June Friends First Friday Founders Memorial Garden

Gareth Crosby is the Director and Curator of the Founders Memorial Garden for the College of Environment and Design at UGA. She manages the day-to-day garden work, rentals, publicity, development and building maintenance. Gareth will talk about the Founders Memorial Garden, a local secret garden that is loved by UGA students, staff and local Athenians alike.

Gareth gained her Master of Fine Art in Landscape Design at the Conway School of Landscape Design and has worked in both public and private gardens in Athens since 2010. Much of her focus has been on useful plants in sustainable landscape design and plants of cultural importance to the state of Georgia. Prior to joining the College of Environment and Design, Gareth was Curator of the Heritage Garden at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia for nine years. At home, she has two children and a husband. They grow a small vegetable garden that produces excellent strawberries, garlic, onions and asparagus, as well as other seasonal annuals. Her orchard is 90% heirloom apples, and she stewarded the Georgia Heirloom Apple Collection while at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. She is a crafter and shepherdess, growing cashmere goats for their luxurious fiber, which she combs from their coats, spins into yarn and then uses to knit items for family and friends. She is also fascinated by dye plants and the magical process of indigo dye.

The registration deadline is noon on May 30.

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