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Winter 2013

THE FOCKELE GARDEN COMPANY EARNS NATIONAL AWARDS FOR WILHEIT-KEYS PEACE GARDEN

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The Wilheit-Keys Peace Garden earned multiple awards from Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) and the Urban Ag Council.

The Fockele Garden Companys design and installation of the Wilheit-Keys Peace Garden at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center was recently honored by Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) and the Urban Ag Council. The Peace Garden earned a Grand Award at the 2012 Annual Environmental Improvement Awards Program sponsored by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET). The Grand Award is the top designation by PLANET and the garden was one of only 39 projects to receive it nationally. The Fockele Garden Company was the only Georgia company to earn the distinction. The Urban Ag Council honored the Fockele Garden Company with its Grand Award in the Commercial category; the Judges Choicegiven to a project that really wows the hoice given really judges, and the Green award for innovation and use of sustainable techniques in a project. This is the rst year that the Green awards have been granted. Gainesville philanthropists Philip and Mary Hart Wilheit funded the garden through the Medical Center Foundation in honor of their late parents Tom and Jane Eve Wilheit and Jack and Mildred Keys.
The Wilheit-Keys Peace Garden is one of three gardens designed and installed by The Fockele Garden Company at the Northeast Georgia Medical Centers North Tower.

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Work Completed on Nells Prayer Garden at Northeast en Georgia Medical Center

The Fockele Garden Company recently completed Nells Prayer Garden at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. The garden was built in honor of the Medical Center Foundations Chair Emeritus Nell Whelchel Wiegand who passed away in 2011. Nells Garden is located outside the North Patient Towers Dawn McKibbon Memorial Chapel adjacent to the Wilheit Keys Peace Garden. The garden curves around the outside of the chapel and is secluded by a wall for privacy. Trees, plants, shrubs, and planters provide color throughout the year. A boulder fountain in the center of the garden offers soothing sounds. Seating throughout the garden affords visitors a quiet place to reect. Nell Wiegand left a legacy of altruism and service. The founding member of the Medical Center Auxiliary served 60 years as a volunteer at the medical center.
Nells Prayer Garden Nells Prayer Garden was built in honor of longtime ll d built in honor f longtime ilt ti Medical Center volunteer Nell Whelchel Wiegand.

Nells Garden, which was funded through donations to the Medical Center Foundation, is the third garden designed and built by The Fockele Garden Company at the medical center. Annes Garden and the Wilheit Keys Peace Garden were the other NGMC projects that Fockele completed.

Green Roof Installed at Enotas Smartville Garden

Fockele Garden Company Acquires KMA Gardens of Atlanta
The Fockele Garden Company has opened an Atlanta ofce by acquiring the accounts and assets of KMA Gardens, a landscape design and maintenance company. Founded in 1995, KMA Gardens focuses on residential and commercial landscapes with a focus on environmental sustainability. KMA Gardens Owner Kathy Montgomery will have an active role with The Fockele Garden Company and will continue to serve clients. Although KMA Gardens customers will now be served under the umbrella of The Fockele Garden Company, Kathys expertise and creativity, and her intimate knowledge of her customers gardens, will all still be available to customers, The Fockele Garden Company President Mark Fockele says. The excellent care and personal attention they have come to expect will continue uninterrupted.
Enota Multiple Intelligence Academys Smartville Garden continues to evolve with the recent addition of a Green Roof to a garden building in the garden. A Green Roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproong membrane. A Green Roof installed on a home or business can provide many benets such as lower energy costs, stormwater runoff control, sound insulation, and rainwater collection. Smartville Garden is an outdoor classroom that gives students a hands-on learning experience about water conservation and features representatives of the plant kingdom. It is a collaborative effort of Enota students, teachers, parents and community volunteers. The Fockele Garden Company co-owner Mark Fockele is one of those volunteers. As a certied Green Roof Professional by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), Mark lent technical expertise to the project.

A Green Roof was recently added to a garden building in the Smartville Garden.

Green Roofs can lower energy costs control een costs, l rainwater runoff and provide sound insulation

Owners : Mark Fockele and Julie Evans Year Founded : 1990 | Employees : 42 Business Breakdown : 60% design/build, 40% maintenance Customer Breakdown : Mix of residential and commercial

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