We have a winner!

Congratulations to Sara Sturges of Watkinsville, who won our 2013 State Botanical Garden of Georgia Art Competition. There were 57 entries, which very much impressed our judges. There is a glitch in getting all five winners (we had a 3-way tie for Third Place, including Sara's other entry) onto this blog post; we will post all five winners soon. In the meantime, here are the 2013 winners:

2013 State Botanical Garden of Georgia Art Competition

First Place:

Sara Sturges, Watkinsville                            Oconee County High School

   “The State Botanical Garden of Georgia” – digital

Second Place:

Chelsea Morey, McDonough                      Union Grove High School

   “Orchids” - Prismacolor

Third Place (Three-way tie):

Analea Briceno, McDonough                      Union Grove High School

   “Flowers of the Wild” – watercolor, ink

"OC" Carlisle, Athens                                       University of Georgia

   “Spiderwort” – colored pencil

Sara Sturges, Watkinsville                            Oconee County High School

   “Brown Thrasher” – digital

Certificates of Merit:

Andie Ashe, Athens                                        University of Georgia

   Untitiled – digital

Severen Brown, Athens                                                Athens Academy

   “Denizens of Detritus” - scratchboard

Erica Dutton, Rome                                         Armuchee High

   Ribbon Blooms” – pen, ink, colored pencil, marker

Sydney Fielding, McDonough                     Union Grove High School

   “Zinnias” – Prismacolor

Rosa Galdamez, Athens                                                Cedar Shoals High School

   “Saving Seeds in My Life” – oil pastel

Madison Hogan, Athens                                  Cedar Shoals High School

   “…Mother Earth Smiled” – watercolor, pencil

Jiade Li, Acworth                                              Furtah Prep

   “Inner Peace” – oil pastel

Natalie Pecasner, McDonough                   Union Grove High School

   “Lilly Pads” – Prismacolor, pencil, acrylic

Wick Prichard, Athens                                    University of Georgia

   “Southeastern Soil Ecosystem” – digital

Allison Rautmann, McDonough                 Union Grove High School

   “Flower” - Prismacolor

Thy Vo, Lawrenceville                                    Berkmar High

   “Connected” – digital

Trisha Walden, Commerce                           East Jackson Comprehensive High School

   “The Simple Life” – ink

Yan Lin Yang, Acworth                                    Furtah Prep

   “Rose” – pencil

Sculpture created by land artist Chris Taylor and children in the Garden.

Land artist Chris Taylor has posted photos of "Wooden Trail," an art installation that he created with children during our Fall Festival in October. Take a look at www.34north.org, then come to the Garden to see it in person.

Healthy Cooking for the Family, Healthy Cooking with the Family

A delightful evening at the State Botanical Garden with an author speaking about healthy cooking from your garden, a book signing, tastes of recipes prepared by Slow Food Greater Athens, plus a wine and cheese tasting by The Healthy Gourmet – all for only $12.

Limited tickets available - get yours at www.botgarden.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-9353.

 

 Healthy Cooking for the Family, Healthy Cooking with the Family

An evening celebration at the Garden to inspire and relax you into the holidays.

Family is gathering, schedules are filling, lists are building. You need inspiration for healthy food to cook for and, even better, with your family. You also need ideas for holiday and hostess gifts. And, oh yes, you could use a date night with your spouse or a night out with friends.

On Wednesday, November 20, the Garden will be celebrating the beginning of the holiday season with a wine and cheese tasting coordinated by The Healthy Gourmet of Athens from 6:30 – 8:00 pm in the Visitor Center & Conservatory. At 7:00 Patricia Moore-Pastides, author of Greek Revival From the Garden, will discuss cooking healthy, fresh foods to please the entire family, how she uses her garden harvest in the kitchen, and container gardens for Mediterranean cooking. Slow Food Athens will provide tastes of food cooked from recipes in the book. And to inspire holiday shopping, the Garden gift shop will be open for the evening and Patricia will be signing books after her talk.

Tickets are $12 each. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 706-542-9353 or visit botgarden.uga.edu.

