East Texas Arboretum Spring Gala 2014
The East Texas Arboretum & Botanical Society will hold its annual spring gala this weekend. Watch this Eye on the County interview with Arboretum President Carol Barton for more information.
Getaway Weekend to Athens, Texas
The City of Athens, Texas is a scenic, idyllic town offering relaxation and a break from the hustle-and-bustle of everyday life. With its nature trails, gardens, fall foliage, historical museum, fishing sites, rodeos, and wineries, it appeals to adventure enthusiasts and casual travelers alike. Athens is also the nationally acclaimed home of the original hamburger. For more information about Athens, including hotel accommodations visit AthensTX.org or call the City of Athens Department of Tourism at 888.294.2847.
Featured locations: City of Athens Department of Tourism, Athens Partnership Center, Henderson County Historical Museum, Gallery 211, East Texas Arboretum & Botanical Society, Tara Vineyard and Winery, Cain Center, Cain Park, Lake Athens, Lake Athens Marina Restaurant, Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
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East Texas Arboretum Fall Festival 2014
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Fall Foliage Trail
East Texas is one of the only areas in Texas where the leaves change color. November is usually the time the leaves being to change. Three major stops along the trail are, East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, and NY Zip line.
Realtor and Broker Greg Mason, Landman, Athens, Texas Video
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Realtor and Broker Greg Mason, Landman, has been licensed for practicing real estate since 1985, and concentrates on meeting the needs of clients so they are able to buy the perfect home or property.
Greg Mason is a licensed real estate Broker and property consultant working throughout the Athens and East Texas area, as well as for select clients in the D/FW market. He has a background in banking and finance, as well as significant experience in the development of both residential and commercial properties. He has extensive experience in the industry with 26 years as an agent and broker. Since moving to Athens in 1998, he has specialized in land sales but fully understands all aspects of the market. As a member of the National Association of Realtors, he continually looks for opportunities to gain more knowledge and experience in the real estate and property fields to ensure clients are getting a fair deal, whether they are the buyer or seller in the transaction. He is also apart of the Texas Association of Realtors, which gives him access to abundant resources to access property information allowing him to provide clients high quality homes or properties. As a member of the AAPL, he is a qualified independent land consultant that continually provides additional consultation to his clients and network of contacts. In addition to these quality qualifications, Greg is a member of the Realtor's Land Institute and candidate for ALC (Accredited Land Consultant) designation. Additionally, he is an Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR) and designated as a Seniors Real Estate Specialist.
Greg Mason has lived in Athens, Texas for over a decade and has developed a great deal of knowledge about the area and what it has to offer. Athens is one and a half hours from Dallas and 90 miles from downtown, it radiates southern charm with abundant land for outdoor and recreation enthusiasts. This rising small town provides plentiful woods, open land, and lakes with immaculate views. Athens has a very social atmosphere where every weekend there is an event, whether its attending the Annual Texas Fiddler's festival, visiting the Tara Vineyard and Winery, or exploring the East Texas Arboretum & Botanical Society.
Contact realtor Greg Mason Landman to find out more on properties and homes in Athens, Texas and to discover the perfect place for your family's home away from home.
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209 E. Corsicana St., Athens, Texas 75751
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Fall Colors - Texas Parks and Wildlife [Official]
You might think New England, not Texas, if you think of trees turning color in the Fall, but some parts of the state do see brilliant reds, yellows and oranges. So what happens inside a leaf to make these spectacular colors? Texas Parks and Wildlife gives us an inside look.To find out the best time to visit Lost Maples State Natural Area, visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife website at
undisclosed plantation in georgia
During BooFest2010 we investigated a plantation in Georgia over 2 nights. Both The Elite Paranormal Investigators and Georgias Peach State Paranormal Investigations experienced some great paranormal activity.
Fall foliage in North Texas (November 2017)
Drone footage featuring fall foliage around Lake Grapevine in Flower Mound, TX.
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The State Botanical Garden Of Georgia July 26 2013
The State Botanical Garden Of Georgia
July 26, 2013
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia (313 acres) is a botanical garden in the United States, with a conservatory operated by the University of Georgia. The site also contains about 5 miles (8.0 km) of nature trails. It is located at 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia.
The Garden contains eleven botanical and horticultural collections:
Annual/Perennial Garden - annuals and perennials
Dahlia Garden (1987) - dahlias
Groundcover Collection - bugleflower, euonymus, hypericum, ivy, juniper, liriope, ophiopogon, thrift, vinca, etc.
Heritage Garden - plants of historic and social interest to Georgia, including apples, pears, and peaches, cotton, peanuts, and tobacco.
