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…
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2024 February Meeting
Connie Gray, Program Coordinator and Board Member of the Athens-East Piedmont Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society shared her knowledge on “Ferns” at our February 19th meeting at Bethesda Senior Center. Her information was great information and we appreciated her sharing her handouts. Related Images:
Shrinking Violets are a BLAST!
The poet that called the wood violet “shrinking violets” did not know how appropriate that name was for this little ground hugger. Yes, it is considered a modest flower in that it is small and close to the ground, but when its seed pods shrink, and they do, they go ballistic! The seed pods shrink to release their seeds, but in doing so, the seeds are propelled to a distance away from the parent plant, a reproductive strategy. No worries about when the children will leave home; they are literally thrown out! The interesting thing about these seed pods is that they are from underground flowers. Yes, I said underground. The photos above are of the seed pods of the underground flowers. They emerge from the ground on stems about two inches long and shoot seeds out to establish a new colony away from the parent! Violets have developed several…