Shoal Creek Sanctuary

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Shoal Creek Sanctuary is 240 acres of land on the Eastside of Athens, Georgia as a practical model for pesticide-free, community-driven conservation.

10/03/2026

Sanctuary invaded by homeschoolers. High energy. Fab time. Need move hikes like this one.

09/29/2026

Join us on October 8th at 7:30 PM for Shoal Creek Sanctuary’s first stargazing event!

09/28/2026

Big thanks to Gina, Laney, Theron and Graham for latest garden on Blue Heron Drive. Xo

09/10/2026

42 out of 50 Sanctuary Gardens planted this year!

Fire might seem like an unusual part of planting a garden, but our team uses it to kill weeds instead of spraying chemicals.

09/08/2026

Wingstem at work! Check out these amazing Scoliid Wasps enjoying their wingstem buffet at one of our Sanctuary Gardens around Athens! These wasps are pollinators, walking on pollen and transferring it elsewhere when getting their fill of nectar.

P.S. they also like to snack on Japanese Beetles! I’ll thank them for protecting my peach tree :) have you ever seen these large pollinators?

09/03/2026

When hiking, have you ever seen these small violet-blue clouds of flowers in the woods? Then you’ve seen this perennial, Blue Mistflower, which has special value to native bees!

Some folks may also refer to this plant as Blue Boneset!

09/03/2026

Are you ready to make friends while annihilating invasive plants? Well, we’ve got the event for you! We are so excited for our First Sunday in the Sanctuary for September. We’ll be working towards our constant goals of increasing biodiversity in Athens.

sign up on GivePulse and bring gloves if you got ‘em! :)

08/31/2026

Are you shocked by such a lovely purple? This is one of our most important and beautiful native plants we install as part of our Sanctuary Gardens across Athens-Clarke County! Tall Ironweed is a standby for pollinators and native bugs.

Whether you’re a native plant gardener or a homeowner interested in one of our Sanctuary Gardens, don’t overlook Tall Ironweed! (You might not be able to without stilts :)

08/29/2026

Part of our mission at Shoal Creek Sanctuary is to provide havens for pollinators all over Athens! One of our hero plants is Butterfly Milkweed, or Asclepius Tuberosa. Don’t be fooled by imitators, nor by non-native species! Monarchs need the very best 🧡

08/20/2026

did you know that this giant piece of land is under a conservation easement through Oconee River Land Trust? This means that the land is protected and will not be developed—meaning habitat for so many native plants, animals, bugs, and more. A pollinator haven! Check out their page to learn about the network of conservation easements they support.

Address

275 Blue Heron Drive
Athens, GA
30605

Website

http://shoalcreeksanctuary.org/

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