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The Georgia Native Plant Society "is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the stewardship and conservation of Georgia’s native plants and their habitats." They hold meetings every other month along with educational activities, garden tours, and partnerships with other native plant groups to restore habitats. There are three chapters of the Society located thoughout the state.

 

  • Georgia Native Plant Society
  • West Georgia Chapter
    Covers the western counties of the north Georgia piedmont.
  • Coastal Plain Chapter
    Covers the southern counties of Georgia.
  • Red Bud Project
    This is a community movement concerned with preserving native habitat of the forests of Hall County, Georgia.

Society Newsletter

NativeSCAPE is a quarterly newsletter provided to its members online in PDF format.

  • native SCAPE

A Native of Georgia

White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Venske.

White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra, native to the Coastal Piedmont Mountain.  This plant will attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden.

Recommended Reading

  • Book CoverGuide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops by William H. Murdy; M. E. Brown Carter
    Call Number: QK 142 .M87 2000
    ISBN: 0820321338
    Publication Date: 1999-11-01
  • Book CoverWildflowers of Georgia by Hugh O. Nourse; Carol Nourse
    Call Number: QK 142 .N68 2000
    ISBN: 0820321796
    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
  • Book CoverTrees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama by Robert K. Godfrey; Melanie R. Darst (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK 143 .G64 1988
    ISBN: 0820310352
    Publication Date: 1989-03-01
  • Book CoverButterfly Gardening for the South by Geyata Ajilvsgi
    Call Number: QM 551 .S85 A35 1991
    ISBN: 0878337385
    Publication Date: 1991-04-01

Historical Notes

William Baldwin

William Baldwin (1779-1819) was an American physician and botanist. His greatest contributions were his correspondence with scientists; among them were William Darlington and Stephen Elliott. His collecting expeditions led him to Georgia, Florida and South America. While stationed in Georgia during the War of 1812 he traveled on foot, usually alone, into territory occupied by the Creek Indians to collect botanical specimens. The New York Botanical Garden holds in its Archives many of his journals, correspondence and plant classification studies.

  • William Baldwin
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  • URL: https://libguides.nybg.org/c.php?g=683113
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