The Garden is open to the public from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 19 in celebration of the Juneteenth holiday. On your visit, experience Alice’s Wonderland and Enchanted Trees by Poetic Kinetics gloriously displayed throughout the Garden. Plus, look forward to Cocktails in Wonderland… Read More
Enjoy a one-hour guided tour of the Garden with one of our docents, free with Garden admission. Schedule: Tuesday – Friday Location: Meet inside the Hardin Visitor Center. Time: June – August, 10:30 a.m. | September – May, 1:30 p.m. Please note: Tours begin earlier in our warmest… Read More
Join us as we celebrate a blooming milestone—10 years since the opening of Gainesville Garden to the public! To mark this special day, we’ve planned some fun and meaningful activities for all ages: Leaf Messages: Share your favorite thing about the garden by writing… Read More
Celebrate creativity and craftsmanship at our Birdhouse Competition, part of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville’s annual JuneFest on June 7! Participants are invited to design and build a birdhouse inspired by the beauty of nature — think woodland scenes, fairy gardens, buzzing bees, lush plants, or any imaginative take… Read More
Get an introduction to the basics of sourdough baking with educational chef and aspiring homesteader Taylor Mead. Take home a recipe for focaccia and learn to make discard pancakes together in this semi-hands-on class. Each student also receives a sourdough starter for jumpstarting their at-home baking. This class is ideal… Read More
Educational chef and aspiring homesteader Taylor Mead shows you how to inoculate your own mushroom log in this hands-on class. Each student receives a log to take home to start growing your own gourmet fungi. Each guest also makes a seasoning salt with mushrooms, herbs from the edible… Read More
Join educational chef and aspiring homesteader Taylor Mead for an overview of what you need to start a backyard egg-laying flock, including coop design and maintenance, nutrition and enrichment, breed selection, and ways to address some common issues you may run into. Then make a few recipes with… Read More
Eat, laugh and learn with James Beard Award nominated chef, comedian and cookbook author Duane Nutter as he presents a dinner featuring recipes from his new cookbook, Cutting Up in the Kitchen. Each household receives a copy of the new book to take home. Read More
Take a trip through Southern Europe during an interactive and relaxing wine-tasting stroll in the Garden. Taste wines from Spain, Italy, and France, which are between the “bud break” and flowering periods of spring. Nibble on regionally-inspired passed hors d’oeuvres to complement the flavors of the wines. Read More
Taste the Garden’s fresh fruits, herbs, and vegetables and discover how they can be used to make delicious snacks. From the plants’ origins in the Edible Garden to their preparation in the classroom, campers will discover how plants grow into the foods they enjoy. Every day we will transform seasonal… Read More
