Gardens on Green

08/27/2024

Attention Hall County 2nd grade teachers!!!
We have a few spots available for our fall field trips. Unfortunately, our group for the next 2 weeks just canceled. I know it is last minute, but if you can bring your 2nd grade groups (around 60 or less each day) September 3 and 10, please contact me ASAP.

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07/24/2024

That’s a wrap on our 2024 summer storytimes. We loved learning about bees and butterflies this morning. Special thanks to Agribusiness Specialist Zach Free from the HCSD Farm for teaching us about honeybees and to the Hall County School Nutrition department for providing us with so many wonderful garden tastings all summer!

Thank you for joining us for so many sweet mornings. We are grateful for the partnership between Hall County School District and Hall County Master Gardeners that makes these mornings possible.

07/17/2024

July 17 storytime canceled due to weather. We hope to see you next week for our last session of the summer.

07/10/2024

Vegetables in the garden! 🥕 🥔 🥦 This morning we read Tops and Bottoms, made our our garden craft, tasted veggies, learned about different types of vegetables, and picked some squash and peppers. Thanks to Hall County School District, Hall County Master Gardeners, and Hall County School Nutrition for a great morning!

You have two more weeks to visit the garden for storytime this summer. We will learn about butterflies July 17 and bees July 24.

06/26/2024

Blueberries! 🫐 We read about them, picked them, tasted them, and painted them. What a sweet morning in the garden. Enjoy 4th of July week with your families. We will be taking the week off. We will be back July 10, 17, and 24 to finish our summer storytimes. Up next: vegetables in the garden. Hall County School District Hall County Master Gardeners Hall County School Nutrition

06/19/2024

06/19/2024

Gorgeous morning in the garden enjoying Peter Rabbit tales and adventures! Thanks to Stacey Austin from Rock Hill Botanicals for sharing your lavender with us.

Make plans to join us next Wednesday, June 26, at 10 a.m. to learn about blueberries. You’ll even get to pick a few blueberries! 🫐 Hall County School District

06/12/2024

What a beautiful morning in the garden! 🌻 We loved learning about sunflowers. When you visit the garden this summer you can watch the sunflower house we planted today grow!

Make plans to join us next Wednesday, June 19, at 10 a.m. for fun with Peter Rabbit. 🐇 Hall County School District

06/05/2024

Storytime canceled today, June 5! It has been raining in the garden this morning and chance of rain continues. Hoping for sunny skies next week!

06/03/2024

It's going to be a great summer in the gardens! Hall County School District

05/28/2024

We can’t wait to meet you in the garden Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. in June (5, 12, 19, 26) and July (10, 17, 24) this summer. Our themes will be posted soon. Hall County School District

12/03/2023

Make plans to stop by the literacy garden before the parade today for lots of fun and a free book while supplies last.

07/23/2023

Join us for the last storytime of the season Wednesday, July 26, at 10 a.m. We’ll be discovering the garden through a scavenger hunt, reading The Curious Garden, and making a sunflower craft. 🌻 📚

07/19/2023

The rain 🌧️ stopped just in time today! Next week, July 26, is your last chance to visit for summer storytime.

Today was a special day! Thank you to author Teryl Worster for reading Milton’s Ears (The Willows Barn), Stacey Tomlin Austin from Rock Hill Botanicals for sharing your beautiful flowers, Master Gardeners for sharing vegetables in the garden, Hall County School Nutrition for providing a tasting with sorghum syrup and lunch, and media specialists for your work with the Reading Rocket and in the garden. Hall County School District

07/19/2023

Don’t miss this opportunity this Saturday, July 22! We loved learning from Stacey Tomlin Austin in the garden this morning. Here is your chance to learn more from her. Deadline to signup is tomorrow, Thursday, July 20.

Have you ever wondered how to take a big bouquet of pretty flowers and turn them into a beautiful tabletop arrangement like the pros ?? If so, My next floral workshop Is just for You💐
This Saturday I’ll be bringing my beautiful local grown blooms and that famous lavender lemonade to OCC Antiques & Interiors - "Out of the Cedar Chest" for Sip, shop and flower arranging ! Join me as I share all the secrets of flower care and floral mechanics- then you’ll select a vase and create a whimsical arrangement to take home.
Registration required - link in comments - Hosted by Oakley Gallery

07/19/2023

The rain can’t stop our fun in the garden this morning!

07/17/2023

Unique Plants in the Garden: Wednesday, July 19, at 10 a.m. Join us as The Spa on Green Street owner and local author Teryl Worster reads Milton’s Ears (The Willows Barn), Rock Hill Botanicals owner Stacey Austin shares some very unique flowers, and Hall County School Nutrition provides a tasting of waffles and unique sorghum syrup. We'll also take a look at the sorghum growing in the garden.

You may check out books from The Reading Rocket and grab a free lunch for kids birth-18 years old, too. Hope to see you at 711 Green Street in the Lovett Literacy Garden this week! Hall County School District

07/13/2023

It was all sun ☀️ and smiles as we learned about plant needs today and learned The Garden Song 🎵. You have two more weeks to join us!

We’re working on an exciting new theme for next week, July 19, with two special guests. We’ll be talking about how we are all unique. Local author Teryl Worster will share her book Milton’s Ears (The Willows Barn), and we will learn about some unique flowers from Rock Hill Botanicals. You don’t want to miss it!