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Marietta News for June 2018
Marietta News for June 2018
Sharing news from Marietta, GA. published June 12, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS
HOLLY TUCHMAN THE 2018 WOMAN OF DISTINCTION
Cobb Executive Women (CEW) presented its 2018 Woman of Distinction Award to Holly Tuchman, CEO and Executive Director of liveSAFE Resources. The Woman of Distinction Award recognizes a woman who has demonstrated exceptional leadership through her professional endeavors, community…
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A Basket full of events July 7-July 17
A Basket full of events July 7-July 17
Looking for fun family events to enjoy, before school starts. Check out what’s available in Acworth, Kennesaw and Marietta. Enjoy!
FRI-SUN JUN 29-JUL 16 – JUKEBOX GIANTS – Jukebox Giants: Motown & More returns to The Strand for its best show yet featuring music from greats such as The Temptations, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Elvis and more. Tickets are $25. Specialty pricing of $20 is…
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Cobb Landmarks is happy to welcome Melissa DeVelvis as our new Root House Museum Manager. A native of Kennesaw, Georgia, Melissa began her time at the Root House as a junior docent in 2003 and was an intern during the summer of 2012. She has also interned at the T.R.R. Cobb House in Athens, Georgia, where she researched and profiled the Cobb women, transcribed Cobb family correspondence, and assisted in the Ulster-American Heritage Symposium. Melissa is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia, where she double majored in English and History. Melissa also spent a semester studying at the University of Oxford in England. Her history research and thesis focused on the letters and journals of antebellum Georgian women in efforts to analyze their reactions to the push for secession and its eventual success. She is a recipient of the UGA History Department’s Undergraduate Research Award. Melissa is very excited to be back at the Root House, and we are happy to have her!
The Root House Chinaberry Tree
When Marcelle David was so ably putting together the plants for the present Root House landscape, she read an article in the Atlanta Journal written by Lee May, the newspaper’s garden columnist, about the joys of owning a chinaberry tree. When she looked around for a nursery that sold this tree, she could not find one. Nurseries usually do not sell them. She contacted Mr. May for a source. Mr. May, being the generous man he is, gave her one in a pot as a gift. It was planted in the southeast corner of the garden. It was just a small sapling then, but today it is a good-sized tree, providing excellent shade for the gardeners who work at the Root House garden all summer.
Sue Burgess, longtime Master Gardener at the RHMG, visits with Lee May during the recent reception in the garden. Lately it has begun to provide too much shade, blocking the sunlight from some important sun-loving plants, such as our rosemary, which grows at the back gate. The rosemary signifies “remembrance.” It is a lovely large herb. Sometimes when rosemary plants get woody from age they die. This one has been there for a very long time and is quite woody and quite happy. It blooms a lovely blue in the dead of winter, but it needs SUN. The chinaberry was blocking that needed light. Landscape architect Will Goodman came to the Root House to offer me some design advice, and I asked him about our chinaberry. He offered to prune it, and I was absolutely delighted. With a motorized pole pruner, my big problem was solved in the space of 20 minutes. Thank you, thank you, Will Goodman! The reason chinaberries are sometimes not desired lies in the “berry” part of their name. In the spring they bloom with a lovely purple flower, and in the fall they lose their leaves and make berries. The berries and leaves are considered toxic to humans but not to birds, who are delighted to eat them. If they eat too many it makes them a little “drunk.” The berries are passed through the birds, and the seeds fall to the ground and then germinate into more little chinaberry trees. If they are growing in the wild, they have a propensity to take over the entire woods. They are very easy to spot in winter with all of those yellow berries. Chinaberries are not hardy north of Zone 7. The wood is considered to be very good for woodcrafts, as it is a member of the mahogany family. As for having one in a private garden, I think they have a lot to offer: pretty flowers in spring and colorful berries in in winter, a perfect shape for climbing, and shade in summer. You do have to rake the fallen berries and stems, and you have to dig up the numerous offspring. Think of the adored southern Magnolias and their leaves! A real pain! We are very happy with our Root House chinaberry tree. THANK YOU, MR. MAY, FOR GIVING IT TO US, AND THANK YOU, WILL, FOR MAKING IT PRETTIER!
By Sue Burgess
