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The 3rd Annual Medlock Funky Elegant Lush Garden Tour is happening this Saturday, July 10th from 9a to 2p. This fun and quirky garden tour runs the gamut from a backyard tilapia pond to a powerline garden where the owner grows the ingredients for his hot pepper sauce. Twelve gardens are on the [...]

The Decatur Farm to School Initiative is hosting two events in April to raise money to integrate Farm to School principles into the curriculum and the cafeteria.
The first event, in conjunction with Earth Day, an April 17th viewing of the film Dirt! The Movie in the new Decatur High School Auditorium. Dirt! The Movie [...]

The DeKalb Extension Service is offering its 2010 Gardening Series (Gardening for Food, Fitness & Fun) starting Thursday, January 28th. Class topics include: understanding soils; basic vegetable gardening; growing specialty vegetables; vegetable pests and diseases; roses; color in the landscape; and tropical plants. Classes are $10 per class (at the door) or [...]

Calling all gardeners and friends! Medlock Elementary is having a campus beautification day this Saturday, October 17th, from 9am-12noon. Come check out the award winning Children’s Garden while sprucing up the front and back beds. All hands appreciated, any amount of time useful! Bring tools and gloves if possible. Medlock’s [...]

The North Decatur Garden Club is in the process of forming. This is not your grandma’s garden club! Some of the activities the group is investigating include: creating a community vegetable garden in or near Medlock Park; working with the county to manage the use of the FEMA buy-out lots on Scott [...]

A number of homes located along the floodplain in the Medlock area have been bought out by FEMA. One of these lots that is located very close to Medlock Park is slated to be turned into a community garden (YAY!!) I have posted a draft of the proposed community garden contract in the [...]

The Medlock neighborhood’s 2nd annual Funky Elegant Lush Summer Garden Tour will take place (rain or shine!) on Saturday morning, July 11th (9a – 1p). Tickets ($5) are on sale now at the Ace Hardware on Scott Boulevard and will be available at Medlock Elementary School on the day of the tour. There [...]