“Saving Georgia’s Hemlocks” at Hamilton Gardens

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Hiawassee, GA – “Saving Georgia’s Hemlocks” is the topic of the next “Let’s Get Growing” gardening lecture series at Hamilton Gardens at Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee.

The program will be presented at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 15, 2017, at the Hamilton Garden Pavilion, located within the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds, by Donna Shearer, chair of the “Save Georgia’s Hemlocks” Association. Her presentation will focus on the pests that are attacking the hemlock trees, and the practical and realistic measures that can be taken by the home gardener to help preserve them.

Hamilton Gardens Hiawassee

Hamilton Gardens, located atop the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds

An invasive insect called the wooly adelgid is putting one of our most majestic evergreen trees in grave peril. Thousands of these beautiful trees have already died in northeast Georgia where the infestation first entered the state 15 years ago. The remaining trees are in great danger of the same fate unless they are protected.

Ms. Shearer will present the most up-to-date- information about this critical situation, and will suggest options and actions that are available to home owners who have hemlocks growing on their property. Loss of the hemlocks is not only diminishing the beauty and value of the native landscape, but is impacting the environmental health of the forests and waterways.

Unless action is taken, most of these trees will be lost, and the result will be devastating.

The “Let’s Get Growing” gardening lecture series is offered on the first and third Fridays of the month as part of Hamilton Gardens’ community outreach education programs.

These rain-or-shine programs are free, open to the public, and are designed for both the new and experienced gardener

For additional information, call Hamilton Gardens at Lake Chatuge – 706-970-0011.

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