The North Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society
Overview
The North Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society was formed in 2021 and we have over 400 members and growing! While we have no particular geographic boundary, our members are mostly in Marietta, Roswell, North Atlanta, Dunwoody, Woodstock, Alpharetta, Chamblee, Cumming, Sandy Springs, Acworth, Kennesaw and anywhere in between and beyond.
Meetings
We meet at various locations in our areas on both weekends and weekdays to accommodate our varying commutes and schedules. Check out our schedule events on the list to the right!
Bylaws and Board Members
At our first annual meeting in 2021, we adopted our bylaws. At our third annual meeting in 2023, the members elected board members: Carling Kirk (President), Connie Ghosh (Vice President), Dana Hallberg (Treasurer), Lilly Vicens (Secretary), and Kerry Defoe (Member-at-large.)
Contact
You can reach us by email, or check out our Facebook page. You can also connect with other members in our private Facebook group.
How can I join?
For current members, login and update your chapter affiliation through the chapter affiliation form. For new or renewing members, you can also select your chapter affiliation on the membership form.
Chapter News & Events
Voice Your Support for House Bill 145: Sweetbay Magnolia as the State Flower
Exciting news! Representative Deborah Silcox (R-Sandy Springs) and cosponsors Rep. Scott Hilton (R-Peachtree Corners), Rep. Jan Jones (R-Milton), Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah), and Rep. Matt Reeves (R-Duluth) have filed House Bill 145 to change the state floral emblem to sweetbay magnolia. The bill will go to the Special Rules Committee for consideration.
This is a great time to reach out to your state representative to voice your support for a change to the state flower! Click here for brief instructions on how to engage your state legislators on this topic.
Weed Wrangle 2025 at Old Rucker Farm
In a fitting tribute to MLK day, volunteers cared for our shared environment by removing invasive non-native plants at Old Rucker Farm. We removed Chinese privet and honeysuckle from “Richard’s View” of the creek from the bench built by the boy scouts. More importantly, we trained volunteers to identify beneficial natives and how to combat the most common non-natives. It was a fun, educational, and productive habit restoration day. Check out our volunteers and the before and after pictures.
Wrangle With Us on MLK Jr. Day of Service!
Please click on the event you are interested in to check for weather updates.
We encourage people to reach out to the event organizer if there hasn’t been an update.
Georgia Native Plant Society will host its second statewide Weed Wrangle on January 20, 2025 during Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Weed Wrangle is a one-day, area-wide, volunteer effort to help rescue our public parks and green spaces from exotic, invasive species through hands-on removal of especially harmful trees, vines and flowering plants.
While many of us work regularly at invasive plant removal, we hope that hosting a statewide weed wrangle will promote awareness, participation and camaraderie during this national day of community service. Participating locations include:
- POSTPONED ABAC’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture Nature Trail in Tifton (Coastal Plain Chapter)
- CANCELED Buffalo Creek Trail in Carrollton (West Georgia Chapter)
- Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve in Stonecrest (Intown Atlanta Chapter)
- Herbert Taylor and Daniel Johnson Park in Atlanta with two dates: January 11 and January 20 at 1:00 p.m. (Intown Atlanta Chapter)
- POSTPONED Mary Scott Nature Park in Atlanta (Intown Atlanta Chapter)
- POSTPONED Old Rucker Park in Alpharetta (North Metro Atlanta Chapter)
- Orme Park in Atlanta (Intown Atlanta Chapter)
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park in Augusta (Augusta’s River Region Chapter)
- Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon (Fringed Campion Chapter)
- W.D. Thompson Park in Atlanta (Intown Atlanta Chapter)
- Zonolite Park in Atlanta (Intown Atlanta Chapter)
We hope you’ll participate and bring along your friends and family too!
