Using Georgia Native Plants

  After several years of absence, I returned this week to The Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail in Northwest Georgia in preparation for a fiel...

You can be surprised that I chose this for my #momentinnature. This is not a native plant. It was brought here as a result of a long path of...

  Solidago petiolaris Goldenrod needs to be in more gardens! Its late summer and fall blooms are very important to resident and migrating po...

Wintry weather happens. When we're prepared, it's nice to have a seasonal sprinkling to remind us what winter is all about. So far, ...

I take a lot of pictures throughout the year and not all of them make it into a blog post. At the end of the calendar year, it’s a good time...

We all love flowers in the growing season, but there is beauty to be found in the dormant season. As I was walking through my woods, I spied...

  The environment is under more stress than ever – both from natural causes and human-inflicted wounds. The choices that each of us make – m...