Celebrate Nature and the Changing Seasons at the State Botanical Garden’s Fall Festival

Bring the family to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia on Saturday, November 9 for a Fall Festival celebrating nature, discovery and creativity. From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm children and their families will be able to learn about migrating birds, build structures using natural materials, play in fall leaves, create arts and crafts, and taste familiar and maybe not-so-familiar fall harvests. Local artist Chris Taylor will create an outdoor land art installation during the festival, guiding children to help with this creation. This event is free, but donations for the planned Children’s Garden will be accepted.

Before the free festival, the Family Hiking Club that will meet in front of the Visitor Center at 9:00 am. Wear comfortable clothing and sturdy shoes to explore the woods, streams, and gardens. Cost for the Family Hiking Club is $5/person or $15 per family (children 3 and under are free.)

For more information about these events call 706-542-6156, email ckeber@uga.edu, or visit www.botgarden.uga.edu.

2013 Art Competition

It’s fall again and that means it’s time for the annual statewide art competition sponsored by the J.A. and H.G. Woodruff, Jr. Charitable Trust.

If you are a Georgia student 9th grade and above, including full and part-time college students, we want to see your artwork!  The artist with the winning piece will receive $1,000 with additional awards of $500 and $250 for second and third place, respectively, and certificates of merit being presented.

We are looking for a piece of artwork to use to create unique items for the Botanical Garden’s gift shop, so please keep that in mind when submitting. Previous items the Garden has created include T-shirts, mugs, stationary and totes.
Submissions should follow the guidelines closely. Artwork must be two-dimensional in square, horizontal, round, vertical or oval format and be no larger than 24” x 36”. All two-dimensional media are allowed including pencil, pen and ink, photography, paint, collage and computer enhanced graphics.

Artwork does not need to be framed, but should be signed. For more information and the entry form please visit http://botgarden.uga.edu/docs/visit/artcomp.pdf.

Deliver submissions to the lower level of the Callaway Building at the Garden or mail to Connie Cottingham at 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA 30605.

Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 4, at 5:00 p.m.

Garden Travels: Quebec City and the Gardens at Les Quatres Vents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 22                                      

6:00 pm social hour, 7:00 pm talk

 

Gardenside Room, Visitor Center                 

Free, please donate at the entrance

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens

 

Don’t you love to get together with friends and visit great gardens? Well, let’s do.

In August Connie Cottingham and Mike Sikes traveled to Quebec City to attend the Garden Writers annual meeting and spend a day at the Gardens at Les Quatres Vents, a 28 acre garden that has been described as one of the "most aesthetically satisfying and horticulturally exciting landscape experiences in North America."  We will gather for a social hour, enjoying dinner or coffee from Donderos’ Kitchen (Dutch treat,) and then have a seat and enjoy a vicarious tour of a historic city and amazing gardens and parks. No reservations necessary.

 

Medicinal Plant Symposium

Spend a day exploring at the Medicinal Plant Symposium on Tuesday, October 15, at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Learn from six medicinal plant experts about traditional and current uses of medicinal plants in your garden to the health food store to other continents. Join us as we go in-depth to discover: 1. plants and animals in traditional Chinese medicine, a diverse pharmacopoeia with a 5,000 year history 2. use of herbs to aid people experiencing emotional, physical and spiritual imbalances 3. herbs that can be harvested from your garden each season to promote health 4. how horticulturists are improving the production of Artemisia annua for the fight against malaria 5. herbal formulas in Chinese medicine that can be used for common ailments such as colds, upset stomachs and pain relief 6. the UGA Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden on the UGA campus, featuring over 150 species of ethnobotanical importance This symposium will be held from 8:30 am to 3:15 pm in the Callaway Building Auditorium, The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens and costs $60 (including a buffet lunch.) Preregistration is required. Before the morning break, two State Botanical Garden staff members will talk about plants available in the plant sale that is open to the public from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. For more information about the symposium and instructors or to register call 706-542-6156 or visit botgarden.uga.edu.