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Current events and exhibits at The Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Georgia's Last Wild Places by Marc Del Santro
Date: Friday, April 11 - Monday, August 4
Time: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
The Art Gallery in the Center for Conservation and Education adjacent to the Fuqua Orchid Center features the work of photographer Marc Del Santro. Del Santro specializes in wildlife and nature photography which combines his photographic skills with his passion for the outdoors. The images in the exhibition are also the basis of With Still Small Voices They Speak: A Journey into the Heart of Georgia's Last Wild Places, a compilation of Del Santro's photographs accompanied by poetry and prose.
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Sculpture in Motion: Art Choreographed by Nature
Date: May 3 through October 31
Time: Tuesday - Sunday, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m
Amid the lavishly blooming flowers and trees at the Atlanta Botanical Garden this summer an array of extraordinary kinetic, moving sculptures comes to life with Sculpture in Motion: Art Choreographed by Nature.
Moved by the power of natural elements, 32 mesmerizing sculptures created by 16 artists are on display in the Garden's first group show. Enjoy the exhibition in the cool of the evening every Thursday, when it is open until 10 p.m. Support provided by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Click for more exhibition details.
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Tuesday Tours
Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Visitors are invited to stroll through the Atlanta Botanical Garden with one of the Garden's knowledgeable volunteer guides for an insider's look at the wonders of the season. The tour is included with regular Garden admission. No registration is required. Meet in the admissions area five minutes prior to tour time.
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Cocktails in the Garden
Date: Every Thursday night, May - September
Time: 6 - 10 p.m.
Every Thursday night from May through September cocktails are paired with a featured flower or plant highlighting different and unique locations in the Garden. Guests mix and mingle to the Garden DJ's best beats as one of the city's hottest restaurants provides light tastings. Admission is $12 for non-members and free for Garden members.
Click here for more event details.
Click here to sign up for monthly e-vites.
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Bonsai Show
Date: Saturday and Sunday, May 17 & 18
Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Atlanta Bonsai Society Bonsai Show will run Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., with demonstrations by experts both days. More than 90 bonsai specimens of all sizes, ranging from five inches to three feet, will be exhibited. Four vendors will be selling selected pre-bonsai plants, bonsai tools and pots, and finished bonsai. Contact Chair Hubert Jones at 770-973-2615 for specifics.
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French Language Saturday Tour
Date: The fourth Saturday of every month
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Enjoy the calmness of nature and admire the beauty of the gardens with a French-speaking volunteer! Tours are free with general admission. No registration is required. Meet in the admissions area five minutes prior to tour time.
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Garden Closing Early
Date: Friday, May 30
Time: 5:00 p.m.
The Garden will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30 for a special event, SunTrust Concerts in the Garden. For more information, visit http://www.concertsinthegarden.org/ Thank you for your understanding.
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SunTrust Concerts in the Garden
Date: May 30, June 20, July 11, July 18, July 25 & Aug 1
Time: 8 - 11 p.m.
SunTrust Concerts in the Garden is back and the lineup is better than ever! The intimate setting on the Great Lawn offers concert-goers a one-of-a-kind experience with some of the music industry's most acclaimed artists.
Click for more details.
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Alston Lecture
"Gardening With Personality: Finding Your Garden Style" presented by Dan Benarcik, horticulturist at Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden
Date: Wednesday, June 4
Time: 7:30 p.m.
You can determine, build and refine your own garden style. Join us for this special presentation, filled with images that will inspire you to better define your own garden personality. Seasoned veterans and gardening novices alike will learn how to make more interesting and exciting garden experiences. Non-horticultural design concepts such as furniture and artifacts to compliment the garden will also be featured. Dan will include the essentials to tailor your garden to better adapt to the challenges of southern gardening, and to look its best, even during a drought.
Dan Benarcik is a horticulturist at Chanticleer Garden, an innovative garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania. He oversees the tropical garden, with a concentration on tropical, sub-tropical and tender perennials for seasonal display. Dan has also worked as the woodspath gardener at the Mount Cuba Center. The Philip and Elkin Alston Lecture series is made possible through the generous support of the Charles Loridans Foundation. Admission to the lecture is free and no reservations are required.
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A Froggy Father's Day Celebration
Date: Sunday, June 15
Time: 1 - 5 p.m.
The Garden continues its celebration of Amphibian Ark's 2008 Year of the Frog with a frog-themed Father's Day Festival on June 15. Hop over to the Garden for a day of family fun and frogs. The Garden will be jumping with live music, froggy arts and crafts, games, face painting, a ride-on train, and live frog display. Dads are half-price admission all day! (Train rides $2/person; all other activities are free with admission)
Food and refreshments available for purchase. For easy parking, shuttles will run from Colony Square parking garage directly to the Garden (Shuttle is free; $5 parking vouchers will be given at Garden entrance).
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Plant Lovers' Sale and Education Day
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Plant Lover's plant sale will include iris, daylilies, begonias, African violets and other gesneriads. Mini-seminars will be held during the day with experts from each plant group presenting.
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Dahlia Show
Date: Saturday, September 27
Time: noon - 7 p.m.
Date: Sunday, September 28
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Blue-ribbon Dahlias of every size and color, from pompoms to dinner-plates and from white to purple-black fill Mershon Hall. After the Dahlia Show ends on Sunday, approximately 500 blooms will be given out free to Garden visitors.
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Garden of Eden Ball
Date: September 27
Time: 7:00 p.m. - midnight
Attire: Black Tie
The 2008 Ball is themed Bell' Acqua or "beautiful water" in Italian, and celebrates the beauty and necessity of water. Co-chairs Jennifer and Terance Fowler will honor Mrs. J. B. Fuqua at this event, the major annual fundraiser that supports the Garden's mission.
The evening will begin with cocktails in the Parterre Garden and then move on to a brilliantly decorated tent on the Great Lawn for a sumptuous dinner by A Legendary Event and music by Big Swing and the Ballroom Blasters. This year's Ball is generously sponsored by Peachtree Hills Place. Click here for more information.
To request an invitation contact Anne Fair Woodward at 404-591-1575 or afwoodward@atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
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