This is one of those chock-a-block full weekends with so many local things to do and only two days to do them. Here's a sampling of just a few of the local events. Now if only the weather would cooperate.

• Rockdale County Master Gardeners Gift Shop, Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Rockdale Cooperative Extension Office, 1400 Parker Road, Lobby B, Conyers; plant stakes, pots, bird feeders and more; 770-278-7373 or uge1247@uga.edu, Jule-Lynne Macie.

• Big Haynes Creek Wildlife Festival, Aug. 24–25 at 10 a.m., Georgia International Horse Park.

• Kim Atkins Tennis Tournament and Ball Drop breast cancer prevention fundraiser, Aug. 24, noon, Rockdale Tennis Center, Parker Road next to 1400 Parker Road. 

• Conyers Blues and Music Revue, Aug. 24 at noon, Olde Town Conyers Pavilion. Cameo apperances by Theodis Ealey Unplugged, Pete Peterson, Lady D, Tommy Brown, Sandra Hall, AZ1, Sana Blue, Reggae Artist Miguel Paul, Peace and Thunder, Let It Rip Band and more.

• Back to School Blast, Aug. 25, 1 to 5 p.m.; JP Carr Community Center, 981 Taylor St., sponsored by Higher Family Achievement and Commissioner Oz Nesbitt; families who register and confirm are guaranteed school supplies hfaback2school1.evenbrite.com.