The Native Peace Garden was dedicated on June 22, 2019.
The idea for the garden began in 2015, when the late Helen and Jack Mott gifted a
portion of their adjoining land to SNCA.
The Native Peace Garden is located behind the Sautee Post
Office.
Open from sunrise to sunset,
the Native Peace Garden
is available for the public's enjoyment.
Come see what's happening in the Native Peace Garden! Take a look with Native Peace Garden Manager Johnna Tuttle. Learn ways to incorporate native plants in your home landscape. No charge, no registration. Meet at the Native Peace Garden. Questions? E-mail jtuttle@snca.org.
Visit two local private gardens and see what wildflowers are in bloom! Guests will meet at the Native Peace Garden, receive a map and then drive to the 2 locations in individual cars. Participants will receive plant lists for each site. This is a great opportunity to see how native wildflowers are used in the landscape. Suggested donation is $20. Funds received will be used for the care of the Native Peace Garden. Register by Apr 21. Questions? E-mail jtuttle@snca.org.
Native plants are essential for the survival of native butterflies. See plants that host butterflies and learn about specific butterfly species, including Monarchs. Butterfly friendly garden features will be addressed and a puddling station will be demonstrated. Learn how Monarch butterflies are tagged for migration studies and tested for algal parasite OE. Take home plant lists and information about different citizen science projects and pollinator habitat certification programs. Taught by Susan Meyers, a volunteer for Monarchs Across Georgia who has studied Monarchs since 2003 when she first traveled to the overwintering colonies in Mexico. Susan coordinates a tri-national education program, the Symbolic Monarch Migration and is a Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist. $15, Maximum: 15. Register by June 2. Questions? E-mail jtuttle@snca.org.
Scientists can learn a lot about how our pollinators are doing from our observations. Come help science by watching insect visitors on flowers! No expertise is required -- children, families, anyone can help. Come to the Native Peace Garden, observe a flower for 15 minutes and record what you see (a photo-worksheet will be provided). Questions? E-mail jtuttle@snca.org.
Can't make it to the Native Peace Garden? Do it at home! The activity packet will be posted on SNCA's Facebook page. For more information go to https://ggapc.org/
It is no secret that pollinators and native plant biodiversity are in trouble. This is a call to action. We can no longer leave conservation up to those who are professionally trained in botany, ecology, or restoration. Each of us has an opportunity to create ecologically rich gardens at our homes, places of worship, and greenspaces.
Learn how the State Botanical Garden is facilitating biodiversity through Connect to Protect gardens throughout the state. Led by Lauren Muller, Conservation Outreach Coordinator at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Through her work, Lauren aims to ignite a passion for native plants and conservation in her fellow Georgians. Through invasive plant removal, pollinator gardens, and learning to grow native plants, we can all do our part to conserve the incredible biodiversity found in Georgia. Lauren is eager to share some simple ways to support and connect to nature in our own backyards. Indoor presentation followed by a brief tour of the garden. $10 Register by Aug 14. Questions? E-mail jtuttle@snca.org.
Join us and learn about our native bees. We will explore Georgia's native bees and learn how to attract and keep them in our gardens. We will discuss bee identification skills, building a native bee garden, and bee nesting needs. We will finish the workshop by creating bee homes that you will be able to take with you to place in your garden! Becky Griffin is a Pollinator Health Associate with University of Georgia Extension. She is also a Certified Georgia Beekeeper and the Coordinator of the Great Georgia Pollinator Census (https://GGaPC.org). Being passionate about native bees, Becky is excited to share her knowledge with us. Limited to 15. $15 includes your bee box. Questions? E-mail jtuttle@snca.org.
Purchase native plants, get them settled in for the winter, and anticipate the beauty they will bring in the year to come! Questions? E-mail jtuttle@snca.org.
Enjoy a stroll around the Native Peace Garden decorated with holiday lights and baubles.
Ask the Horticulturist Seminar Series: Casual Horticulture for the Inquiring Plants-person Gatherings for the dissemination and provocation of horticultural interest. Usually, an assessment of a plant family will be followed by an idea-laden discussion of a Gardening Topic. Come with plenty of questions. French Horn concertos available by request. Led by UGA Horticulture graduate and SNCA volunteer, Jake Blaydes. No charge, no registration. Location will be confirmed prior to each session on the weekly e-update.
Get acquainted with the heavyweights of Georgia landscape horticulture as we go over commonly used ornamentals and what situations to use them in. The Ericaceae will be expounded upon.
Join me as I try to cram as much info about carnivorous plants (CPs) and their culture into a 60-minute session and warn you against the dangers of compulsive social media CP purchases, ending with a shameless plug for the CPs I'm trying to sell. Coverage will include Mexican Pinguiculas, Tropical sundews, Nepenthes, Sarracenia, Venus fly traps, and more.
Been procrastinating on your Summer pruning? Good, let's take the opportunity to make sure you do it right. Get in a mindset that will make you cut back your spring flowering woodies, discipline your fruit trees, and deadhead all manner of flower makers. Discussion of the Asteraceae included. Bring a pair of pruners to practice with.
Rampantly taxonomize any plant with identifiable characteristics present including trees, shrubs, grasses, forbs, and ferns.
Just kidding, but I'm trying to emotionally prepare you for it. Learn about cover crops, fall tillage, and other options for wrapping up the growing season so you can hunker down for winter with a healthy garden. To pick things up, we can also go over Fall planting. The truths of the Lamiaceae will be made available.
A seminar for people who didn't think they'd get this far and/or that want to learn how to make kimchi. We will also discuss how long different winter squash lasts (hope you picked a good one to grow), fruit and flower preservation, and storage. The consequences of the Cucurbitaceae will be particularly exposed.
Come to this seminar if you want bold takes on the most controversial topics in all of plant topic-dom. Heirlooms, GMO's, and overly editorialized seed-saving tips, all will have things said about them in a generally tactless manner. Plant breeding and the notion of "plant improvement" will be pointlessly deconstructed for vanity's sake, but there will be enough practical information to make it worth sitting through. Also Brassicaceae.
Defy the will of Nature by spitefully growing frost sensitive plants in your home. All manner of interior scaping organisms will be presented, from easy to hard cultivation difficulty. Particulars about fertility, pests, and watering along with an appreciation for oaks, hickories, and walnuts, will be presented.
Learn from past mistakes by getting on top of your winter pruning. Fortify your fingers for the trimming you will deliver to Spring-flowering woodies, structurally unadjusted fruit trees shrubs vines canes, and more. The Rosaceae will be tastefully examined.
SAUTEE NACOOCHEE CENTER
P.O.Box 460 • 283 Highway 255 North
Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia 30571
Telephone 706-878-3300
SAUTEE NACOOCHEE CENTER OFFICE HOURS
9:00am to 5:00pm • Monday through Friday
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GALLERIES and SNC HISTORY MUSEUM
10:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Saturday
1:00pm to 5:00pm on Sunday
FOLK POTTERY MUSEUM
10:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Saturday
1:00pm to 5:00pm on Sunday
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CABIN
Tours by appointment only.
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