Lilly’s Garden
Composting with Fourth Graders at Forest Avenue School–February 2015 Volunteers from Lilly’s Garden Committee brought a real hands on composting activity to Forest Avenue fourth graders. The students...
View ArticleMontgomery Public School Arboretum
Montgomery Public Schools Arboretum CCMGA’s “Children in Nature Project” Where do third grade students in Montgomery schools love to visit? Why, it’s the M.P.S. Arboretum, an Outdoor Education...
View ArticleMontgomery Botanical Garden at Oak Park
The Montgomery Botanical Gardens at Oak Park is our newest CCMGA Project. Volunteers are needed and welcome to help with a variety of functions. Volunteer Opportunities at Montgomery Botanical Gardens...
View ArticlePrime Magazine Article
September Prime Magazine by Cathy Maddox, CCMGA Member You Never Get A Second Chance To Be The First! (New Botanical Gardens at Oak Park) A committed group from the Capital City Master Gardeners...
View ArticleMallory’s Gardening Tips
Mallory Kelley, ACES, Regional Extension Agent Controlling Fire Ants this Fall The temperatures are finally falling and with all the recent rainfall, the leaves are quickly falling too. After the hot...
View ArticleHow To Tell If A Food Is Genetically Modified
Not many consumers realize that the FDA does not require genetically modified food to be labeled. Here’s how to determine if the fruits and vegetables you’re buying are (GM) genetically modified. For...
View ArticleComposting with Fourth Graders at Forest Avenue School
Feb. 15, 2015 Volunteers from Lilly’s Garden Committee brought a real hands on composting activity to Forest Avenue fourth graders. The students learned that caring for the land is a civic...
View ArticleThe War Against Lawn Weeds
Many of you have given up the battle to treat your lawn on your own, and many of you are still waging war yourself and wondering what am I doing wrong? Well, if you want to get ahead of the game, a...
View ArticleDecember 2018 Boom Article
I Learned About Fertilization and Mulching from an Italian Immigrant by Vincent Speziale My Italian grandparents immigrated to the USA in the late 1800’s. They were farmers in Italy, but farming was...
View ArticleCCMGA In Action:
Lilly’s Garden at Forest Avenue Magnet School 11/13/18 On a dreary fall Friday morning Master Gardeners ,the keepers of Lilly’s Garden, brought the “movable school” indoors to first graders to harvest...
View ArticleCCMGA Annual Plant Sale
Capital City Master Gardeners will hold its 2019 Annual Plant Sale on April 27th at Frazer United Methodist Church. Join us at 6000 Atlanta Highway (At the corner of Burbank / Atlanta Hwy in...
View ArticleAll About Amaryllis
Amaryllis is a popular gift you will see in the garden center in the fall through Christmas. If you purchased or received one of these bulbs I hope you had success and it has bloomed for you and now...
View ArticleA New Resident
In March, my wife Jean brought home another orphan plant cutting, given to her by one of her fellow Master Gardeners. Neither of us knew anything about this visitor called by its donor as “Hibiscus...
View ArticleThe Little Garden on the Side of the Road – March 2019 BOOM! Magazine
The Little Garden on the Side of the Road By Dawn Mitchell OK, it’s 1960 and I’m at my Nanny and Granddaddy’s house and of course I was allowed to stay up as late as I wanted, or at least as late as...
View ArticleFall Garden Refresh
By Mallory Kelley, Regional Extension Agent, Home Grounds, Gardens, Home Pests The heat is hopefully behind us and we are enjoying some cooler days, which for many it will inspire you to get outside...
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