Massee Lane Gardens celebrates the 2025 Festival of Camellias and the 80th Anniversary of the American Camellia Society for the entire month of February 2025. Although camellias bloom from late fall through early spring, February is the peak of the camellia blooming season. Visitors can stroll pathways through nine acres of specialty gardens full of blooming heirloom, modern, and species camellia plants. We have new picnic tables, too. Feel free to pack a lunch and enjoy the scenery.

Schedule of Events:

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Kick Off Celebration with Free Admission:

Admission will be free to kick off the month of camellia fun. Activities include self-guided tours, art exhibits, complimentary nature scavenger hunts with prizes, inflatable house and slide and fun art activities for children. Kona Ice, Light 'em Up BBQ, and-or Chef Al Townes food trucks will be here to serve you!

Ikebana, also known as kad?, is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. The Ikebana Exhibit will be displayed for viewing by the Middle Georgia Chapter of the International Ikebana Society during the first weekend in February 2025.

Nancy Dyes will grace the gallery with a lovely musical piano ambiance over the Ikebana exhibit on Feb 1st.

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Little Buds Day:

Families will enjoy Little Buds Day. The event and activities are free for children 12 and under. Activities include scavenger hunt with prizes, DIY arts and crafts tables, inflatable house and slide and and a Wildlife Program!!!

The Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences will be conducting a "The Classics" wildlife program, featuring owls, for kids and adults alike. Young guests will also enjoy scavenger hunts, art activities, and pretending to sail around the world in an 18-foot inflatable slide ship. Complimentary nutritious snacks will be offered to each registered young guest.

Dura Stokes and Carol Hancock, local retired school teachers of our beautiful surrounding locale, will assist kids of all ages with crafting projects beginning at 11 a.m.

Saturday, February 15, 2025

10:00 am - 3:00 pm: Walk-In

Saving Money Talk for Kids: Matt Callahan of Synovus Bank presents a very important discussion about saving money for the kids. Everything they need to gain an early foothold on their finances that will give them a head start for the future.

10:00 am - 3:00 pm: Walk-In

Iris Brand, Gift Shop Coordinator, ACS, will teach adults 12+ how to make paper clay jewelry for sale, gifting, or to wear yourself - a fun little hobby or side business for anyone who loves to play with clay. The kit includes everything you need to finish a matching set pendant, earrings, and lapel pin.

Learn to prepare, mold, smooth, paint, and finish your new jewelry. Wear them home and show them off! Buy more clay at your local craft store or Amazon Prime and make a set in every color you like.

YOUR TAKE-HOME KIT INCLUDES two molds - one for earrings and a larger one for pendant. Also included: tweezers, jewelry glue, bails, chain, lapel pen findings, paint brushes, smoothing press, three cups for water and two colors of paint, two paint brushes, a dry set of four working pieces to paint, glue, and wear home, and instructions on how to make your own paper clay that hardens like a rock overnight.  A variety of acrylic paints will be provided but are not in the kit.

The kit is donated to ACS for resale at $25. An additional donation of $10 for instruction with 100% to benefit the future goals of ACS is requested. Thank you for your support!

Sunday, February 16, 2025

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Camellia Waxing Workshop

Guests will also enjoy a Camellia Waxing demonstration and workshop hosted by Jonanne Beckman. Many camellia lovers will wax their favorite camellias right before a freeze, or to prepare a large number of blooms for festive decorations. Dipping camellias in a wax and mineral oil mixture preserves the blooms for days (and sometimes weeks). It gives camellias from the garden a sheen that makes them look like perfect porcelain sculptures. Waxed blooms do not need a vase or water. They can be displayed on a plate, elegant bowl, or lined up on a table top. The waxing demonstration is free with garden admission, advanced registration is required.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Middle Georgia Camellia Society and Flint Energies Camellia Show

Middle Georgia Camellia Society will showcase hundreds of camellia blooms, showing diversity of sizes, shapes and colors that make camellias such a prized addition to any garden. Entries (open to all growers and the public) will be accepted from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Experts will be on hand to assist the public with preparing blooms from your home garden to enter in the show. The show will be open for public viewing, Saturday, around noon until 4:30 pm: and Sunday, 1:00-4:00 pm: Show Contact: Tommy Martin [email protected] (478) 235-0096

Sunday, February 23, 2025

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Middle Georgia Camellia Society and Flint Energies Camellia Show

Middle Georgia Camellia Society will showcase hundreds of camellia blooms, showing diversity of sizes, shapes and colors that make camellias such a prized addition to any garden. Entries (open to all growers and the public) will be accepted from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Experts will be on hand to assist the public with preparing blooms from your home garden to enter in the show. The show will be open for public viewing, Saturday, around noon until 4:30 pm: and Sunday, 1:00-4:00 pm: Show Contact: Tommy Martin [email protected] (478) 235-0096

Date: February 1 - 23, 2025

Location: Massee Lane Gardens, 100 Massee Lane, Fort Valley, GA 31030

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