GNPS News & Announcements
GNPS Chapter Interest Meeting and Q&A
In the April NativeSCAPE newsletter, we talked about the state of chapter development and getting started forming new chapters. We had lots of members reaching out about joining or helping to form new chapters. In order to help answer any questions around forming new...
GNPS Symposium 2021: A Virtual Event on February 27-28
Symposium 2021 Georgia’s Wildlife From the Ground Up: Why Native Plants & Places are Essential
2021 Plant of the Year: Fringetree
This year’s Plant of the Year (POY) is fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus). Also known as white fringe tree, old man’s beard, or grancy graybeard, this small flowering tree grows along the east coast from New York to Florida and across the south to Texas. It was...
Plant of the Year 2021: Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)
The Georgia Native Plant Society is pleased to announce that our members have selected fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) as Plant of the Year for 2021.
Plant of the Year voting is now open!
POY 2021 voting will take place from November 1st - 30th at midnight. Go to https://gnps.org/education/plant-year/ for details. The nominees are: Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Purpletop...
The Kendeda Living Building and Landscape
Native plants create a living landscape. At Georgia Institute of Technology there is a living landscape that surrounds a living building. The Kendeda Building is run by solar panels, filtrates rain water harvested from the roof, and has a ceiling made from reclaimed...
Report of Mary Scott Nature Park Workday April 4, 2020
Report of Mary Scott Nature Park workday April 4, 2020 Because DeKalb County CEO Thurmond had decreed a shelter-in-place order to flatten the curve of SARS-CoV-2 infections, the regularly scheduled park workday was cancelled. Since county parks were open for exercise,...
Virtual event news from our partner, Atlanta Audubon
ATLANTA AUDUBON HOSTING A VARIETY OF VIRTUAL EVENTS (Atlanta, Ga,) June 4, 2020 – Atlanta Audubon is hosting a variety of virtual events on birds and bird-related topics during this time of social distancing. Atlanta Audubon has seen a huge uptick in interest in bird...
Spring Plant Sale Cancelled
We are very sorry to announce that we will not be holding our spring plant sale this year. After much consideration of rescheduling to a later date or hosting an online sale, we have decided that the first is unlikely given the predictions of when it will be safe to...
Fothergill Award – Bartram Trail Conference
The Bartram Trail Conference (BTC) is now accepting applications for the Fothergill Award. This grant is awarded annually to an advanced graduate student or recent Ph.D. recipient whose research promises to lead to a publication, book, article, dissertation, or other...