Plant of the Week: Prickly Pear Cactus

• Julie Hogg
• May 19, 2012

What has red fruit, hurts to touch and has beautiful yellow blooms?

Out & About

1988: The Year Alpharetta City Council Went Williamsburg

• Julie Hogg
• May 14, 2012

Local architecture was (and is) expected to be an agent of change.

Environment

Common Sense Makes a Gardener

• Julie Hogg
• May 7, 2012

Want to be a bona fide gardener? The key is using some common sense rules.

Environment

Twin Branch Nursery First Choice for Trees and Shrubs

• Julie Hogg
• May 5, 2012

Best nursery for trees and shrubs and best book on gardening in Georgia.

Environment

Looking for Spring Ephemerals

• Julie Hogg
• Apr 27, 2012

Look carefully in your back yard or even along greenway and park paths and you will spot spring blooming ephemerals.

Food

Getting Vegetables Through a Local CSA

• Julie Hogg
• Apr 25, 2012

I'm getting my vegetables via CSA shares at a local farm only minutes from Milton and Alpharetta.

Environment

Milton Science Students Doing Experiment at the Garden

• Julie Hogg
• Apr 22, 2012

Milton High School Science National Honor Society students are carrying out two incredible science experiments at the Alpharetta Community Garden.

Patch's House & Home

Visit a Local Plant Swap and Sale

• Julie Hogg
• Apr 20, 2012

The Alpharetta Community Garden will hold its annual Plant Sale/Plant Swap. It's free to attend!

This is More Important Than Avalon

• Julie Hogg
• Apr 15, 2012

Avalons the world over will come and go, but this need remains the same.

Environment

Alpharetta Arboretum Donates Veggie Garden to YMCA

• Julie Hogg
• Apr 12, 2012

The Ed Isakson YMCA now has a vegetable garden thanks to a donation from the non-profit Alpharetta Arboretum.