NOTE:  This concert has been moved from July 30th to August 6th, due to rain on the 30th

Come listen to one of our area’s favorite entertainers.  His songs talk about the wonder of life, love, and the pursuit of happiness through the stories he shares from a life filled with passion, faith, listening to others, and an undying love for writing his music!

 Bring your lawn chair or blanket and relax on the lawn while listening to music by Teddy Baker. 

Jacob Williams will prepare us for the coming fall. The lecture will be on cool season vegetables and flowers and how to grow them. He’ll also talk about some other things you can do in the fall like, planting fescue, and planting fruit trees.

Jacob is the Agricultural and Natural Resources Extension Agent for Towns and Union counties. He started working for UGA Extension back in June of 2018. As Extension agent he has taught numerous classes on plants and soil science, and has worked with residents of Towns and Union to better their gardens. Before working for Extension he worked at Speedling Inc. Blairsville as Lead Grower. Jacob earned his Bachelors and Masters from Auburn University graduating in December of 2016. Both degrees were in the field of agronomy, specializing in weed science. That is where he gained interest in using agriculture to serve others, which has lead him to work for UGA Extension. He is married to Morgan Owenby Williams of Blairsville, GA.

Mark Warren, Naturalist, will give a fascinating talk.  Mark runs Medicine Bow, a 35 acre wilderness school near Dahlonega GA.  Through the classes of Medicine Bow, nature takes on new values as the source of food, medicine, craft materials, fire, tools, shelter and primitive weaponry.  Learning through the patient methods of the American Indians, students encounter a vast academic growth as well as a spiritual one.  Mark will share a small portion of those classes with us on the topic of  Cherokee Medicines.  He will have some of the books he has written for sale.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Last year, Mark’s presentation was so popular our Paris Pavilion was overcrowded with listeners.  So this year Mark will speak at the Towns County Civic Center, next to the Courthouse on the Hiawassee Square.