Georgia Native Plant Society Annual Symposium
2026 Annual Symposium:
Native Landscapes, Living Landscapes
February 21 and 22, 2026 – Virtual
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Each year, the Georgia Native Plant Society holds a symposium to provide members and non-members with up-to-date information on native plants, their habitats and their conservation. Themes change annually, offering a variety of speakers from all aspects of the native plant world. In 2021, due to pandemic conditions, a two-day virtual format was adopted, and this has continued as it allows us to reach more people state-wide.
The first symposium was held on April 10, 1995. Sally and Andy Wasowski, authors of Gardening with Native Plants of the South, waived their normal speaker’s fee, as did Kathy Henderson and George Sanko, in order to promote the first symposium at DeKalb College. In the years up to the pandemic, the symposia were held at Middle Georgia State University.
Previous symposia
2025: Breaking the Grass Ceiling – Promoting Native Landscapes
2024: DIY Native Habitats – Building Your Stewardship Toolkit
2023: Planting with Purpose
2022: Healing Our Habitats — At Home and In the Wild
2021: Georgia’s Wildlife from the Ground Up — Why Native Plants and Places are Essential
2020: Creating and Connecting Native Habitats — How to Sustain Nature in our Yards and Communities
2019: Caring for Our Living Landscapes — How and Why
2018: Rooted in Trees — Landscaping in Harmony with our Native Environment
2017: Working with Nature — Rather than Against
(The first symposium was held in 1995.)
Symposium News
Native Plants Available for Pre-Order & Pick Up at the Symposium
There will be native trees, some of which are hard to find on sale elsewhere, and native plants available for purchase in the GNPS Marketplace at the upcoming Symposium on March 2nd in Macon. In case you might like to consider native tree and plant purchase options...
2019 Georgia Native Plant Symposium Registration Open
JOIN US for our 24th NATIVE PLANT SYMPOSIUM Saturday, March 2nd 2019 Middle Georgia State University Conference Center, Macon, GA.Doors open at 8:00 AM I Symposium begins at 8:45 AM Our 24th annual Symposium is designed to refresh our collective memory on the...
