Executive Director Profile
Our new Executive Director, Kate Baltzell, joined us this month. She is originally from Florence, SC and attended Clemson University. After graduating with a Biology degree and minor in Secondary Education I entered the horticulture field with an internship in plant science at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. She gained further horticultural experience at The Land at Epcot, the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, SC. She went on to graduate from the University of Delaware in Public Horticulture.

She has been in Atlanta for the past three years working as the Adult Education Manager at Trees Atlanta, where she worked alongside an amazing crew of tree-loving staff and volunteers.

Plants
Have you come by to see the Lycoris radiata?  It’s a must see right now.  If you can’t visit you can always join in on the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Programs
The Garden will be very busy this fall so if you’d like to get involved just let us know we always have a ton of volunteer opportunities available.

More details on the Woodlands Garden calendar here plus an extensive list of events in addition to these:

• Sunday, August 30 at 1pm:  Neighborhood Update with Q&A to discuss the plans for the corner property at 915 Clairemont Ave and the Garden
• Sunday, August 30th at 2pm:  Music in the Garden with the Garden Fresh Pickers, a five member bluegrass group. They collectively have over 100 years of musical experience and this is their second appearance at Woodlands Garden. Come check out the local musicians-a great gathering for all ages! All performances for this fall listed on our website here.
• September 5 & 6:  Come visit our booth at the Decatur Book Festival!  Great giveaways and professional photography for sale.

A bittersweet moment … I am retiring from Woodlands Garden effective June 30^th.   The place and the people are extraordinary, and I am so grateful for my tenure here. The new Executive Director will join Woodlands August 1^st. During July my email will be checked occasionally, as well as voicemails to the office phone 404-373-2222.

If you need a quick reply regarding general Garden operations, please email Garden Manager Ruby Bock ruby@woodlandsgarden.org or call her cellphone 678-641-2966.

If you need a quick reply regarding administrative matters, please email Board President Alan McNabb alan.mcnabb@gmail.com.

If your message is to me personally, please ask either Ruby or Alan for my home email address.

Thank you so very much for the opportunity to know you and Woodlands Garden. Perhaps I will see you soon, at a concert or on the hunt for Fairies.

Claire

Come to Woodlands Garden Sunday June 28th from 2 – 4 pm to hear the well-loved Radio Ramblers.

They are perennial favorites at Woodlands and have been part of the Sunday concert series for the past seven years. They play a unique blend of country blues, Piedmont-style music, and Chicago blues. Formed ten years ago, founding members were Joe “Pigiron” Shifalo, Alton Leonard, and Michael Ellis. Pigiron was called home in 2011, but Alton and Michael have continued to perform and tour. In the last year, they have begun performing many more of Alton’s original songs.

Come Sunday to welcome George Eckart back –
we are so glad he’s feeling better.

The Summer Solstice is upon us – we should celebrate.  (We promise to have cold lemonade.)