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.