UPCOMING EVENTS
Horticulture Trivia with David Berle
Horticulture Trivia with David Berle:
All Boulevard Gardening Club (BGC) members are invited to join us on February 25th from 7-9 pm for a night of myth busting and random, but useful, horticulture information in the format of a trivia quiz. (Free plants to those that meet the challenge).
David Berle grew up digging holes, climbing trees, and damming creeks. He has over 45 years of professional horticulture experience. He is a retired UGA Professor and currently teaches online courses from UMass on sustainable horticulture and landscape design. Location: The home of Julie McLeod at 650 Cobb Street in Athens, Ga. Thank you to our host Julie! A snack sign-up link will be sent by email. See you on February 25, 2025!
Harvest Brunch Potluck
All Boulevard Gardening Club (BGC) are invited to attend the annual Harvest Brunch Potluck on Sunday, August 25th from 11 am - 1 pm. Location: TBD
Mushroom Inoculation Workshop with Olen Poninski
All Boulevard Gardening Club members are invited to join us for a Mushroom Inoculation Workshop hosted by Olen Poninski on January 25, 2025 from 1-4 pm.
Executive Committee Meeting
The January 6, 2025 Executive Committee meeting will meet at the home of Maureen O’Brien located at 185 Matthews Avenue, Athens, GA 30606.
December Holiday Celebration
All Boulevard Gardening Club (BGC) are invited to attend a December Holiday Celebration on Sunday, December 15th from 4-6 pm for a holiday potluck social. We hope you can be there!!!! We will meet at the beautiful home of June Ball located at 445 North Pope Street Athens, GA 30601. Thank you so very much to our host June Ball!!!!!!! PLEASE BRING A DISH. A dish sign-up link will be shared with members by email 1-2 weeks prior to the event.
Wreath Making Happy Hour
All Boulevard Gardening Club members are invited to join us for a wreath-making event on November 13, 2024 at the Athentic Brewing Company at 108 Park Avenue, Athens, GA 30601
Executive Committee Meeting
The Executive Committee will meet at the home of Barbara Benson, Boulevard Gardening Club (BGC) Secretary
Mediterranean Crops
Members are invited to attend the October 15th meeting at the home of John Paul (JP) Schmidt:
270 Yonah Avenue, Athens, GA 30601
JP is an Ecology Professor at the University of Georgia (UGA) and he will discuss Mediterranean Crops.
Thank you JP for hosting this BGC event!
Fall Gardening & Flower Arranging
R&R Secret Flowers
919 Chase Street Athens, GA 30601
BGC Members are invited to attend a flower arranging & drying workshop hosted by R&R Secret Flowers. Thank you to our hosts R&R Secret Flowers!
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What? Fall Gardening & Flower Arranging
When? September 16, 2024 from 6-8 pm
Where? R&R Secret Flowers, 919 North Chase Steet Athens, GA 30601
Rita of R&R Secret Flowers will discuss fall gardening, drying flowers and end with demonstrating flower arranging. If interested, in the last hour you can create your own flower arrangement. Bring a small vase, your clippers, flowers, and greenery. There will also be beautiful bunches of flowers you can purchase for $10-12 dollars a bunch.
Night Special: Rita will offer us a 10% discount on everything in her store.
Parking is very limited at R&R. Please park along Nantahala Avenue or in the old Heirloom parking lot.
Please sign-up to attend the R&R Secret Flowers event: Secret Flowers RSVP Form
Please sign-up to bring food to the R&R Secret Flowers event: Secret Flowers Food Signup form
Autumn Harvest Pot Luck Brunch & Fig Recipe Contest
BGC Members are invited to join us at the Annual Autumn Harvest Potluck Brunch & Fig Recipe Contest
Home of Chris & Mary Conley
741 Nantahala Avenue Athens, GA 30601
Pollinators and Bee Keeping
Keith Delaplane is a professor at the University of Georgia where he has responsibilities in research, graduate student advisement, and public outreach in pollinator management, social evolution, pathology, and conservation.
