2020 Clean Water Drive, Buford, Georgia 30519

The Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center is located near the Mall of Georgia, between Interstates 85 and 985. To download a printable map, click here.

The Center is open Monday thru Saturday from 10:00am till 5:00pm.

Shannon Pable of Gwinnett Master Gardeners was awarded first place honors in the Georgia Gems Garden Design Contest, a statewide competition sponsored by the University of Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture and the UGA Research Foundation.

A Gwinnett Master Gardener, Pable designed a garden for the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center. In addition to her first place honors, Pable will receive the Georgia GEMS plants specified in her design.

"Shannon's peaceful garden design combines a rich pallet of color and textures with the soft sounds of a water feature," Bauske said. "The garden has excellent balance and good scale, characteristics difficult to achieve in a small garden. Cleaver repetition, not only of plants, but of form and texture as well, and the thoughtful maintenance and irrigation plan put this design over the top."

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