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Upcoming Events
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Oct 6 MCFA BackYard Flock management Dinner and possible Door Prizes Come join us at the Monroe County Rec Depart to learn about keeping chickens. We will meet at the new gym at 6pm Oct. 6,2026 Sandwiches and chips will be available.
- Forsyth, GA - (40.0 Miles)
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Oct 7 Apple Preserves- Food Preservation Canning Workshop Join a hands-on class and learn the process of canning. Learn the ways to properly preserve jams and jellies using water bath canning. Each participant will go home with a jar of apple preserves.
- Cumming, GA - (78.0 Miles)
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Oct 12 2026 Oconee County Bat Festival Join us at the 3rd annual Oconee County Bat Festival! It’s a free, family-friendly event all about our native, nocturnal, insect-eating friends: the bats. The festival will have educational talks, local vendors, games, activities, arts & crafts, and food. We’ll also have a plant sale for you to build a bat garden in your own yard. Celebrate the season by trick-or-treating around our booths and participating in our costume contest! We’ll even have Georgia DNR live bat ambassador Commissioner Gordon making a guest appearance! Finally, we'll be finishing out the night by going on a bat walk to listen in on wild bats who call the park home. The festival will be on Monday, 10/12, at Heritage Park in Watkinsville and will run from 4-8 p.m., with booths and vendors closing at 7:30 p.m. to lead into our bat walk. If you have any questions, please contact the Oconee County Extension office at 706-542-7078.
- Watkinsville, GA - (33.0 Miles)