So. Eastern Grassland Initiative
Zach Wood Grassland Initiative, State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Zach Wood is the first Georgia Grasslands Coordinator for the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. He joined SGI and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in 2021. Zach’s expertise is in prescribed fire as a land management tool for endangered species, especially reptiles and amphibians, in the Coastal Plains ecoregion. His educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources Management from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
ROVING GARDEN PARTY
Roving Garden Party - Sunday, April 28,2024 - SOLD OUT
In-person registration/check-in 3:30-4 at 649 Cobb Street
Tour five gardens 4pm - 6pm
Food & Drinks each location
Join us for beautiful weather, five gorgeous gardens and local food with adult beverages! Limited ticket availability. Thank you to our amazing sponsors: Athens Cooks, Athentic Brewing Company, Birdies, Big City Bread, Cali n Tito’s, Emmy’s Squared Pizza, Marti’s at Midday, Normal Bar, and Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe.
Rain or Shine!
Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterflies and how plants impact pollination in on our gardens. Our presenter, Ania Majewska, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia. Her passion and curiosity about nature led her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Biology, a master’s in Wildlife Biology, and later a Ph.D. in Ecology. Her Ph.D. research focused on understanding how the decisions we make in gardens, in terms of plant selection and management, can benefit or harm insect pollinators. Additionally, she studied how non-native milkweeds impact monarch butterfly biology and the incidence of disease in monarchs.
Community Blueberry Plantings
Bart King, with New Growth Communications and founding member of the Georgia Climate Change Coalition, will lead this month’s educational program along with Clyde Yates, co-founders of the Community Blueberry Project.
Drying Flowers Demo and Building a Flower Press
Laura Ney, of ACC Extension Service, will give a short lecture and demonstration on drying flowers and how to build a flower press. Materials provided by BGC. Light snacks and non-alcoholic drinks will also be provided by the Club.
Holiday Celebration
Please join us for a Holiday Celebration
at the home of June Ball
445 N. Pope Street
Athens, Georgia
Sunday, December 17 from 4:30-6:30 PM
Please click on the link below to RSVP & sign up to bring a dish : BYOB
* Please park in the Silver & Archibald parking lot next door to June’s house
October Meeting: New Flowers Just for Fancy? (this event has ended)
Please join us for our October
Boulevard Gardening Club Meeting
Thursday, October 12, 2023
at the garden of
Juana Gnecco and Emuel Aldridge
410 King Ave : Athens, GA
7:00 PM- 9:00 PM
Speaker, Kaitlin Swiantek
UGA Master student Kaitlin Swiantek talk is titled
New Flowers Just for Fancy?
Do new fancy flowering cultivars do as good a job as species plants in supporting pollinators? Come talk to a UGA researcher who is investigating this issue.
Finger food snacks and desserts are welcome. The club will provide hot drinks, water, ice, and paper goods.
• • • • • Please park on Belvoir Heights or Mathews Ave • • • • •
This is an outdoor event. Rain cancels.
Harvest Party (this event has ended)
SAVE THE DATE!
Please join us for a Harvest Party
Thursday, September 14th at 6:00 PM
at the home of
Maureen O’Brien & George Wright
185 Matthews Ave, Athens, GA
Bring a dish to share and any gardening questions that other members may be able to answer. Our guest will be Gary Crider, a specialist in eradicating invasive plants.
RSVP 706-254-8685
Parking is limited so walking, carpooling, or biking is encouraged.
PLANT SWAP (this event has ended)
Now is the time of year to divide and share the joy of too many plants! Join us for a plant swap and gardening conversation. Bring plants, seeds, and extra garden equipment if you have them. We hope you’ll leave with some new additions for your garden.
We’ll be set up in the parking lot at 890 Boulevard Ave (accessible via Hiawassee Ave; rear of the church) for the swap.
You can drop off plants between 8:30-9:45 on the day of the swap or if you want to donate but can’t be there Saturday morning, you can drop plants, seeds, or equipment in the back of Mark Johnson’s pickup truck at 185 Hiawassee Ave on Thursday, April 20th or Friday, April 21st.
Questions? Send an email to boulevardgardeningclub@gmail.com or call Maureen O’Brien at 706-254-8685.
Would you like to help with the plant swap? Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/53s43stw