Georgia Native Plant Society Annual Symposium
Join us on February 24 and 25 for the 2024 Annual Symposium:
DIY Native Habitats – Building Your Stewardship Toolkit
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 have been held at Middle Georgia State University.
Previous symposia
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
2018 Georgia Native Plant Symposium | Registration Open
JOIN US for our 23rd NATIVE PLANT SYMPOSIUM Saturday, February 10th, 2018 Middle Georgia State University Conference Center, Macon, GA. Doors open at 8:00 AM I Symposium begins at 8:45 AM Our 23rd Symposium boasts an exciting line-up of five distinguished speakers...
February 10, 2018 | Symposium Registration Opening Soon
The 2018 GNPS Symposium will have an exciting line-up of five distinguished speakers coming together in Macon, Georgia on February 10, 2018. We hope you can join us for a full day of learning, fun and celebration of our Georgia native plants and trees. We're working...