Central Fulton Master Gardeners Team Up with Atlanta Habitat on Build
Master gardeners will work on 100th Atlanta Habitat home on Saturday.
On Dec. 8, Central Fulton Master Gardeners will celebrate its 100th Atlanta Habitat for Humanity home. By the end of this year, CFMG master gardeners will have contributed more than 1,700 volunteer hours and directed and educated more than 3,500 Atlanta Habitat volunteers in landscaping and plant care. For each home, a lead master gardener conducts a site analysis and selects plants appropriate to the property. The new homeowner is welcome to provide input and be present when plants are selected. Then a team of (typically) three master gardeners provides expertise and time to supervise installation of the home’s landscape. “The most rewarding aspect of the CFMG effort is meeting and working with the new homeowner,” said Rich Sussman, CFMG …
