Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County

‘Backyard Birds’ discussed at Wright Center open garden event

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Wright Center open garden

Submitted information and photo from the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, which is holding its next Open Garden event next Thursday, May 16, at the Wright Environmental Education Center in East Cobb:

Joe Ranney of Wild Birds Unlimited will speak at 9:30 and 10:30 on Backyard Birds, including songbirds, migratory birds, owls, and raptors (hawks, vultures). He will bring nest boxes, feeders, seeds, etc. Make plans to attend the talks and to walk the trails of this beautiful urban forest.

The Wright Center is located at 2661 Johnson Ferry Road; parking is in the adjacent Chestnut Ridge Christian Church, accessible via Post Oak Tritt Road.

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East Cobb’s Wright Environmental Education Center certified as wildlife sanctuary

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Wright Center wildlife sanctuary

The Jean and Elwood Wright Environmental Education Center in East Cobb has become the first public space in Cobb County designated a certified wildlife sanctuary by the Atlanta Audobon Society.

The Wright Center includes 19 acres of protected land on the corner of Johnson Ferry Road and Post Oak Tritt Road, and serves as a resource facility with nearly two miles of walking trails and environmental education classes for school, scouts and other groups.

The land was once part of the Wrights’ farm, dating back to the 1940s. Before suburban development encroached in East Cobb, they designated it to be preserved in its natural state, featuring azaleas and plants attractive to birds and other wildlife.

After the Wrights died the county assumed ownership of the acreage. Classes are conducted in what was once the family home.

The Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County is actively involved in continuing environmental restoration work at the site, including cultivation of plant varieties native to Georgia.

While the Wright Center isn’t open for daily use by the public, school groups wishing to bring students should contact Kevin Kevin Hill with Cobb County Parks at kevin.hill@cobbcounty.org.

Adult groups should get in touch the Master Gardener Project Coordinator, Judy Beard at wrightcentermariettaga@gmail.com.

The Wright Center is located at 2661 Johnson Ferry Road, next to Chestnut Ridge Christian Church.

More background information about the Wright Center wildlife sanctuary designation can be found in the video below of Thursday’s presentation.

 

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Cobb spring plant sales on tap at McFarlane Nature Park, Jim Miller Park

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Cobb spring plant sales

The Georgia Native Plant Society is holding its 2019 Spring Native Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 6 at the McFarlane Nature Park (280 Farm Road, off Paper Mill Road).

It’s one of two sales the GNPS holds each year to provide the public and its members with an an opportunity to purchase plants native to Georgia.

General information, including details of past sales is at the GNPS archived plant sale page.

The Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County is having two fundraisers this spring for upkeep of demonstration, community, and school gardens.

The 20th Annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale at Jim Miller Park is April 19-20 (Easter Weekend) from 10-4 each day.

There will be roughly 70 vendors with products ranging from handmade dog dishes to pottery, jewelry to jams and jellies, furniture to yard art, and obviously, plants. The event is free and we will be there, rain or shine.

The 17th Annual Garden Tour will be in West Cobb and Smyrna in May, with four private homes on display, a working daylily farm, and a Master Gardener project, the Center for Children and Young Adults (CCYA).

Tickets are on sale now and are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the event. Purchase tickets here: https://www.cobbmastergardeners.com/calendar/garden-tour/.

Children 17 and under are free.

Cobb spring plant sales

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