Calendar of Events
Events and activities of the Alpharetta Arboretum
and Alpharetta Community Garden
2012
March 3
April 14-15
April 21
April 21
April 21
April 28
July 21
July 21
September 22
October 13
December 8
“How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms” - Sandra Kinney will teach you how to grow your own mushrooms. You will go home with an inoculated log that should produce mushrooms for up to two years!
Cost: $55.00 per person (includes materials)
Location: Alpharetta Community Garden at Wills Park,
10:00 - 2:00
Download the registration form here:
shiitake.pdf or contact Julie Hogg for more info. at
alpharettagarden@bellsouth.net
Alpha Arts StreetFest
“Upcycled Container Plantings” Come visit our booth!
Milton Avenue in downtown Alpharetta
“Plant Swap at the Alpharetta Community Garden”
Bring plants from home and swap them for other plants. We will
have some vegetable plants for sale.
Location: Alpharetta Community Garden, 11925 Wills Road
10:00 - 2:00
alpharettagarden@bellsouth.net
“Gardening 101 - The Basics of Vegetable Gardening”
FREE and open to the public.
Location, Alpharetta Community Garden, 11925 Wills Road
11:00 - 12:00 noon
alpharettagarden@bellsouth.net for more information
ACG Workday - Member gardeners - prepare your summer garden and do some community garden work.
Saturday, 9:00 - 2:00
YMCA’s ‘Healthy Kids Day’
Come to the Ed Isakson YMCA and see the unveiling of the new raised bed children’s vegetable garden as constructed by volunteers from the Alpharetta Community Garden.
ACG Workday - Member gardeners - time to weed and do some community garden work.
Saturday, 9:00 - 2:00 And while there, attend our class:
“Good Bugs - Bad Bugs”
FREE and open to the public
Location: Alpharetta Community Garden, 11925 Wills Road
10:00 - 11:00
alpharettagarden@bellsouth.net for more information
“Herbal Teas from the Garden” Sandra Kinney will teach you what herbs you can grow at home for herbal tea making.
Cost: $20.00
Location: Ed Isakson YMCA, Alpharetta
Time: tbd
“Why We’re Crazy about Composting!” Jan Waters, Julie Hogg
Hear why the UGA Cooperative Extension Service promotes composting
and hear Julie Hogg explain why it works so well at the community garden.
Class taught in cooperation with the city of Alpharetta
FREE and open to the public
Location: Wills Park Recreation Center, 11925 Wills Road
Saturday, 10:30 - 11:30
ACG Workday - Member gardeners - time to put the gardens to rest for the winter and enjoy a bowl of warming soup and bread - our treat!
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
