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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.
GNPS Awards Jeane Reeves Research Grant
by Leslie Edwards | Nov 1, 2015 | News & Announcements
GNPS has just awarded a Jeane Reeves Research Grant to Nick Batora, a graduate student working on his PhD in the Department of Genetics at the University of Georgia. Nick is investigating the variation in chemical defenses that Maypops (Passiflora incarnata) use to...
Volunteering with GNPS at Local Community Day was a Great Investment of my Time!
by GNPS | Oct 15, 2015 | News & Announcements
Like most of you, I have a passion for spreading the word about native plants. Nothing made this passion come to life more than volunteering at a booth for the GNPS at the Community Day event on the Oldcastle Nature Trail at the Marcus Autism Center. It is always great to post an informative link about native plants and ecosystems on social media, but to get out and talk with people face to face can be even more effective and rewarding.
