Using Georgia Native Plants

Carolina spring beauty ( Claytonia caroliniana ) Last week, on March 17 th , I returned to the Pocket at Pigeon Mountain for the se...

When I go for a walk around my neighborhood, I always expect to find both good things and not so good things in the natural world. Good thi...

On your path to nature, what did you fall in love with first? It probably wasn’t bees, was it? We grow up from childhood with a healthy res...

'Bradford' pear flowers with old fruit Pears that have seeded into the wild from cultivated stock are blooming now. These are t...

The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain (and the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail located there) is a beautiful spring wildflower hotspot. A popular t...

Tiger swallowtail on native azalea (April) Even with our mild winters in Georgia, seeing that first butterfly is always a thrill. I usu...

Liriodendron tulipifera The third Friday in February is Georgia Arbor Day. It is a good day to plant a tree in Georgia because we gener...