Athens-East Piedmont Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society

06/23/2026

It’s National Pollinator Week! The The Pollinator Partnership has put together some really interesting educational opportunities!

Happy ! and Pollinator Partnership are back to deliver another year of the Pollinator Power Party⚡🐝🌳

Monday: Meet the Pollinators

To do:
🔗visit pollinator.org/pollinatorpowerparty (or click the link in our bio)
🐛Meet the pollinators by watching educational videos
🔍Join the Party Bioblitz Competition: The top contributor in their region between May 1st and July 31, 2026 will receive a Visa gift card from EPRI and a limited-edition Pollinator Week T-shirt from Pollinator Partnership.
⭐For Electric Power Companies: Explore the Electric Power Award presented by NAPPC and EPRI

06/13/2026

A great wrap up from the Georgia Native Plant Society - North Metro Atlanta Chapter about Tony and Carra Harris’ talk at The Cherokee Garden today. Everyone should go check out other GNPS chapters goings on!

06/10/2026

Very interesting discussion tonight (and lots of great questions!) with Stephanie Green! Here are links to some of the content we discussed, let me know if I left anything out!

ACC Municipal Code regarding Control of Vegetation:
https://library.municode.com/ga/athens-clarke_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIICOOR_TIT3PUSA_CH3-5OFIS_S3-5-9COVE

Georgia Invasive Species Council:
https://gainvasivespeciescouncil.org/

Sign up for invasive species workday Stephanie mentioned:
https://www.givepulse.com/group/562287-the-athens-clarke-county-leisure-services-department

Information from GA DNR regarding the updates to the Georgia Protected Species List: https://georgiawildlife.com/ProtectedSpeciesList

06/10/2026

Tonight’s the night! Join us at our June Chapter Meeting (6 pm at Sandy Creek Nature Center) to learn about All About Invasives!

06/08/2026

Great post from the Georgia Native Plant Society - West Georgia Chapter! Our June Chapter Meeting (Wednesday June 10th, see our events for all details) will provide you with tools to recognize and manage invasive species.

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06/03/2026

One week from today, come join us at Sandy Creek Nature Center to learn All About Invasives! We'll see you at 6 pm, invite friends and neighbors! Feel free to bring any plants or seeds you would like to swap (or just plain get rid of!)

06/01/2026

Our June newsletter is out, check your inbox!

I had some formatting issues, and none of my links in the email work, what a bummer! I am posting them here in the order they appear in the newsletter, apologies!

https://www.accgov.com/green

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://gnps.org/calendar-event/ethnobotony-if-plants-could-talk-a-cherokee-relationship/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1780359623093922&usg=AOvVaw2g-5WTF26ScZdINmqA3y75

https://rootssodeep.org/

https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1780359742753210&usg=AOvVaw3zLS7tEOuq22R1EwnyM2JV

https://gsepc.org/

https://gsepc.org/course/

https://bees.caes.uga.edu/

05/30/2026

Come see us at the UGA Extension Athens-Clarke County’s Athens Area Honey Bee Festival! We’re in the native garden, under the Georgia tent, past the big chicken! We’ve got Paw Paws, Alumroot, Wild petunia, lobelias, lyreleaf sage, and more!