North Fulton Master Gardeners

09/24/2026

NFMG continues its support for the Future of horticulture and environmental stewardship. We'd love your help! 50% of each sale comes back to us and 100% of those funds are used for scholarships and other educational endeavors. Cut and paste the link or use the QR code. Thanks y'all and Happy Fall!

09/19/2026

A North Fulton Master Gardener for 15+ years, Judy Peacock brings you a smart, safe way to build a garden while improving soil structure and without the back-breaking work of digging through rock or roots.

Catch the essay here, in Garden Buzz, brought to you online or in your driveway by Appen Media:

https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/garden-buzz-how-lasagna-gardening-saved-my-81-year-old-back/article_daa45b18-1baa-4e1f-ba08-ad0ed4944d10.html

If you love the column, support us and our work at NFMG.net




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09/07/2026

Benign or Beast? Read AG/NRA Agent LaTora's interesting article on the Joro spider---their introduction to the U.S., their life cycle, and their habits, including their interesting web structure and color. Still, I think we can all agree, our native orb-weavers have a beauty that can't be beat.

Become informed and you might just become a spider lover!

Happy almost Fall, Y'all!

Read Gabrielle's column here:

https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/joro-spiders-here-there-and-hanging-across-your-walkway/article_912f6dcd-d2f3-4398-8f9d-ed9db2b79748.html

07/31/2026

We would love for you to read Anne's beautiful column about the where and whys for the annual Pollinator Census.

Whether you can join us at one of our hosted gardens or if you'd rather hold a census event in your own backyard, we hope you will Bee Apart of this opportunity to capture and share data to help expand our community's knowledge about our tiny pollinating workers, their importance in our world, and the plants they love.

Anne's column at:

https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/garden-buzz-southeast-pollinator-census-is-this-month/article_2436637e-1649-4cb4-a4ba-c22120ba8611.html

and in our bio, gives references to insightful websites but an easy check-in for how to gather and share your count is at https://www.gsepc.org.

See you in a garden! Soon, we hope!
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07/17/2026

We are so happy to be online with this timely Appen Media Garden Buzz column and conversing with you about the important topic of mosquito management.

We've loved the recent rains (and needed them!) but they do bring more than flowers. Mosquitos love any nook or cranny of sitting water to breed. We think you'll find Anne's insight into the pros and cons of various methods of prevention and control helpful as you think through what's an optimal process for your family.

Give the Master Gardeners/UGA Extension a call if you want to chat through your particular environment and allow us to help you work through some layers of action for managing these pests.
Let's don't let them steal our Summer Joy!

Here is her column:

https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/opinion-top-mosquito-repelling-plants-strategies-for-bite-free-backyard/article_f3fef59e-4b54-4dd4-8f6b-571e3184719b.html

See you in a garden! Soon, we hope!

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Support beneficial insects! Come see us on Saturday August 22 at various sites to participate in the Pollinator Census.
Check out our posts and website for locations.

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07/15/2026

The Fulton County Master Gardener Volunteers are always digging horticulture. Come meet us at various spots this Summer. We'll be at Sandy Springs Farmers Market and Alpharetta Farmers Market throughout the rest of the Summer and early Fall.

Have questions about gardening? Come see our Master Gardener Volunteers at our Ask a Master Gardener Booth at the Alpharetta Farmers Market on listed Saturday mornings.

Out exploring on Saturday morning? Bring your children over to our Little Diggers Booth this Saturday at Sandy Springs Farmers Market. Our volunteers, led by Chris Ann Adams, always have an engaging nature-related activity for the kids!

On Saturday August 22nd we'll be at several of our demonstration gardens (and at our Little Diggers Booth at Sandy Springs Farmers' Market) throughout our beautiful Fulton County engaging with citizen scientists for the annual pollinator census. Come see us at any of the listed gardens and be a part of the study of biodiversity. You can also learn more about the UGA Extension Fulton County and the Master Gardener Volunteer program.

Are you a member or a horticultural group, a garden club, or another nature-based organization? We Master Gardeners love to share information on gardening. Check out our Speakers' Bureau on our website and let's start a conversation.

You can always follow us here or visit our website periodically-our door is open.

Don't forget about our April 2027 Garden Faire--always a great harbinger of the Spring Gardening Season. Watch for news on this huge plant-sale event.

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We hope to see you soon!

04/11/2026

Well, actually, its tomorrow...but we are starting so early getting ready for you, we want to make sure we get one more reminder out there. Please come see us, our partners, our vendors and our sponsors. We are so happy you believe in us. We support education in horticulture for all ages.

04/10/2026

So sad. Walter came to do a question and answer time at Garden Faire one year when we were at Bulloch. And he taught many of us during our Master Gardener training. He will be greatly missed.

Unfortunately we lost a gardening icon today. Walter Reeves passed. I don’t think there is anyone who has influenced Georgia gardeners more than Walter has. A down to earth gardener whose passion was sharing his knowledge. I dare say Walter had gardening groupies. Any time he spoke at our nursery he brought a huge following with him. Thank you for all you have done for us gardeners over the years Walter.

04/07/2026

Celebrate Earth Day, Native Plant Month, and the projected last day of frost at Garden Faire.-2026! North Fulton Master Gardeners will have many beautiful plants (native and introduced--but all curated from our Master Gardeners home gardens (or their seed table)), Georgia Native Plant Society-North Metro Atlanta Chapter will have so many lovely native plants, and Alpharetta Community Algricultural Program will have unique, heirloom and organic veggies grown at Old Rucker Farm (tumeric, anyone?). Come by, be a part of this community event, enjoy checking out the many plants and our many vendors and volunteers--oh and stop by our Garden Talks (9:30 and 11:30)--we have a few cool door prizes! We can't wait to see you!

03/31/2026

You've heard of sensory overload--some say that's not a bad thing. So much joy about gardens are that you can be whisked away as your sight, sound, touch, and smells take you to places you've been before, or hope to be someday or again.

The wonder comes in the feelings evoked through our senses.

Joan takes you on a walk through a year of garden fragrances. Ahhh, the beach, the holidays, the prom in 19XX, the summer gazing at the clouds. The joys, the sadness, the victories, the defeats, the memories, the hopes! Sensory overload may be underrated.

Enjoy the read, and the memories evoked in the garden.

To read Joan's column you can scan the qr code or it's linked here:

https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/opinion-seasonal-scents-in-the-garden/article_aa07866a-470e-4d16-a8c9-36a8a217e9d3.html

To read past columns by our Master Gardeners:

https://www.appenmedia.com/users/profile/garden%20buzz/