Green and Growing Events

Be ‘Green and Growing’ – Classes and Garden Opportunities

Healthy soil, healthy trees workshop w/ Rockdale Co. Extension - Monday, March 16th at 6 p.m.

Dr. Allan Armitage & his book, The Common-Sense Gardener w/ Gwinnett Co. Master Gardeners - Monday, March 16th at 7 p.m.

How to maintain your lawn w/ Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb Co. (virtual) - Tuesday, March 17th at 7 p.m.

Atlanta Home Show at Cobb Galleria Centre - March 20th - 22nd

Garden for Life Fest at Autumn Hill Nursery (I’ll be there!) - Saturday, March 21st

Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival - March 21st & 22nd

Urban Ag Council’s Georgia Landscape Awards Banquet (I’ll be there!) - Monday, March 23rd at 6 p.m.

S. Georgia Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium in Tifton - Wednesday, March 25th, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Trees Atlanta Lunch & Learn: Atlanta’s Forests - How to identify, understand, and protect them - Wednesday, March 25th at noon

“The Nature of Oaks,” a talk by Doug Tallamy in Athens - Thursday, March 26th at 5:30 p.m.

Garden party at Atlanta Botanical Garden - Friday, March 27th at 6 p.m.

City of Alpharetta community recycling collection - Saturday, March 28th, 8:30 a.m. - noon

Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival - March 28th and 29th

Peanut Proud Festival in Blakely, Ga - Saturday, March 28th

All about bluebirds at Switzer Library in Marietta - Monday, March 30th at 6 p.m.

Hall County Master Gardener 2026 Spring Expo - April 3rd & 4th

Spring break garden workshop at Smith-Gilbert Gardens - Wednesday, April 8th at 10 a.m.

90th Atlanta Dogwood Festival - April 10th - 12th

Discover bonsai at Smith-Gilbert Gardens - Saturday, April 11th

Cobb Co. recycling event - Saturday, April 11th, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Atlanta movie premiere of The Gardener - Tuesday, April 14th at 7 p.m.

Bugwood Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health summit (virtual) - Thursday, April 16th at 2 p.m.

Conserve the 4-0-Forest, a volunteer weekend w/ Trees Atlanta - April 17th & 18th

Intown Atlanta Chapter of the Ga Native Plant Society native garden tour - Saturday, April 18th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Native plants to use in your garden w/ Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb Co. (virtual) - Tuesday, April 21st

Georgia Strawberry Festival in Reynolds - Saturday, April 25th

Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail Spring Symposium (I’ll be there) - Friday, May 1st

Monarchs & Margaritas at Dunwoody Nature Center - Saturday, May 2nd at 6 p.m.

Urban Ag Council Webinar Series - Get Ready for Spring

American Horticultural Society Live Series winter programs

Events at Atlanta Botanical Garden

Events at Chattahoochee Nature Center

Cherokee County Extension Programs (scroll down to “Gardening & Nature”)

Events at Dunwoody Nature Center

Featured Piedmont Park Activities

Volunteer Opportunities and Classes from Trees Atlanta