Mineral Springs Park earns Gold Level Certification

  • Standing beside the new signage at Mineral Springs Park in Blue Ridge are, from left, Fannin County Extension Agent Ashley Hoppers, North Georgia Master Gardeners Extension Volunteers (NGMGEV) Project Chair Alyce Wirtz, NGMGEV Wanda Jefferson and NGMGEV President Fran Stoecker.
    Standing beside the new signage at Mineral Springs Park in Blue Ridge are, from left, Fannin County Extension Agent Ashley Hoppers, North Georgia Master Gardeners Extension Volunteers (NGMGEV) Project Chair Alyce Wirtz, NGMGEV Wanda Jefferson and NGMGEV President Fran Stoecker.
  • Taking a hike along Jane and Bill Whaley Mineral Springs Walking Trail are, from left, Fannin County Extension Agent Ashley Hoppers, North Georgia Master Gardeners Extension Volunteers (NGMGEV) President Fran Stoecker and NGMGEV Project Chair Alyce Wirtz.
    Taking a hike along Jane and Bill Whaley Mineral Springs Walking Trail are, from left, Fannin County Extension Agent Ashley Hoppers, North Georgia Master Gardeners Extension Volunteers (NGMGEV) President Fran Stoecker and NGMGEV Project Chair Alyce Wirtz.
  • Mineral Springs Park in Blue Ridge has been accredited with a Gold Level Certification by the Georgia Native Plant Society and the University of Georgia’s State Botanical Garden of Georgia thanks to the help of the North Georgia Master Gardeners Extension Volunteers (NGMGEV). Shown are, from left, Mel Rothschild, a citizen who uses the park regularly, Fannin County Extension Agent Ashley Hoppers, NGMGEV Project Chair Alyce Wirtz, NGMGEV Chase Broward, NGMGEV Charlotte Dickinson, NGMGEV President Fran Stoeck
    Mineral Springs Park in Blue Ridge has been accredited with a Gold Level Certification by the Georgia Native Plant Society and the University of Georgia’s State Botanical Garden of Georgia thanks to the help of the North Georgia Master Gardeners Extension Volunteers (NGMGEV). Shown are, from left, Mel Rothschild, a citizen who uses the park regularly, Fannin County Extension Agent Ashley Hoppers, NGMGEV Project Chair Alyce Wirtz, NGMGEV Chase Broward, NGMGEV Charlotte Dickinson, NGMGEV President Fran Stoeck
“How exciting it is from an extension agent standpoint that Master Gardeners took this, ran with it and created something, an outdoor laboratory where we can have lessons and engage young people and…

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