GNPS News & Announcements
Plant Conservationists’ Virtual Rally on November 13
Calling all plant lovers! Join us on Monday, November 13 at 2:00 p.m. for a national virtual rally to support plant conservation! We need everyone interested in plant conservation to rally together for the passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. GNPS has...
Heritage Park September 2023 Work Day Report
The September 9 work day featured beautiful weather as well as three first-time volunteers! There was a lot of sand, trash, and tree litter in our creekside work area from recent flooding, so our group did a cleanup and filled four trash bags (see photo). Some...
GNPS Plant of the Year 2024 Nominations Open October 9 at 7 p.m.
The GNPS Plant of the Year (POY) program recognizes native plants that are of benefit to Georgia’s ecology and wildlife. If you are a GNPS member and have a favorite native plant that you think others would love, please consider nominating it for our POY 2024. Traits...
Fall Plant Sales
Each year we like to make you aware of seasonal native plant sales. Here is a list of all that we've collected from one end of Georgia to the other (including Chattanooga for those in the very north). Most of them are dedicated to native plants but a few have a mix;...
Governor Kemp Proclaims September as Georgia Native Plants Month
Governor Brian Kemp recently signed a proclamation designating the month of September as Georgia Native Plants Month. A collaborative effort between Georgia Audubon and Georgia Native Plant Society (GNPS), Georgia Native Plants Month is designed to highlight the...
Native Garden Tour
Saturday, September 30, 2023 10AM to 4PM You’re invited to the second annual Intown Atlanta GNPS Native Garden Tour. Tickets include admission to five habitat sites. The self-guided tour is an opportunity to find inspiration for ways to add biodiversity to your own...
The Georgia Grasslands Initiative iNaturalist Project
Virtual Presentation by Mr. Will Rogers Conservation Researcher at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Free to all. This event will be live streamed on GNPS's YouTube channel. Georgia’s grasslands need our attention....
Join us for the Pollinator Census!
The Intown Atlanta chapter of GNPS will be hosting census takers/visitors at four different sites across Atlanta this year. From 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on August 19, we'll have tables and volunteers passing out Census forms, answering questions and helping to identify...
Bee seen at Beecatur!
Visit our table. Even better, volunteer to staff the table by contacting alederberg@gnps.org. If you'd like to help spread the word about the benefits of native plants bring one (or a few) that we can share with someone who is just learning how to build a pollinator...
June Weed ‘n Water Schedule at the Amerson River Park Native Plant Garden & Monarch Waystation
The June workday schedule for the Native Plant Garden and Monarch Waystation at Amerson River Park will be twice a week, on Wednesdays evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday mornings from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. As the season heats up, weeding and watering will be our...