“How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms”

The Alpharetta Arboretum is pleased to present this class on growing the shiitake mushroom.  Shiitake mushrooms are easy to grow, store well and are popular for their medicinal properties and culinary uses.  Participants will learn about mushroom growth, selection of spawn, and proper care of shiitake logs.  Each participant will take home one 4 foot log, which he/she will inoculate during the workshop.  Each log should be able to produce shiitake mushrooms several times a year for 2-3 years or until the log has decomposed.  Dress for a mess.

March 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Wills Park - Alpharetta Community Garden

Price $55.00 per person

Class is limited to 25 people. 

Questions?  Contact Sandra Kinney at sandra.kinney@gmail.com or call 678.491.9709

New Garden Shed at

Alpharetta Community Garden

Jim Waters, carpenter and builder of the new storage shed.

The Alpharetta Community Garden, a project of the Alpharetta Arboretum, is pleased to have a new and attractive storage shed for storing tools, wheel-barrows, hay, chairs and other garden necessities.   The final phase of this project will be to install a rainwater catchment system to collect rainwater from the roof that can then be used in the garden.

Meet Emelie Coleman....

Emelie led the group gardening effort of the Milton High School Science National Honor Society at the Alpharetta Community Garden during 2011.  It was a joy for me to work with her and this entire group of students as they learned to apply soil science, chemistry, biology and horticulture to the real life experience of vegetable gardening.  We’re particularly proud of Emelie who began her freshman year at Harvard University during the fall of 2011 to study chemistry and global health.

Emelie told me once that “the garden has really inspired me. I want to incorporate gardening and organic practices into more than just how I eat.  I might want to apply it in a career of some sort. “ 

I would be only too happy to see Emelie apply what she has learned at our Garden to her college and life career. 

All of the students in the MHS Science National Honor Society are an inspiration to me.  We could learn a thing or two from their curiosity and hard work.

--Julie Hogg

Gwinnett Tech Horticulture Instructor Conducts Class at Alpharetta Community Garden

The Alpharetta Arboretum’s Alpharetta Community Garden sponsored a “Gardening Basics” class on Saturday, April 9th, with Gail Zorn, a horticulture instructor from Gwinnett Technical College. Gail gave us great beginner tips and also recommended many plants specific to our USDA zone.  Gwinnett Technical College has a wonderful horticulture program and is in Lawrenceville.   Please find the link to Gwinnett Tech, as well as many other helpful resources on our Knowledge Resources page.

Find Out More About the Alpharetta Arboretum!

We invite you to discover all there is to know about the Alpharetta Arboretum by following the links at the top of this page.  Learn more about our Arboretums at Webb Bridge Park, Wills Park and Cogburn Park and learn about our Community Vegetable Garden.  Our mission is educational and we invite you to explore our Knowledge Resources page and Blog page for helpful information.

          

            Contact us at:

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