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You can help support our local 4-H program by signing up for Kroger Community Rewards. With this program, a small percentage of your purchase will come back to our 4-H Club here in Forsyth County at no cost to you. Click the link below for sign up information! Please note: participating in this program requires you to renew your support each year.

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Upcoming Events

  • Apr 18 Union/Towns Master Naturalist Program Series 1 The Master Naturalist Program covers natural resource topics such as native plants, invasive species, birds, tree ID, watershed management, mushrooms, pollinators and more. This Master Naturalist training is broken up into spring and fall series. To be a certified Master Naturalist, attendance in in both series is required. Classes will be on Thursdays. Cost is $150 for each series.
    • Blairsville, GA - (46.0 Miles)
  • Apr 18 Lunch & Learn - Raised Bed Gardens Limited space for gardening? Want something a little different than the traditional in ground rows? This is the Lunch and Learn for you! Come learn about an introduction to gardening in raised beds! This is a free online session, but registration is required. Please contact us to register and the zoom link will be provided to you.
    • Conyers, GA - (35.0 Miles)
  • Apr 18 Precision Farming Workshop Join the Franklin and Hart County Extension Offices for an educational workshop teaching and demonstrating new farming technologies available to producers. There will be discussions on precision amendments and drone technologies! Please call the Hart County Extension Office at 706-376-3134 to reserve your spot.
    • Hartwell, GA - (74.0 Miles)