Thank you for coming to our annual plant sale held on April 27th at the Lilburn Library parking lot! We want to give a shout out to all our wonderful members who put in so much time to make this herculean effort successful. We deeply appreciate everyone who played a part. Over 3000 plants were donated: that’s a lot of digging, potting, and labeling! We appreciate our generous donors. Out Friday setup was a tremendous, unified effort involving tents, tables, and plants. Saturday was a whirlwind of success. We served hundreds of Gwinnett residents and folks from other counties in six quick hours. As our customers were leaving, I heard many “thank you’s” and we’re proud we could help them select plants, not just sell them. The GCMGA plant Sale is a testament to our member’s collective strength and teamwork—each and every one who played a crucial role in this…
2024 May Meeting
On Monday, May 20, at 7 pm we heard our guest speaker Will Rogers talk about the Grassland Initiative using I-Naturalist. Will is a research professional at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia who he specializes in rare and endangered plant studies and was a fountain of knowledge about what’s going on in our state. He highly encouraged us to add the iNaturalist app to our smart phones and become a member and to also join the Georgia Grasslands Initiative. A native of South Georgia,, he developed a knack for noting strange and unusual relationships in the natural world. Related Images:
2024 April Meeting
Our topic for the April 15th meeting was “Backyard Habitats, Urban Coyotes and Monitoring” presented by Dr. Michael Kohl. It was highly interesting to learn about the coyote monitoring, particularly within the metro Atlanta area surrounded by I-285. He answered many question and was able to share a lot of knowledge of what’s also happening in our state. Related Images: