On June 4 volunteers from the West Georgia Chapter hosted over 50 elementary school students as part of Camp Dirty Knees, a program of the Carroll County Master Gardeners.  The 3-day camp is intended to get children interested in gardening, and each session includes a morning at Buffalo Creek, a GNPS restoration site, learning about native plants.  Chapter volunteers took the kids on a tour of the site while teaching them about several common plants.  Each child was then allowed to choose a potted native plant (supplied by the chapter) to take home.  Many thanks to the chapter members who participated in this program to help spark the children’s interest in nature.  These included Diane Rooks and Ann Ethridge, Co-Chairs of the chapter’s Education Committee, Beth Chance, chapter President, and Carol Hight, the chapter’s Director of Restoration.

Campers line up on the Troll Bridge at Buffalo Creek