Certificate in Native Plants

Ben Long, PhD candidate, UGA Department of Genetics Calling all tea lovers! Did you know Georgia has its own native caffeine-containing tea plant? In this workshop, participants will learn how yaupon holly almost became the tea of choice for America, before British tea moguls smeared the reputation of the plant. Instructor Ben Long will also...

Robby Astrove, preserve manager, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve Georgia is home to 90% of the Southeastern Piedmont’s granite outcrops, one of the most endangered and botanically interesting natural communities in the US. Students will be introduced to the ecology, habitats, and plant communities of the granite outcrop ecosystem during an interpretive hike. Yellow daisies and fall wildflowers...

Bill Sheehan, co-founder, Fungal Diversity Survey Fungi are one of the three major groups of multicellular organisms on Earth yet they are far less well-known compared to plants or animals. Fungi evolved before plants, live inside all plants, provide nutrition to many plants and are the primary decay organisms that cycle dead plants back into nutrients....

Zach Wood, grasslands coordinator, State Botanical Garden of Georgia Grasses are the most economically and ecologically important plant family, but most of us know very little about them and fewer still know how to identify grasses. In this class, we will learn to recognize common fall-flowering grass species of the Georgia Piedmont. During the first...

Heather Brasell, environmental educator This cl­­­ass will visit a variety of sites to compare and contrast different groundcover restoration projects and management practices. With an emphasis on management decisions rather than on identifying specific plants, this course will discuss common challenges, successes and landscape restoration strategies while managing invasive plant species. The types of restoration sites...