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Johns Creek Beautification President Lynn Pennington introduces special guests at the nonprofit’s first annual learning luncheon June 6 at Sugo. Proceeds from “Seeds Soil Sunshine” will go toward funding a new Native American sculpture in Johns Creek.
Fundraiser for Native American sculpture offers lessons on gardening, sustainability By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Beautification, a nonprofit whose mission is to bring the community together through public art and landscaping, hosted its first annual learning luncheon June 6. The fundraiser “Seeds Soil Sun-
shine” at Sugo featured two guest speakers — Ashley Frasca, who hosts a Saturday morning garden show on WSB Radio, and Mark Hoban, a golf course superintendent at Rivermont Golf Club. Trent Ellis, owner of Armor Wildlife Management, also led a Q&A on how to humanely deter deer. JCB President Lynn Pennington in-
troduced the speakers and other guests to the crowd of 70. They included Mayor John Bradberry and Johns Creek External Communications Manager Edie Damann, a member of the city’s “Green Team” which works to create an ecofriendly environment internally at City Hall and throughout city events.
See LUNCHEON, Page 22
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