Towns-Union County AssociationGeorgia Master Gardeners

Beginning in 2009, Master Gardeners, along with local garden club members, organized  a community (non-standard) flower show.  The event takes place in August each year at the Haralson Memorial Civic Center Auditorium in Blairsville.   The show is open to residents in Union, Fannin, Towns, White and Lumpkin counties of Georgia, as well as Clay and Cherokee counties of North Carolina.

Master Gardeners chose the Pioneer House at the Ga. Mtn Fairgrounds in Hiawassee (Towns County) Ga. to create an example of perennials and annuals that would bloom in the Summer, during the Fair.  We added flower beds and an herb garden.  Large flower boxes were placed on the porch and filled with impatiens.  In 2012 we would like to expand the gardens to the rear of the cabin, and also plant a small vegetable garden to resemble one that would have been planted in pioneer days.