Week of Events
WD Thomson Park Workday
WD Thomson Park Workday
The Friends of WD Thomson Park will have their February workday on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. As always, we will supply tools, water and some snacks. (Clean work gloves will be available if needed, but it's always better if you can bring your own!) This month's meeting spot is in the lower parking lot, between […]
GNPS 2023 Symposium: Planting with Purpose
GNPS 2023 Symposium: Planting with Purpose
The focus this year of the GNPS 2023 Symposium is Planting with Purpose: at home, in designed landscapes, and when restoring habitat in the wild. Researching appropriate native plants and choosing to incorporate a major of native plants in our properties and projects makes a difference to the other inhabitants of our ecosystems: birds, butterflies, […]
Zonolite Park Workday
Zonolite Park Workday
Zonolite Park volunteers are scheduled to meet the 1st and 3rd of every month from 8:30 am to 10:30 am during the summer months and beginning in October 9:30 am to 11:30 am during winter months. . Volunteers cut invasive privet which is picked up by Zoo Atlanta to feed the giraffes and other animals. […]
Buffalo Creek Work Day
Buffalo Creek Work Day
Every Tuesday morning, weather permitting, there is a work session at the Buffalo Creek Trail in Carrollton. Volunteers are needed to help maintain the native plantings and the walking trails and to remove invasive plants. Everyone is welcome, but please do not bring young children for safety reasons. Park at the Greenbelt parking area located […]
West Georgia Chapter Meeting – Bluebirds
West Georgia Chapter Meeting – Bluebirds
The West Georgia Chapter's February meeting is all about the birds--bluebirds, that is. Our speaker is Jim Bearden, “The Bluebird Guy,” who is the founder and keeper of the Bluebird Trail at Green Meadows Preserve on Dallas Highway in Marietta. The Trail started in 2012 with a single nest box and has grown over the […]
Feb 25 Rescue Cherokee County, Canton, The Bluffs, 10:00 am
Feb 25 Rescue Cherokee County, Canton, The Bluffs, 10:00 am
Please read our liability waivers in advance: there are two: the participant agreement and the liability waiver. By signing up for this rescue, you agree to terms in these documents. You will be asked to sign them at the rescue. Lead Facilitator: Cathie Brumfield Cofacilitators: Trina Hayes, Nadyne Neff Plant List: Pussytoes (Antennaria sp.), lady fern (Athyrium […]
Invasive Plant Removal Workday at Rose Hill Cemetery
Invasive Plant Removal Workday at Rose Hill Cemetery
Members and friends are invited to join in the removal of non-native invasive plants from Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon. Please register at https://forms.gle/rne5HZgmfN8j7aE76. All participants must sign the GNPS activity waiver of liability at the event. Wear long sleeves, long pants, works shoes or boots, gloves, and a hat. Bring any garden tools you may […]