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Learning by Leading Information Session

Visitor Center & Conservatory 2450 S Milledge Ave, Athens

Interested in working at the State Botanical Garden alongside other students and staff to address important environmental issues? Join us on Aug. 28 to learn about the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Learning by Leading™ program that provides students with leadership skills and real-world experience with education, conservation, horticulture and visitor services through hands-on experiential...

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Event Series Nature Ramblers

Nature Ramblers

Shade Garden Arbor 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, United States

Free Leaders rotate among a group of local naturalists and biologists featuring guest guides. Meet at children’s garden arbor. Join the Nature Ramblers to learn more about the natural areas, flora and fauna of the State Botanical Garden while making new friends and enjoying the fresh air. Rambles start with an inspirational reading by a...

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Event Series Sweet Pea Club

Sweet Pea Club

Alice H. Richards Childrens Garden 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, United States

Ages: 3-5 | $3 per class Join the State Botanical Garden of Georgia education team for Sweet Pea Club at the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden. Families will join one another for a morning of adventure in the garden through a variety of activities that can include songs, puppets, stories, hikes and games.  Each week...

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$3

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Labor Day Garden Closed

The State Botanical Garden will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, for Labor Day.

Event Series Nature Ramblers

Nature Ramblers

Shade Garden Arbor 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, United States

Free Leaders rotate among a group of local naturalists and biologists featuring guest guides. Meet at children’s garden arbor. Join the Nature Ramblers to learn more about the natural areas, flora and fauna of the State Botanical Garden while making new friends and enjoying the fresh air. Rambles start with an inspirational reading by a...

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Event Series Sweet Pea Club

Sweet Pea Club

Alice H. Richards Childrens Garden 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, United States

Ages: 3-5 | $3 per class Join the State Botanical Garden of Georgia education team for Sweet Pea Club at the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden. Families will join one another for a morning of adventure in the garden through a variety of activities that can include songs, puppets, stories, hikes and games.  Each week...

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$3

September Friends First Friday Behind the Scenes at the SBG Greenhouses

State Botanical Garden Horticulture Complex 2450 S Milledge Ave, Athens

$12 general admission | $10 for members Join us for a behind-the-scenes open house of the production greenhouses at the State Botanical Garden. From 9-11 a.m., the greenhouses will be open to Friends First Friday guests for an open house event. Eli McKinney, greenhouse manager, as well as other horticulture staff, will be on hand...

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Fall Bird Rambles

Upper Parking Lot 2450 S Milledge Ave, Athens

Upper Parking Lot Free and open to the public Come join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (ORAS) for a morning bird walk at the garden. Look and listen for our fall migrants. First time birding? No problem. ORAS members will help you spot and identify the feathery creatures. All birding levels are welcome. Bring binoculars...

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Event Series Nature Ramblers

Nature Ramblers

Shade Garden Arbor 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, United States

Free Leaders rotate among a group of local naturalists and biologists featuring guest guides. Meet at children’s garden arbor. Join the Nature Ramblers to learn more about the natural areas, flora and fauna of the State Botanical Garden while making new friends and enjoying the fresh air. Rambles start with an inspirational reading by a...

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Event Series Sweet Pea Club

Sweet Pea Club

Alice H. Richards Childrens Garden 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, United States

Ages: 3-5 | $3 per class Join the State Botanical Garden of Georgia education team for Sweet Pea Club at the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden. Families will join one another for a morning of adventure in the garden through a variety of activities that can include songs, puppets, stories, hikes and games.  Each week...

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$3

Living with Trees

Virtual Lecture – Zoom

Kathryn Kolb, Executive Director and Master Naturalist, EcoAddendum Edward Morrow, Consulting Arborist, EcoAddendum Fee:  $20 Mature trees are beautiful and make us healthy, but some may be at risk for falling. Most trees tell you they are sick long before they fall – if you know what signs to look for. Join EcoAddendum Executive Director...

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Native Ferns of the North Georgia Mountain Regions

Visitor Center & Conservatory Adult Classroom 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia, United States

Connie Gray, native plant specialist, Georgia Native Plant Society – Athens Chapter This course will focus on the most common ferns typically found in the Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, Brevard Fault zone and upper areas of the Piedmont. Many of these are also found further south, but there are species that are...

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