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Cultivating Knowledge and Growth in Cullman County

Thank you all for participating in our flower show re-boot! Visitors loved seeing your entries and so did we!

We had more than 140 entries in our flower show competition–everything from a simple, beautiful marigold to a Venus fly trap! Thank you so much for sharing your plants and cuttings with us. We fielded questions from visitors, and I know many were inspired to make new additions to their gardens or houseplant collections!

A medium-sized yellow Dahlia with pink tinged edges in a clear glass container. There is a first prize blue ribbon attached
Dahlia winner!
Very large pots of different Coleus combinations. Some are lime green, some are a deep purple-red and green variegated and some are solid magenta.
Four Azumi XL aster flowers in a clear glass container. The flowers have yellow-green petals in the center, surrounded by a narrow white circle of petals with a lighter pink circle of petals and finally a dark pink outer circle of petals. The petals are small and oblong and tightly packed.
A pineapple plant grown right here in a Cullman County personal greenhouse! The plant has stiff green leaves that have been trimmed and a spiky medium-sized pineapple growing on top!
A wide trunked pony tail palm with lots of long slender medium green leaves hanging down from multiple stems from its wide base in a small white pot with blue and yellow and green squares on it. There is a yellow plastic turtle in the pot. There are other plants around it.
Multiple colorful flowers and foliage in a clear vase.
Two Phalaenopsis orchids. The one in the foreground has larger yellow blooms and the smaller on in the background has smaller pink and white variegated blooms.
A light green Mother of Thousands Kalanchoe in a plastic barrel designed planter. In the front left is a small light brown clay pot with a grey lithops succulent plant. The top of the plant is a rose pink color.
An asparagus fern with an added swing set made of sticks and natural materials and tiny figures enjoying the swing.
Multiple plants. A variegated spider plant in a vase that has a frightened face and two skeleton hands on either side. In the background on the left are a Rex Begonia with a pewter begonia in front of it. On the right is a rooster planter with a spider plant inside it and on the far right is a vase of Mexican sunflowers and goldenrod blooms.
Five red, yellow and orange zinnias are the Zowie! Yellow Flame Zinnia (zinnia elegans).
A riser stand with many floral arrangements in vases on it. Some have blue, red, or white ribbons on them.
Two Chinese juniper plants cut down to be bonsai trees.
A large green caterpillar fern with drooping leaves and a brown fuzzy rhizome in the top of the pot.
On the left is an asparagus fern, with wispy, thin triangular leaves. In the middle is a tall snake plant in a white vase. On the right is a Flaming Katy Kalanchoe in a terracotta pot.
On the left is a variegated spider plant in a pot that looks frightened (of the spider plantlets hanging down. In the foreground on the left is a dragon fruit cactus in a pig planter. To its right is a escheveria agavoides in a small blue pot and to its right is a fishbone cactus in a red triceratops planter. Directly behind it is a Crassula ovata Gollum succulent in a red and black Champion tennis shoe. Behind it is a glass jar with Mexican sunflowers and goldenrod. To the right is a clear vase of celocia and toad lilies.
To the left are three African violets with dark green foliage and blue flowers. To the back right of those is a vase of soft dark magenta Celocia blooms with a single, very large fascinated stem! Next to it is a hot pink spike Celocia in a blue pot. In the foreground is a white hydrangea flower in a glass vase. There is a single yellow-orange marigold in a glass vase. To the right are bright orange marigolds in pots with lots of green foliage around them.
In the background on the left, there are two different varieties of variegated Coleus in glass vases. In the foreground is a single leaf from a hosta plant. In the middle background is a variegated hosta leaf. In the middle is a combination planter with two caladiums, an arrowhead plant, and a small African violets. In the back is a succulent combination planter with mother of thousands and other varieties of succulents.
Hens and chicks succulents planted with hens and chicks figurines and a tiny brown chicken coop with a red top.
Polka-dot Begonia in the foreground with a pewter begonia next to it and a Rex Begonia behind it. To the left is a painted pot with a fish on it that contains five succulent plants.

Congratulations to our Winning Artists for our Art and Information Contest

We had such awesome entries this year, and we enjoyed reviewing them all! Thank you all so much for entering and please enter again next year!

Our new high tunnel greenhouse has been installed! A big THANK YOU to the Cullman Lions Club for their partnership with this project!

A new high tunnel greenhouse with grey film stretched across the roof supports with fans and vents and large doors on both ends.

We are currently working on building the tables that will go in it! Watch for more progress updates and plan to visit the new greenhouse when you visit the Cullman County Fair!

Colored map of the Wildflower Garden

A HUGE THANK-YOU to White Shovel Landscaping of Decatur, AL for the beautiful maps they created for CCMG! They completed this project quickly and have been incredibly responsive, flexible and helpful!

Alabama Gardener’s Calendar: September

Future Events

Discover upcoming gatherings and hands-on workshops designed to connect you with fellow garden enthusiasts and enrich our community’s green spaces.

General Membership Meeting

September 17th at the Agriplex in the Heritage Center

1714 Tally Ho Street, Cullman, AL

Our monthly general membership meeting occurs on the third Thursday of each month. It begins at 10:00 am at the new Agriplex conference room on Tally Ho Street. Join us early at 9:30 am for refreshments and conversation. The August meeting will also be our annual picnic.

Big Leaf Magnolia
Yellow Trout Lily
Mountain Laurel