Clarkesville Hillside

Sep 20, 2021

Tucked on a hillside in Clarkesville is a 2 acre lot that is home to Kaye Stanley. She is lucky that the property is wooded and filled with interesting wildflowers like fairy wand (Chamaelirium lubeum), Indian cucumber root (Medeola virginiana), Hepatica sp, foam... read more

McFarlane Nature Park

Sep 28, 2020

To list all of the native plants at McFarlane Park in Marietta would take pages! There are about 15 different planting areas in the 11.5 acres. These include a meadow, bog, woods, fern swale, sun border, hillside, and more. There are many devoted GNPS volunteers who... read more

Native Plant Habitat in Virginia Highlands

Sep 17, 2020

Leslie Edwards has created a native plant habitat that supports many birds and insects. In the front yard you will find Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica), Hercules club (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis), fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus), and native spring... read more

Berkeley Lake Garden

Aug 30, 2020

Berkeley Lake is home to Susan Hanson, who has taken nearly an acre and transformed it into a native plant botanical garden. With a backbone of mature trees, she has added an amazing amount of understory plantings. Some of the plants are native azaleas (Rhododendron),... read more