Gardening in Athens

Like many other people who started home projects during the quarantine of 2020, Cathy Payne began gardening with native plants on her 3/4 acre lot in Athens. By the summer of 2021, the sun perennials were quite showy. The front yard is landscaped with purple... read more

Gainesville Countryside

Jill Gorman grows native plants from seed. She also hosts a garden workshop in the spring where she gives away some of her seedlings. The rest of the seedlings are planted on three acres near Gainesville where the Gormans have created a habitat for many pollinators... read more

Powder Springs Natural Garden

Driving on the shared road to Jeff Jernigan’s property in Powder Springs, you see the difference in landscaping. On the left, the neighbor has cleared their property of native plants and landscaped with lawn and introduced plants. On the right is Jeff’s... read more

The Pines RV Park

Congratulations to Karan Rawlins for earning gold certificate for GNPS Native Plant Habitat Certification program. Karan has been developing native plant habitat at The Pines RV Park in Tifton. The area has several types of habitat. A small upland forest provides... read more

Fulwood Park

The Coastal Plain Chapter of GNPS team with the City of Tifton established a native plant garden on three sides of a fenced dog park in Fulwood Park in Tifton. Congratulations to Mary Alice Applegate and the team for receiving a gold certificate for GNPS Native Plant... read more

Clarkesville Hillside

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
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