Show your support for Woodlands Garden during Georgia Gives Day 2016.
On November 17, 2016 people all over the state will make easy, secure online donations to their favorite charities for Georgia Gives Day. Woodlands is excited to be a part of a 24-hour marathon of generosity, and would love to have your support in meeting our goal this year. All donations go towards the maintenance and upkeep of this public garden. Every little bit helps us, so make your contribution today!
Woodlands Garden is getting ready to host its inaugural M.A.Y. (Music, Art, & Youth) Fair on Saturday, May 21 between 11 am and 3 pm to celebrate our community’s young talent.
The Garden’s lawn will be transformed into an artists’ market with over 20 booths, where youth (grades 2-12) will create and sell their own artwork and crafts. In addition to the artists’ market, there will be musical performances to showcase their vocal and instrumental skills with the guitar, ukulele, piano, and cello. These musical performances will be held in the Pavilion and outdoor performance stage in the Children’s Natural Play Area.
“We are very excited for the first M.A.Y. Fair on May 21, a day of musical performances and an artists’ market set in the natural backdrop of Woodlands Garden,” says Kate Baltzell, Executive Director. “This event is an opportunity to showcase the creative talent of the community and engage the next generation in appreciating all that our greenspace has to offer. Great volunteers, supportive sponsors, and bright artists will ensure this event is fun for all ages.”
This event is free to the public and will take place rain or shine. A special thanks to the sponsors of M.A.Y. Fair for their support: Rock with Bock, Emory Alliance Credit Union, 2 Crafty Chicks, Kaleidoscope Studio, Color Wheel, and Revisioned Furniture Company.
Thank you for helping to make M.A.Y. Fair a success!
A big HIGH FIVE goes out to the sponsors for their financial support (listed below), the M.A.Y. Fair Planning Committee, day of volunteers, Youth Artists, Young Musicians, and all the visitors who braved the rain to cheer on these amazingly talented youth!
Pictures from the event can be found on the Garden’s Facebook page here. Please add your pictures and share with friends!
Hope to see you next year at M.A.Y. Fair 2017 and sign here for our e-newsletter so you’ll be the first to know when the call for artists, musicians, & volunteers is live.
Thanks again from the Woodlands staff & M.A.Y. Fair Planning Committee: Laura Beeson, Lauren Bock, Jean Gay, and Nancy Martin
We’d like to thank our wonderful sponsors for partnering with us for our first M.A.Y.Fair!
“BLUE RIBBON” SPONSORS
“ROCK STAR” SPONSORS
Summer and Fall 2017
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Dear plant purchaser and Garden supporter,
Last fall you kindly purchased some plants from the Woodlands Garden Fall Plant Sale. We hope you managed to get your plants into the ground before winter set in, and that they will soon be showing some new spring growth. Thank you for supporting this volunteer-led effort and for planting a piece of Woodlands in your home garden!
We had interesting garden-related conversations with many of you including offers of various help and support in making our Fall Plant Sale of 2016 an even greater fundraising success. We would love to include plants you’d be willing to donate from your yard so please be in touch if you have any interesting natives, perennials, ferns, shrubs and even small trees you’d like to contribute. We don’t sell invasive plants and don’t have much demand for spring bloomers, though specimen in fall bloom or shade lovers are typically hot sellers. Keep in mind these plants would need to be potted up this spring in order to be established by the time we sell them in September / October. If you have questions about a plant you’d like to donate feel free to reach out to us and we’ll be happy to provide help identifying next steps for this donation.
The Plant Sale is run by all volunteers, and last year we raised over $5,000! This funding will help Woodlands invest in new and unusual native plants, while also improving facilities for visitors, who can enjoy the garden for free from dawn to dusk year-round. There are many volunteer opportunities at Woodlands – Plant Sale related and much more – so please consider getting involved by completing this online volunteer application.
Please visit this spring and see our wonderful collection of native azaleas, or a little later in the year for the hydrangeas, and if you wander the trails on a Sunday afternoon there will likely be live music wafting through the trees. Visit our online event calendar here to learn more about upcoming programs for all ages.
Please visit Woodland’s website for information regarding events at Woodlands or general volunteer opportunities. If you can offer us any kind of assistance with the Woodlands plant sale (mid-September to late October) please contact one of the following volunteers. We would welcome your involvement!
Thanks for doing business with us and we look forward to meeting you again at Woodlands.
Sincerely,
Margaret Else – melse1@me.com
Pat Godbee – ptgodbee@gmail.com
Bonnie Phelps – bonniebphelps@gmail.com
Plant Sale Volunteer Coordinators – Woodlands Garden
Come join the fun…Volunteer with Woodlands Garden: https://forms.gle/T7QPRvWr9CpEG5gXA