GNPS News & Announcements
Spring Plant Sales 2024
Mark your calendars and make that shopping list... Spring 2024 Plant Sales are Here! Each year we like to make you aware of seasonal native plant sales. Here is a list of all that we have collected from one end of Georgia to the other (including Chattanooga for...
Amerson River Park Native Plant Garden Workday 3/24/24 2 PM
The Fringed Campion Chapter welcomes members and friends to join us on Sunday, March 24, 2024 from 2 until 4 pm. Volunteers will be needed to weed and to create plant supports using wood from invasive species removal. We will also spread mulch, if available. Dress...
2024 Plant of the Year Shirts Available Now!
We are excited to premiere the 2024 Plant of the Year artwork designed by GNPS member, Laura Qadri! Education and awareness is a main purpose of highlighting a Plant of the Year. Help us spread the word about this awesome native plant by wearing it! Get your Plant of...
ACTION ALERT: Senate Bill 518 – Help Change the State Flower to a Native Species
We are pleased to share that Senate Bill 518, an act to change the state floral emblem to the native Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana), passed unanimously through the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism. You can help get this legislation passed...
A Campaign to Change the Georgia State Flower to a Native Species
Help Us Move Legislation Forward Georgia has one of the richest landscapes in the nation. Its vast plant diversity should be represented by a native flower important to both our ecosystems and our heritage. That's why the GNPS Advocacy Committee is pushing for...
GNPS 2024 Symposium Registration Now Open
You can find the complete details on our Symposium page linked here.
2024 Plant of the Year: Blue Mistflower
By Valerie Boss The GNPS 2024 Plant of the Year is blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum), a native perennial wildflower with beautiful blue or purplish blossoms. A member of the Asteraceae family, the species can be found throughout the eastern US and parts of...
Weed Wrangle Georgia 2024 on January 15
GNPS will host our first ever statewide "Weed Wrangle" on January 15th, MLK Jr. Day of Service. Weed Wrangle is a one-day, area-wide, volunteer effort to help rescue our public parks and green spaces from non-native invasive species through hands-on removal of...
Celebrating 2023’s Collective Impact
What an exciting year it has been for Georgia Native Plant Society! Take a look below at what we have accomplished. While GNPS continues to grow its signature programs, develop key partnerships and provide centralized support to our chapter network, our 8 affiliated...
Annual Meeting Report
Thank you to the more than 100 chapter members and friends of GNPS who joined us for our 2023 annual meeting last Sunday at the Kendeda Living Building at Georgia Tech. Over the course of two hours, we shared updates from our second full year as a chapter; broke out...