Local Master Gardeners welcome spring with gardening tips for the community

Free talks will take place at different locations around the county

At 10:46 a.m. on March 20, Spring 2026 officially begins in the United States. With it officially less than a month away, local Master Gardeners are sharing their expertise with local gardeners who may need a little help with getting this year’s planting done just like the experts.

The Master Gardeners are hosting a series of free talks throughout the month of March in order to do so, with the first one scheduled for Monday, March 2. It will be at 2 p.m. at O’Kelly Memorial Library, 363 Conners Road, Loganville on Companion Planting taught by Meghan Pasken, Master Gardener. 

This will be followed on Wednesday, March 4 at Walton County Extension Office Education Room, 1258 Criswell Road on the same subject again taught by Meghan Pasken, Master Gardener. 

Below is a list of the locations and subjects that will follow the rest of the week.

• Monday, March 9 at 2 PM at O’Kelly Memorial Library, 363 Conners Road, Loganville – FREE garden talk on Thyme for Herbs taught by Chrissy Kuzel, Master Gardener. 
• Wednesday, March 11 at 2 PM at Walton County Extension Office Education Room, 1258 Criswell Road – FREE garden talk on Thyme for Herbs taught by Chrissy Kuzel, Master Gardener.  
• Monday, March 16 at 2 PM at O’Kelly Memorial Library, 363 Conners Road, Loganville – FREE garden talk on Creative Floral Design given by Fay Brassie, Master Gardener. Fay is a former National Garden Club retired School and Symposium Design Instructor, as well as a National Garden Club Designer of the Year.  
• Wednesday, March 18 at 2 PM at Walton County Extension Office Education Room, 1258 Criswell Road – FREE garden talk on Creative Floral Design given by Fay Brassie, Master Gardener. Fay is a former National Garden Club retired School and Symposium Design Instructor, as well as a National Garden Club Designer of the Year.  
• Monday, March 23 at 2 PM at O’Kelly Memorial Library, 363 Conners Road, Loganville – FREE garden talk on Dusk to Dawn: Bats in the Garden taught by Peggy Jones, Master Gardener. 
• Wednesday, March 25 at 2 PM at Walton County Extension Office Education Room, 1258 Criswell Road – FREE garden talk on Dusk to Dawn: Bats in the Garden taught by Peggy Jones, Master Gardener. 
• Monday, March 30 at 2 PM at O’Kelly Memorial Library, 363 Conners Road, Loganville – FREE garden talk on Gardening with Chickens taught by Master Gardeners Holly Hunt and Gina Verity.