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
22nd Annual Symposium I Registration Open
JOIN US for our 22nd NATIVE PLANT SYMPOSIUM: WORKING with NATURE – Rather Than Against Saturday, February 4th, 2017. NEW LOCATION: Middle Georgia State University Conference Center in Macon, GA. Registration and GNPS Market opens at 8:00 AM I Good Morning and...
Annual GNPS Symposium 2017 | Save the date!
The 2017 Native Plant Symposium, providing a full day of learning, will be held on Saturday February 4, 2017 in the Conference Center of the West Campus of the Middle Georgia State University in Macon. Much more information on the topics and speakers to follow - for...