I visited last year and made lots of pictures, including some of the conifers. They have a lot of dwarfs, which seems to be my interest lately. The Cryptomeria 'Tansu' was surprisingly big. They even had a couple Ephedras too. I also liked the 'Sea Urchin' white pine. The garden has a lot of great plant material. They have even flowered the Titan Arum(Amorphophallus titanum) twice, which is amazing!

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If you have an interest in Native Plants, the GA Perimeter College/Decatur Campus has a Native Plant Botanical Garden that is open to the public. Don't know if they have a guide available during weekends, but every plant is labeled, so a self directed tour is possible. The garden is accessible from the Panthersville Rd parking area, just beyond the Campus buildings. On the website below, click on Directions for map and driving directios from I-285. Enjoy your trip! Rb Here is a link that might be useful: Georgia Perimeter College/Decatur

Hi all! I live close to ABG and have been a member for years. It does have a lot to offer us plant lovers, and I love the addition of birds into the conservatory, as well as the frogs. (There was a problem with the "poisonous dart frogs" being stolen however, but hopefully the hidden cameras will take care of this). And speaking of frogs, last week I rescued a treefrog that I saw at a shopping mall brought up from Florida in a Guzmania bromeliad. It jumped onto my arm as I was checking out the plants close up. (How strange, being nocturnal). That poor creature was emaciated, and the mall office was kind enough to give me a large empty coffee container to take it home in, after filling the bottom with leaf debris and a bit of water. At home I put little one in an empty aquarium with Selaginnela, Hedera, etc., and dashed off to a pet store for insects. I started off making lots of mistakes, such as buy canned crickets and mealworms instead of live ones - having been given wrong advice. A day later the live crickets drown in the dechlorinated water I meant for amphibian muffin - all 24 of them. $60 later trying to keep it alive, and I haven't given up yet - the treefrog is finally eating! After 6+ hours on the Internet, I still cannot identify this species, although it might probably be in the Hyla genus. (Livingunderworld.org/allery/anurlist.shtml is a wonderful site, but still didn't help me ID it). It did change colours depending on the environmental conditions, espcially temperature, environment, and stress no doubt. I have 26 Phalaenopsis, Doritaenopsis, Neofinetia falcata,and other orchids going into bloom right now in my growing room. It is illuminated by mostly a special comtination of flourescent lamps with lots of violet, blue, and red wavelengths for photosynthesis. Hmmm, maybe that's a contributing factor in identifying this frog muffin.