International Garden:
Middle Ages (Herb Garden and Physic Garden)
Age of Exploration (Mediterranean & Middle East, Spanish America, American South, and China sections)
Age of Conservation (American Indian Plants, Bog Garden, Threatened & Endangered Plants)
Native Azalea Collection - azaleas
Native Flora Garden - more than 300 species, including ferns, trilliums, bloodroot, and lady slipper orchids.
Rhododendron Collection (1976) - rhododendrons
Flower Garden - Brand new in 2008.
Shade Garden - azalea, camellia, dogwood, laurel, magnolia, redbud, and viburnum.
Trial Garden - shrubs and trees under evaluation for the southeastern United States.
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Sabal Palm Trail: An Everyday Adventure.
Sabal Palm trail is a short drive from Naples, Florida. The trail (when its dry!) is an easy three-mile loop through cypress and pine flat wood. This, the first episode in my new channel, was a trial run for a self-shot, three-camera vlog on an afternoon hike. Future episodes will explore deeper in the cypress swamps, mangrove tunnels, pine flats and prairies of southwest Florida.
Atlanta: Secrets of the City | Travel Ideas and Things to Do
At Where, we like to go behind the scenes, to explore new places and have the kind of experiences that all travelers quest after. So we braved the summer temps, hit the road and caught up with one of our editors to guide us through some of the best secret experiences of the city.
We'll swim with sharks, taste exotic eats, visit a museum and even hear a little Shakespeare. Enjoy your behind the scenes look at the best Atlanta has to offer.
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Georgia Farm Monitor - October 3, 2015
On this week's episode... we'll learn more about the Georgia poultry industry's response to the Avain Influenza threat; visit a North Georgia destination for all things pumpkin; a recent field day gave landowners info for keeping their forestland healthy and profitable; a small vegetable garden at a federal building in Athens is providing a bit of fresh food for a local food bank; and meet the folks behind a popular Georgia Grown bottled water.
World Famous Botanical Gardens 48: Bakuriani Botanical Garden (Georgia)
World Famous Botanical Gardens 48: Bakuriani Botanical Garden (Georgia)
PAC/WCP Program - Creating a Native Woodland Garden by Lisa Wagner, part 3
On September 27th, Lisa Wagner of the South Carolina Botanical Garden presented a program on “Creating a Native Woodland Garden” at the Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve (WCP) to a group of 27 people!
In this video, Lisa describes the process of creating a woodland garden, how to choose the appropriate species for your site, and review some of their characteristics and growth habits.
The plants that grow in our native forest communities provide a wonderful plant palette for creating diverse and beautiful woodland gardens using Eastern North American natives. Spring wildflowers such as bloodroot, foamflower, black cohosh, woodland phlox, and Solomon’s seal are native woodland garden favorites, while characteristic native shrubs and trees in the mid- and upper canopy creates a beautiful supporting framework.
Lisa Wagner served as Director of Education at the South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson University for over 20 years. A plant ecologist by background (Ph.D. in Botany, UC Berkeley), she’s also a naturalist, writer, blogger, and educator. She is a frequent host on the gardening call-in shows on YourDay, a production of Clemson Video Productions broadcast on SC-ETV radio. She does landscape consultations to benefit programs at non-profits in the Carolinas, especially gardens! Her award-winning blog Natural Gardening reflects her gardening and nature experiences. She and her husband, Tim Spira, divide their time between Asheville, NC and Clemson, SC, where they’ve restored natural habitat, planted pollinator-friendly gardens, and converted lawns to natives.
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This program is made possible, in part, by a grant from Delores Lastinger. Her grant also allowed PAC to purchase equipment to record this program!
PAC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization (land trust) founded in 1989 to protect and conserve natural resources with emphasis on the lands and waterways with scenic, ecological, and agricultural significance in the North Pacolet and Green River watersheds (PAC’s mission). PAC works with area landowners to ensure the long-term protection of their property through voluntary conservation easements (agreements) which enable landowners to maintain ownership of their property, preserving precious natural resources (open lands, forests, wildlife habitat, scenic vistas, farmland, stream banks, etc.), and potentially obtain significant federal, state, and local tax benefits. PACs vision is a community living and growing in harmony with our natural resources and or goal is to provide a legacy that will endure and be valued by generations to come. PAC works diligently to provide leadership to encourage conservation and provide education programs emphasizing native species appreciation and responsible land use practices to help -- save the places you love.
