10:00 am to 6:00 pm

The first 100 people to make the Earth Day pledge will receive a free pepper or tomato plant.

There will also be representatives from Waste Management with information on local recycling practices.

1pm to 3 pm

Bring clippers/loppers

Sponsored by Thomasville Garden Clubs, Inc.

Friday, March 19 1:30-5:00pm and Saturday March 20 10:00am-4:00pm

Thomasville Garden Center, 1102 South Broad Street, Thomasville (Old Monticello Road)

Theme:  “Through the Garden Gate” Entry garden courtesy of Gecko Gardens

Features:  6 design classes with 4 entries in each class in addition to General and Youth Horticulture

Horticulture entries accepted Thursday, March 18 from 3:00-7:00pm and Friday, March 20 from 7:00-9:00am.

Events:  Luncheon/Fashion Show Friday at 12:30pm. $15 tickets, advance reservation required

Show opens Friday, March 19 at 1:15 with Ribbon Cutting-Thomas University Jazz Band will perform.  Show open till 5:00 pm

Saturday show hours are 10:00am-4:00pm

Show Chairman:  Helan Huddleston, Killarney Queen Garden Club

For Luncheon Tickets and more information, call the Thomasville Visitors Center toll-free at 1-866-577-3600 or 229-228-7977

Questions: call Julia Singletary, 229-225-9711.

March 19 and 20.

Guided tours, art, and living history of Wakulla Basin. For more information and to sign up for tours, visit http://www.wakullawildlifefestival.org/.

Saturday, February 27

8th Annual Winter Garden Symposium: Infusing the Garden with Your Personality

Carriage House Conference Center

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m

$45 per person, price includes lunch

Featuring Tovah Martin and Carleton Woods

Tovah Martin, a horticulturalist, author, freelance writer, photo stylist and lecturer, will talk about “Infusing the Garden with Your Personality.” She has written for Horticulture and Garden Design magazines, among others, and has also appeared on the PBS television gardening series “Cultivating Life,” where she served as editorial producer. Her passion for all things growing and encased in glass has led to her most recent book, The New Terrarium, where she presents the whimsical yet practical world of gardening under glass – a no-fuss way to bring snippets of nature indoors.

Carleton Wood, Executive Director of Hills & Dales Estate in LaGrange, Georgia home of the historic Ferrell Gardens, will speak on “Rediscovering Old Favorites: Historic Plants in Today’s Garden.” Wood directed the public opening of Hills & Dales Estate, a 35-acre property operated by the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation. In 1989, Wood was awarded the Garden Club of America Interchange Fellowship, which allowed him to study at the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He has given many presentations in the Southeast, and has published many articles, including a “Garden of Remembrance” in the Garden Club of America National Bulletin.

Click here to register online.

From the Goodwood Museums website:

(sales continue every Friday and Saturday morning thereafter until sold out)

Presented by the Goodwood Garden Volunteers

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Virginia McKee Greenhouse at Goodwood

Each year, volunteers from Goodwood, root Old Garden Roses for use on the grounds and for sale to the public. The proceeds from the sale are used for the restoration and maintenance of the rose gardens at Goodwood.

This year we will have approximately 1,750 roses and about 120 varieties available. We will, as always, offer your favorite roses like Louis Philippe, Duchesse de Brabant and Pink Pet, but will also feature more recent additions such as Crepuscule, Hugh Dickson and Pink Grootendorst

Goodwood Museum and Gardens

Jubilee Cottage

Friday, February 4, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Free, No reservations required

By Fred Dietrich

Bluebirds were almost extinct in Tallahassee in the 1940ís when Fred Dietrichís family moved here for a teaching position at the newly co-ed Florida State University. But with recent conservation efforts by wildlife enthusiasts such as Dietrich, the species now thrives. Our speaker will talk about the past and future of this beautiful songbird and how to provide food and shelter in your yard, including how to construct a bluebird box, a simple design which he had perfected over 25 years of building birdhouses.

Dietrich will also talk about hummingbirds. It was once thought that there was only one species of hummingbird east of the Mississippi, the ruby-throated, but we now know that there are 14 different kinds. Dietrich will talk about whatís being done to support these animals and how we can create sanctuary for them in our gardens.