GET YOUR ATH TOGETHER
How Your Golden Garden Does Grow: If you
are tired of investing your time and energy in
your garden, only to see it not succeed, the
perfect event for you has arrived. Wednesday,
Sept. 14 is the Gold Medal Plant Symposium
at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.
This symposium, organized by the nonprofit
Georgia Plant Selections Committee, is an in-
depth look at what expert horticulturists have
deemed the gold medal plants of Georgia:
those proven to thrive best in our state.
There are two events. The first is the sympo
sium itself, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., featuring
speakers, a plant sale, raffle prizes and lunch.
Coach Vince Dooley, a winner in the garden,
and Rita Randolph, a nationally known writer,
photographer and lecturer, will be part of the
entertainment. Tickets are $48-$40 for Friends
of the Garden and Master Gardener members.
End Timers, and you will learn the basics of
folk dancing. Swing your partner 'round and
'round! For a complete schedule, go to www.
athensfolk.org.
Y Spread Your Wings, Southern Butterfly:
The State Botanical Garden is hosting its
19th annual Insect-ival Saturday, Sept. 24 at
the Visitors Center from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Insect-ival's goal is to teach kids how
to respect bugs and view them in a positive
light. This year's focus involves the foods we
eat that are pollinated by insects, and the
edibility of insects themselves. A variety of
stations will be set up in the conservatory,
demonstrating the relationship of insects to
our world, including a plant sale, a flower
garden walk, a puppet show and an insect
Olympics where kids use their "insect sensi-
See these butterflies and many more incredible bugs at Insect-ival at the Bot Garden Saturday. Sept. 24.
The other event is a plant sale, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., outside the Visitors Center. The
sale is open to the public, and there will be
experts on hand to assist in picking out plants
that should succeed in your garden, based on
your personal needs. To register, go to www.
georgiagoldmedalplants.org.
Folk Fest Kickstarts Fall: Check out the North
Georgia Folk Festival's biggest year so far
with the 27th annual gathering on Saturday,
Sept. 24 at Sandy Creek Park. Activities
abound from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., includ
ing music, storytelling workshops, arts and
crafts. Craft demonstrations encompass the
historic arts of basket-making, blacksmithing,
broom-making, quilting, hand-spinning and
weaving. You'll be able to purchase native
wildflowers, handmade jewelry, pottery, metal
sculpture, glass, leather and heirloom seeds,
among many other items. Adult tickets are
$10, students $5, under 12 free. Park admis
sion is $2 per car. Juan's Empanadas, Farm
255 and Harry's Pig Shop will sell food. Bring
your own instruments, chairs and blankets. To
get in the mood for Saturday, you can begin
your folk weekend at the pre-festival contra
dance for $7 and attend a free acoustic jam—
both on Friday, Sept. 23 at Memorial Park
from 7:30 to 11 p.m. The contra dance, which
actually takes place in Athens on a regular
basis, will feature a caller and a live band, The
bilities" to compete with each other. There
will be roach and beetle races as well as an
insect cafe with Chef Daniella Martin of www.
girlmeetsbug.com fame, who makes such
dishes as Bee-LT sandwiches and cricket stir-
frys. The main feature of the event: the fourth
annual butterfly release in the International
Garden, is at 11 a.m. Jim and Mike Maudsley
have locally raised approximately 300 butter
flies, which will spread their wings in the wild
for the first time. The event is $5 per person
or $20/family—free for kids 2 and under.
Hub Cap Halos: The Lyndon House is hosting
"The Mystique of the Automobile: A Festival
of Cars, Art and Fashion" Saturday, Sept. 24
from noon to 5 p.m.—a free day of events,
exhibiting the auto as an art form. Almost 100
cars will be on display, from 1917 to 1971.
These include a 1912 Ford Model T touring
car, a 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL gull wing
coupe, and a 1964 Lincoln Continental con
vertible. Criteria for the cars on exhibit are
based on rarity, condition and their impor
tance to the history of automobiles. There
are activities for kids from noon to 2 p.m.,
live music that will make you want to dance
the jitterbug, and a fashion show from 2 to 3
p.m. So glam! For more information, check out
www.mystiqueoftheautomobile.org.
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