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Spring 2024 Garden Events in Atlanta

February 22, 2024 By Lucy Mercer

We are so lucky to live in the Atlanta area where spring comes early. Quite often in February, we’ll have afternoon temperatures in the 60s, warm enough to get outside and take care of those early spring gardening chores.

The weather doesn’t always cooperate, however, and a gardener’s attention must turn to indoor activities like diving into the stack of garden books and seed catalogs growing by your favorite chair with the good reading light beside it.

On those days, I plan my Garden Events like tours, plant sales and symposiums. Here are my picks for gardening events in the Atlanta area spring 2024:

February 2024

Georgia Native Plant Society Annual Symposium

February 24-25 Virtual event.
29th annual event focus is DIY Native Habitats — Build Your Stewardship Toolkit.
5 hours of programming over two days. Sessions recorded for future playback. GNPS is partnering with Birds Georgia to present the program. Cost for GNPS and Birds Georgia members is $12/day or $20 for both days. Non-member cost is $15/day or $25 for both days. Click to register.

Gaia the Earth Goddess sculpture at Atlanta Botanical Garden

2024 Atlanta Botanical Garden Flower Show

Friday, February 23-Sunday, February 25, 10 am-5 pm
This year’s theme is Primavera. Competitions in floral design, horticulture, photography and botanical arts. Displays of ikebana, the Japanese art of flowering arranging. In the garden, don’t miss “Orchid Daze.” Click for details.

March 2024

Spring Fling at Beech Hollow March 16, 2024, 10 am – 4 pm
Celebrate a new gardening season at this Scottsdale nursery. Native plant discounts, art activities, music and refreshments. Get the details here.

Speaker Series: Thriving with Native Plants in Atlanta
Tue March 26, 7 pm – 8:30 pm at Trees Atlanta Kendeda TreeHouse. Details here.

Niamke Shropshire-Boykin, an Atlanta-based regenerative soil and earth scientist, presents on planting native species in your garden and learning the basics of sustainable agriculture. Learn more here.

April 2024

Cobb Master Gardener Plant Sale & Expo

April 19-20, 2024, Jim R. Miller State Park

This plant sale is a must. Get the details here.

North Fulton Master Gardeners 23rd Annual Garden Faire

April 20, 2024, 9 am – 3 pm at The Grove at Wills Park, Alpharetta,
Features plant sales, garden accessories and tools.
Admission is free. Click for details.

Piedmont Garden Tour in Athens, Georgia

April 20, 2024, 10 am – 4 pm
Join the Piedmont Gardeners annual garden tour and take the opportunity to visit six inspirational gardens in the Watkinsville/Athens, Georgia area. More info here.

West Georgia Native Plant Society Native Plant Sale

Saturday, April 20, 9 am – noon
900 Newnan Road, Carrollton. Get the details here.

Spring Stroll Tour of Homes and Gardens in Macon, Georgia

April 27-28, 2024

Walking tour of Macon’s Ingleside neighborhood. Hosted by the historic Hay House in downtown Macon. Learn more.

Historic Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour

April 26-28, 2024

Ten homes and gardens are showcased in this historic neighborhood designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Learn more and purchase tickets here.

May 2024

Keep Smyrna Beautiful Garden Tour

May 4, 2024, 10 am-4 pm

Tour highlights innovative gardens in Smyrna, Georgia. This was one of my favorite tours in 2023! Learn more.

Midtown Atlanta Garden Stroll

May 19, 2024

More details to come. Fun walking tour of midtown Atlanta gardens sponsored by the Midtown Neighbors Association. Click for details.

Cobb Master Gardener Garden Tour 2024

May 18, 2024

A favorite tour each year. Check here for details.

Hostas beside a tool shed
A tool shed and stunning hostas from the Cobb Master Gardeners garden tour in 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books.

June 2024

15th Annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival & Garden Tour

June 1, 2024

This lovely garden tour compelled Garden & Gun to declare Douglasville, Georgia, the “Hydrangea Capital of the South.” The tour is a mix of walking and driving and the gardens are almost always spectacular. Learn more here.

Pink hydrangeas in a planter by a decorated shed
Pink hydrangea with a view of the she shed in the Farmer family’s garden on the Penny McHenry HydrangeaFest Garden Tour. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books.

American Hydrangea Society Garden Tour

June 8, 9 am to 5 pm

Five beautiful gardens in north Atlanta will be featured in cities Roswell, Marietta and Canton. AHS membership gets you a free ticket. Click to learn more.

Hydrangea bloom in a garden
Purple hydrangea bloom in a garden. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books.

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  1. Claudia Phillips says

    February 27, 2024 at 3:56 pm

    I’m so glad you researched garden tours for your readers. I’m marking my calendar to attend many of them. Garden tours are so inspiring!

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