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Workshop on Creating Meadow Habitats for Pollinators
by Leslie Edwards | Apr 27, 2016 | News & Announcements
Creating Meadow Habitats for Pollinators: Join us for a workshop on creating meadow habitats for pollinators. The workshop will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia. We will discuss the features of good meadow...
GNPS 2016 Spring Native Plant Sale
by GNPS | Mar 27, 2016 | News & Announcements, Plant Sale
Open to the public. Come find the native plants you’ve been looking for. Our plants are raised from seed, rescued from construction sites, donated by nurseries, and donated by our own members. Knowledgeable folks are available to answer your questions about plant selection. Credit cards accepted. Bring a wagon to cart off your great finds!
A Day in the Woods
by Paul Sumner | Feb 25, 2016 | Coastal Plain Chapter, News & Announcements
The Coastal Plain Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society is planning to meet in conjunction with A Day in the Woods at Gaskins Forest Education Center in Alapaha, Georgia on April 23, 2016. The event includes forest and wildlife activities for the whole family. ...
2016 Members Only Garden Tour
by GNPS | Dec 27, 2015 | Garden Tour, News & Announcements
The Georgia Native Plant Society, with your help, is bringing back the annual member garden tour for 2016. Member and volunteer Charles Hunter has agreed to chair this project and we would very much like to hear from you if you can help! This next year’s tour will be a little earlier than recent tours, and will take place on Saturday, April 23rd, the week after our plant sale. Our hope is that this will catch a lot of the early Spring ephemerals, trilliums, early native azaleas and other early bloomers.
2016 Plant Of The Year | Spigelia marilandica
by GNPS | Dec 26, 2015 | News & Announcements, Plant Of The Year
Georgia Native Plant Society’s members have chosen Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica) as our Plant of the Year for 2016. A hummingbird favorite, this vibrant perennial is native to most of the Southeastern US.