Pacolet Area Conservancy
850 North Trade Street
Tryon, NC 28782
(828)859-5060
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Walnut Creek Preserve is an equestrian and nature preserve community outside of Lake Lure, North Carolina, offering for sale large tract acreage (10-35 acres) horse farms. WCP is an exceptionally large tract of over 2,100 acres of land whose development has been designed with horseback riding, hiking and nature study in mind. The Preserve's 2,100 acres of forest and pasture land shelter a tremendous variety of indigenous plant life, including several rare and one threatened species, as well as a wealth of wild animal life. To assure their survival, only 25 wooded and equestrian home sites averaging 20 acres each will be offered for sale on the 2,100 acres, and the remaining, over 1,500 acres of wilderness are protected in perpetuity by deeded conservation easement held by the Pacolet Area Conservancy.
Walnut Creek Preserve
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e-mail: RideandHike@bellsouth.net
Randy Heath after NCCAA Championships Day 3 -- May 3, 2014
Oklahoma Christian track and field coach Randy Heath discusses the Lady Eagles' and Eagles' performances on the final day of the NCCAA Outdoor Championships in Rome, Ga., on May 3, 2014.
County clerks getting ready to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
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Meadow Gardens
Historic Farm Home of George Walton, youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. Meadow Garden is one of Georgia's oldest homes. Guided tours are available five days a week. The home features 18th and 19th Century American and English furnishings, porcelains, paintings and primitive household equipment. For more information about Meadow Garden visit historicmeadowgarden.org . For more information about Augusta, GA visit augustaga.org.
Global Dominican Academic Exchange (GDAE) at the University of Georgia School of Law
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On October 26, 2014, five Dominican students from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) completed the Transnational Law Program at the University of Georgia School of Law, earning a certificate for the week-long program and bringing new knowledge and insight to the Dominican Republic on international and transnational policies in the areas of: environmental law, corporate law, criminal law and constitutional law.
The students spent a week on campus, from October 17-26, during which time they joined forces with two students from the National University of Córdoba in Argentina and took courses from esteemed UGA Law professors, participated in social activities and made new friends with current UGA law students and learned about the history and culture of the Athens and Atlanta, Georgia areas.
The Transnational Law program prides itself on selecting dynamic and notable professors to teach its courses, and this program was no exception. From former district attorneys to federal supreme court attorneys, the students were impressed with the depth of the expertise on display in the classroom.
“It is noteworthy to mention that both teachers (in our international and constitutional law classes) have worked for the Federal Supreme Court of the United States, so in a nutshell, we are getting the best education from the best instructors possible,” said Iván Chevalier, one of the participants.
Other highlights of the week included a spooky Halloween tour of the UGA campus, a trip to the Athens Botanical Garden and the Athens Museum of Art, a mixer with UGA JD students, a visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and CNN Center in Atlanta, and an American folkloric music concert.
This is the second time this year that the Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program has participated in UGA’s Transnational Law Program, as it brings important insight and excellent experience to the field of law in the Dominican Republic.
The program is a collaborative effort between InteRDom, and the UGA School of Law. The Transnational Law Program is an initiative of the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy aimed at bringing law students from foreign universities to study at Georgia Law for one to two weeks, providing a flexible curriculum and exposure to American legal education. Both GDAE and the Transnational Law Program share a mission to facilitate exchange and multiculturalism. In addition to their exposure to American legal education through 5 academic courses– including International Law, International Environmental Law, US Constitutional, Environmental and Criminal Law—participants form lasting relationships with UGA law students and staff members, who lauded this group as one of the brightest and most dynamic to pass through the program.
This second program at UGA is the fifth and final GDAE program in 2014, which organizes a series of topic-specific events of short (maximum two weeks) duration in collaboration with faculty and Dominican student organizations at a variety of United States universities throughout the year. The InteRDom staff works closely with faculty and student representatives to plan the activities, and then to recruit and bring students from Dominican universities to participate. Hosting events with different thematic concentrations ensures that diverse groups of Dominican students have the opportunity to participate.
The Global Dominican Academic Exchange program, a project of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), an extension of their internship, research and study program, InteRDom, aims to introduce Dominican students to the American style of liberal arts education and encourage dialogue between Dominican students and their Dominican-American counterparts attending these institutions, thereby encouraging and inspiring partnership and entrepreneurship initiatives which will foster innovation and stimulate Dominican economic development and international understanding.
Ai Weiwei In Pittsburgh
Internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei visits Pittsburgh on the opening of two major exhibitions. In this interview, he discusses his affinity for Warhol, his arrest and detention, and his current work documenting the Syrian refugee crisis.
Two of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh present exhibitions of work by activist artist Ai Weiwei. Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei is on view at The Andy Warhol Museum through August 28, 2016, and Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads is on view at Carnegie Museum of Art through August 29, 2016.
To learn more, visit warhol.org/AndyWarholAiWeiwei and cmoa.org.