SEPTEMBER

Date:                September 25, 2026

Time:               Meeting Sign-in at 9:15 a.m. Program begins at 11:00 a.m.

Location:         Dunwoody Annex

Program:          Ambrosia Beetles in Trees and Shrubs of the Southeast

Speaker: Gabrielle LaTora is an agriculture and natural resources agent for UGA Extension in Fulton County. An entomologist by training, Gabrielle is interested in insects on farms and in gardens and is passionate about closing the gap between people and their food. Gabrielle works with farmers to make their production more sustainable and profitable, helps coordinate Fulton County’s Master Gardener Extension Volunteer program, and oversees the North Fulton Community Garden, answers clients’ questions about gardening and natural resources, and creates educational programs for Fulton County residents.

OCTOBER

Date:                October 23, 2026

Time:               Meeting Sign-in at 9:15 a.m. Program begins at 11:00 a.m.

Location:        Dunwoody Annex

Program:        Water Features and Hardscaping in the Landscape

Speaker: Kate Wright founded Bloom’n Gardens in 2005, and it has become. an award-winning landscape company with more than a dozen employees. Born in Maine, Kate attended college to become a Civil Engineer but fell in love with landscape design and changed her major to horticulture. After a stint in the Army where she married her recruiter, Kate and her husband finished their degrees at the University of Texas, moved back to Maine before eventually settling in her husband’s hometown of Atlanta. Kate will be sharing her expertise on water features and hardscaping in our gardens.

NOVEMBER

Date:                November 20, 2026

Time:               Meeting Sign-in at 9:15 a.m. Program begins at 11:00 a.m.

Location:         Dunwoody Annex

Program:         Phenology and You as a Citizen Scientist

Speaker: Chris Adams is a former Dogwood District Director, North Fulton Master Gardener, and member of Sandy Springs Garden Club, who will be discussing phenology, which is the study of season changes in living things. Phenology looks aw when events happen in nature, such as when plants leaf out, flowers bloom, birds migrate, or insects appear, and how those timings change over time. Because climate conditions are changing, phenology has become especially important for scientists who want to understand how ecosystems are responding.

DECEMBER

Date: December 4, 2026

Time: 11:30am

Location: The Capital Grille-

JANUARY

Date:                January 22, 2027

Time:               Meeting Sign-in at 9:15 a.m. Program begins at 11:00 a.m.

Location:         Dunwoody Annex

Program:         Wild Roots Native Nursery, A Resource for Native Plants

Speaker: Trecia Neal is the owner of Green Gardens Education and Design, LLC and co-owner of Wild Roots Native Nursery. Trecia was a biologist at the Fernbank Science Center for over 30 years, where she met Stephanie Spencer in a Fernbank Master Gardener course. Together they started Wild Roots Native Nursery to fulfill their passion for native plants. Tricia has a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in science education with an emphasis in animal behavior

FEBRUARY

Date:                February 26, 2027

Time:             11:30a.m.

Location:         TBA

Program:        Installation of Officers Luncheon

Speaker: The passing of the gavel to a new group of officers occurs every two years in the odd numbered years and we celebrate with an Installation Luncheon in which we thank our retiring officers and pledge our support to the new administration.

MARCH

Date:                March 26, 2027

Time:               Meeting Sign-in at 9:15a.m. Program begins at 11:00a.m.

Location:       Dunwoody Annex

Program:          Farm Chastain and its Contribution to Urban Farming

Speaker: Debra Brook is the Director of Operations and Programming for the Chastain Park Conservancy with 25. years of experience in volunteer management and community engagement. Debra will be bringing us up to date on the work being done at Farm Chastain and their efforts to remove invasive species and restore the land to a Piedmont forest using all native plants, work that will translate well to our own gardens.

APRIL

Date:                April 23, 2027

Time:               Meeting Sign-in at 9:15 a.m. Program begins at 11:00 a.m.

Location:         Dunwoody Annex

Program:          How to Grow and Propagate Daylilies in our Gardens

Speaker: Viki Breeland is an officer with the Greater Atlanta Daylily Society and a Master Gardener who lives in Roswell. Viki will be presenting a program about her amazing daylily garden with how-to’s on the propagation and use for theses beautiful and easy-care additions to our gardens.

MAY

Date:               TBA

Time:             TBA

Location:        Gibbs Gardens

We will carpool from All Saints Parking lot where attendance will be taken before we venture to the beautiful Gibbs Gardens where we will tour the gardens and have lunch. It will be the perfect outing for Spring.