UGA Extension Athens-Clarke County

Our office will be closed Thursday, July 4th and Friday, July 5th in observance of Independence Day. We will resume normal business operations on Monday, July 8th.

Please join us at ACC Extension this Saturday, June 15th, 9 AM-12 PM for our Open Garden Day Event! We will be celebrating 45 years of the Master Gardener program with a Garden Walk lead by Dr. Allan Armitage. The tour will be followed by lessons on beekeeping and maintaining bat and purple martin houses. Please make plans to join us!

A servsafe option for those friends closer to Wilkes County!

Need to renew your ServSafe Manager Certification? New to food industry and need to be certified?
Wilkes County UGA Extension can help! We are offering a 1-Day in-person ServSafe instruction and exam on 7/15/2024. You can also re-test only with us.
Give us a call to register!

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Please join us TOMORROW: June 8th from 10 AM-2 PM at the Oconee Plant A Row Garden at Farm 441 (6091 Macon Hwy, Bishop GA 30621). Our Master Gardeners will be sharing all about how they produce vegetables for local charities.

Stop by Empower Athens at the Athens-Clarke County Library today from 10-1pm! We have information on our SNAP-Ed nutrition programs, Walking Into Wellness, and ELEVATE. Sign up for our Drink Water Georgia Texting campaign and taste our Blueberry and Peach infused water!

Last year, I had the opportunity to speak at the International Physical Literacy Conference in New York City, NY about our program. One of the audience members for this presentation was Janice Kehler. She is an author that took interest in our program and asked me to help her tell our story of . This quick read tells the story of each of us and our journey of movement. Help Janice by subscribing to her monthly newsletter at the bottom of the article.

Enjoy the reading, I know that I did.

A Story that Moves: 30 for 30 The public health message arrives 30 for 30–thirty minutes of walking for thirty days. Who knew that merely walking, in all its many forms, could be considered an exercise that could keep you…

Our office will be closed on May 27th for Memorial Day.

We are excited to announce that we are participating in Open Garden Days to celebrate 45 years of the Master Gardener Program! We are opening two of our gardens to showcase in the month of June - the Oconee Plant a Row for the Hungry (June 8th) and the ACC Demonstration Garden (June 15th). For a full list of gardens across the state that are participating, visit the Georgia Master Gardener Website.
Please plan your visit with us!

We are less than 10 days away from our Honey Bee Festival! May 25th 2024, 9 AM-1:30 PM at the ACC Extension Office (275 Cleveland RD, Bogart GA 30622).
Please join us for a day of fun for the whole family- including live music, vendors, arts and crafts for kids, and educational activities with our hives!

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Join us for our SNAP-Ed Food Talk: Better U class starting June 6th!

Food Talk: Better U is a series of 4 interactive sessions aimed at helping you identify ways to make small lifestyle choices that lead to a better u! Each session includes easy and fun exercises to help everybody move, a cooking demo, and tasting of healthy recipes. Participants receive free incentives at each session that promote healthy eating and an active lifestyle. Come ready to have fun and learn with others!

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Stop by the UGA Extension table at the Marigold Market and make your own salsa on the 4-H blender bike. Nutition and fitness!

Pictures from our Walking into Wellness program this morning. We’d love for you to join our program! Wellness based educational lessons weekly and beautiful walks every Saturday morning! Comment for more info!

We still have spots open for our Prevent T2 Diabetes Lifestyle Change program! Our classes are hosted on campus of UGA. We have parking passes for participants and a beautiful facility at UGA Learning and Development! This yearlong class is held every Wednesday from 12:00PM-1:00PM. We start classes next week!

Message us or comment for more info on registering.

Come join us to start a new pathway to living a healthier life!

31 friends came out for week 1 of “Walking into Wellness” program at the State of Georgia Botanical Gardens. See you all next Saturday at 8:00AM!

Our Athens-Area Master Gardener Spring Bulb Sale is going on now! Preorders are continuing until May 1st, and bulbs will be available for pickup in October. For a full list of bulbs offered and to download an order form, please visit our website at http://tinyurl.com/aamga2024bulbsale.

We are super excited to share that on May 25th, we will be hosting our first ever annual Honey Bee Festival! Please come out for a day of fun for the whole family- including live music, vendors, arts and crafts for kids, and educational activities!

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Please register and make plans to attend our April Green Thumb Lecture! Dan Long will be covering all things beekeeping as an introduction for those who may want to have their own hives! The lecture is April 17th, at 6 pm.

Please join us on Saturday, May 4th 1 pm to 3 pm for a hands-on workshop covering all things composting! Participants are invited to bring food scraps to create a compost pile. Please register at accgov.com/gardening.

Check out these two events happening over in Oconee County in April! Backyard Cattle 101 (4/23 and 4/25) and Make & Take Nesting Shelves for birds (4/27). Hurry up and register to claim your spot!

Our Master Gardener-sponsored Spring Plant Sale will be April 27th from 8:00am to 1pm at our office. Come out for a great selection of annuals, perennials, ground covers, bulbs, and much more! All proceeds will benefit Athens Area Master Gardener Association projects such as Plant-a-Row for the Hungry and various horticulture scholarships.

We would love to have you join us for our year-long Prevent T2 Lifestyle Change Program. Registration info available on flyer or comment/message for more info.

Please join us on Wednesday, April 17th at 6 pm for our next Green Thumb Lecture- Basics of Beekeeping. Dan Long, president of the Eastern Piedmont Beekeeper's Association, will be speaking. If you have any interest in honeybees or keeping a colony, this class is for you!

Our GA Master Naturalist Program will begin on April 5th! Please visit our website to access the registration form.

Classes begin April 14th!

Just a quick reminder about tomorrow's Green Thumb Lecture! Mateo Fennell, ACC Community Forester, will be discussing propagating trees from seeds and bareroot planting! Topics covered will be which trees can be started from seeds, gathering seeds, and proper planting techniques. There will be free trees available to take home! Registration is not required to attend.

Our 2024 Master Naturalist Program will kick off on April 5th! If you are interested in joining this year's program, please fill out and return a registration form located on our website.

Please join us at the Athens-Clarke County Library on March 13th for our next Green Thumb Lecture! Mateo Fennel will be talking about how to grow trees from seed and planting from bareroot. There will be free trees available for you to take home! Please register at www.accgov.com/gardening.