and herbaceous plants or maybe you just want to take a Saturday morning to look at the new blooms at the Garden? Join Cliff on a stroll through the Native Flora Garden.
Wednesday, June 18 - 6:00 – 8:30 pm	Rain Barrel Workshop Natalie White, Storm Water Education Coordinator, Athens-Clarke County members $15, non-members $17 Visitor Center, Classroom A Natalie White will discuss storm water issues and how rain barrels help conserve water and reduce runoff. She explains how to construct a rain barrel for your home. Bring a plastic container (55 gallon) or trash can and watch it transform into your own water collector. The container must be food grade (has never contained non-food grade materials) and must be thoroughly washed out. Hardware and tools will be provided - all you need is a plastic container. If you are not able to bring a container, watch the demonstration to learn how to do it yourself at home.
Thursday, June 26 - 8:30 am – 12:30 pm	Certificate in Native Plants Elective Course: Plant Families of Georgia Nancy Coile, Ph.D., Botanist Emerita, Division of Plant Industry/Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Members $40; non-member $45, pre-registration required Visitor Center, Classroom A Since Georgia has more than 4,000 native plant species and subspecies, the ability to recognize common plant families on sight is an important and time-saving step in learning to identify plants in the field. Plant families are the first step in plant classification and are relatively stable. In this class, participants will study flower structure and other diagnostic characters of the most common plant families in Georgia and will apply that knowledge to keying plants in the laboratory and in the field. This course will qualify as credit for an elective course in the Certificate in Native Plants. See www.uga.edu/botgarden/educationalevents.html for more information about the Certificate in Native Plants.
Thursday, July 10 - 1:00 – 4:00 pm	Canning the Summer Garden Brenda Beckham & BJ Garrett, Athens Area Master Gardeners members $18; non-members $20 Visitor Center, Classroom A Pre-registration required. Beans and tomatoes coming out of your ears? Do you have a freezer full and neighbors no longer answering the door? Join Brenda and BJ for an introduction to the pressure cooker method of home canning. Learn the basic tools and techniques used for canning fruits and vegetables from your garden. Sterilizing jars, peeling tomatoes, and assuring jars are sealed correctly will be covered. This dynamic duo will also discuss jams and jellies and their presentation
Thursday, July 17 - 6:30-8:30 pm	Cooking in the Garden: Time to Talk Tomatoes! Courtney Alford-Pomeroy, Former Food Editor, The Athens Banner-Herald Members $24; non-members $27 Visitor Center, Classroom A Let’s celebrate summer’s great bounty with a cooking class! In this Cooking in the Garden session, we look at great tomato sauces. From a simple marinara to a spicy cream sauce with shrimp, we’ll learn to create quick dinner delights. Learn to roast peppers and tomatoes together for an easy restaurant-style salsa that will make you wonder why you ever fooled with the jarred stuff.
Saturday, July 19 - 8:30 – 4:30 pm	Certificate in Native Plants Core Course: Natural History of Georgia Plants Jim Hamrick, Research Professor, Department of Plant Biology, UGA Members $90; non-members $100 Callaway Building This short course is designed to introduce students to the wonderfully diverse natural vegetation of Georgia. The course will emphasize basic ecological principles as they impact plant distributions, prehistoric and contemporary influences on Georgia vegetation, major vegetation types in Georgia and common species that characterize each vegetation type, invasive species and their impact on natural plant communities, rare and endangered species in Georgia and potential human and climate change influences on the vegetation of Georgia. This course will qualify as credit for a core course in the Certificate in Native Plants. See www.uga.edu/botgarden/educationalevents.html for more information about the Certificate in Native Plants.
Wednesday, August 6 - 9:00 am	Drought Resistant Plant Ramble Sara Williams, Curator of Heritage Garden, SBG and Ken Ogletree, Curator of International Garden, SBG Meet at International Garden Entrance (near restrooms) Come and see what is growing in our garden, even through the drought conditions. Ken and Sara will guide you through the International Garden and the Heritage Garden to show you what has had successful growth through our low water conditions.
Thursday, August 21 - 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Advanced Beekeeping Dan Harris, Beekeeper, UGA Bee Lab, and Owner, Booger Hill Bee Farm, Danielsville, GA members $14; non-members $16 Shade Garden Arbor Pre-registration required. Advance your beekeeping knowledge and skills with Dan as you perform a 24 hour Varroa mite count and apply a variety of fall treatments for Varroa and other pests. He will also discuss fall and over-wintering preparations for your hive. Completion of the Beekeeping for Beginners Series required.