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Master Gardener class

application deadline nears

Do you like working with plants? Do you enjoy

being around people? If the answers are "yes," then you might

want to become a Master Gardener.

Master Gardener classes at the Clayton County

International Park are being planned for Mondays and Wednesdays,

2:30-5 p.m., beginning Jan. 4 and continuing through March 17.

A $70 fee is charged for a notebook and other supplies, and

50 hours of volunteer hours to the Extension Service are

required. You must be a Fayette County resident to enroll

in these classes.

Topics to be covered include landscape design, annuals

and perennials, trees, ornamental shrubs, fruit and

vegetable gardening, pest identification and control, plant

physiology, entomology and pathology, lawn care and more.

For more information about the Master Gardener

Program, visit or call the Fayette County Extension Service office,

Suite 209, 140 Stonewall Ave., Fayetteville, 770-460-5730,

ext. 412.

The deadline for class applications is Friday, Oct. 16.

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