Give So They Stay

Zoo Atlanta Needs Your Help!  They need to raise 500,000 dollars before December 31, 2009 to keep the giant pandas that have called Zoo Atlanta home for 10 years.

Give So The Giant Pandas Can Stay!

Sponsor a Cub:  I want to be a Sponsor

Other Ways to Help:  GiveSoTheyStay.org

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Callanwolde's Spring Pottery Sale

Pottery (above) by Chase Folsom

Callanwolde’s Spring Pottery Sale 2009

May 16-17, 2009 — 10:00am to 5:00pm

Functional, decorative and sculptural ceramic art will be available for sale this weekend.  Ceramic pieces for sale have been created by Callanwolde’s pottery program instructors and assistants.

Want to take an exercise, yoga, art, drawing, photography, [...]

Secret Gardens of Dunwoody Tour

Secret Gardens of Dunwoody Tour 2009

When:  May 15-17, 2009

Friday  –  May 15, 2009 — 10:00am to 3:00pm
Saturday  –  May 16, 2009 — 10:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday  –  May 17, 2009 — 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Tickets:  $20 (in advance) or $25 (at the gate)

For more information:  Dunwoody Nature Center

Atlanta Bonsai Society's Spring Show 2009

Atlanta Bonsai Society’s Spring Show with Kathy Shaner
Demonstrations and approximately 200 bonsai specimens will be on exhibit.  Exhibited specimens range in size from 5 inches to 3 feet in height.  And, vendors will be selling completed bonsai plants, bonsai-to-be plants, bonsai tools,  and suitable planters and pots for growing your own bonsai.

When:  May 16-17, 2009 [...]

Atlanta JazzFest 2009

When:  May 23,2009 – May 24, 2009

Where:  Historic Grant Park

Parking:  Parking locations currently not listed, but, they suggest MARTA.

For complete music schedule and more information:  Atlanta JazzFest 2009

Garden Faire @ Bulloch Hall

Garden Faire at Bulloch Hall
9am – 3pm

Some of the highlights include a demo by Chef Linton Hopkins, a picnic lunch and bake sale, a “Pass-a-Long” Plant sale, garden art, plant and garden vendors and a combination flea/antique market.  

Bulloch Hall
180 Bulloch Avenue
Roswell, GA 30075

Atlanta Dogwood Festival 2009… this weekend

Atlanta Dogwood Festival 2009 — April 17-19, 2009

Back in Piedmont park… right where it belongs

Over 250 artists, an assortment of musicians from different genres, festival food and beer!!  What more do you need??  Stuff for the kids?  Yep.  Stuff for dogs??  No… except for the Dog Disc Exhibition, but that’s for exhibition dogs ONLY!  The general public [...]

Callaway Gardens Plant Fair and Sale

Callaway Gardens Plant Fair and Sale
Now thru March 29, 2009

Approximately 20 vendors will be offering a variety of orchids, bonsai, shrubs, native plants, unique garden items and garden art.

Friday:  March 27: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday:  March 28th: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday:  March 29th: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

For More Information: Callaway Plant Fair and Garden [...]

Orchid Daze

Atlanta Botanical Garden
1345 Piedmont Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
 404 876 5859 

6th Annual Phoenix Flies — Celebration of Living Landmarks

Now thru March 22, 2009

The Atlanta Preservation Center presents a citywide celebration of living landmarks.  Guided tours, lectures, and open houses will be hosted at landmarks throughout the city.  And, all events are free!

For a list of events check out the Phoenix Flies website:

PhoenixFlies.Org