Certificate in Native Plants

Becky Griffin, UGA pollinator health associate This class will explore the be(e)autiful world of our native bees, butterflies, wasps, flies and other insect pollinators. We will dive into the biology of why these insects are so important in our ecosystem with hands-on activities. We will end our time together with a tour of the Ethnobotanical...

Paola Barriga, Faculty, academic professional, UGA Department of Plant Biology This course is designed to allow participants to evaluate plant-insect interactions in gardens from an ecological perspective. For instance, we will focus on the importance of maintaining plant and insect pollinator diversity and the ecological factors that may influence this outcome. Among the factors that...

Zach Wood, Georgia Native Seed Network Manager, State Botanical Garden of Georgia About 200 tree species occur in Georgia’s Piedmont forests and woodlands. In this class, students learn to identify some of the most common of these by their leaves, bark, branching patterns and tree form. Students will learn to use a hand lens and...