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Did you ever wonder what people from all the cultures of the world used to make beautiful, colorful garments? Dyeing fibers is a practice that goes back thousands of years. Some colors produced from rare plants were so vibrant that…
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We need your help with this statewide initiative led by College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension to record the numbers and types of pollinators that populate our state during late summer. This activity, guided by the State Botanical…
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We need your help with this statewide initiative led by College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension to record the numbers and types of pollinators that populate our state during late summer. This activity, guided by the State Botanical…
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Plant Conservation: Protecting Plant Diversity in the Garden and in the Wild $105 General Admission, $94.50 Members Register Online Plant conservation is an applied science that draws upon many fields of knowledge from ecology to horticulture, to ethics and politics.…
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Certificate in Native Plants Tifton Elective: Invasive Species in Georgia – Focus on Coastal Plain $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Non-native invasive species are one of the greatest threats to Georgia’s ecosystems as well as the native flora…
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$50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Our gardens, roadsides and meadows are aglow with color in the fall. In this class, students will learn to recognize the most common fall-blooming wildflowers in the Georgia Piedmont and be introduced to…
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Certificate in Native Plants Core: Plant Taxonomy $105 General Admission, $94.50 Members Register Online Taxonomy is the branch of science that names and classifies plants, animals, fungi, microbes, etc. Using data from genetics, biochemistry, physiology, and morphology (observations of leaves, flowers,…
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Plants and Pollinators Specialization: Monarchs and Beyond: Pollinator Stewardship $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online This class will take an in-depth look at the biology and ecology of the monarch butterfly in North America, its migration, species status assessment,…
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Certificate in Native Plants Elective:Fungal Ecology & Diversity $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Fungi are one of the three major groups of multicellular organisms on Earth (besides plants and animals) yet they are far less well known. Fungi…
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Certificate in Native Plants Elective: Warm Season Grasses of the Georgia Piedmont $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Grasses are the most economically and ecologically important plant family but most of us know very little about them and fewer…
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Basic Botany: Certificate in Native Plants Core Course $105 General Admission, $94.50 Members Register Online Explore the biology of flowering plants in this introduction to general plant anatomy, morphology, physiology, and genetics, with an emphasis on relating form to function.…
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Certificate in Native Plants Elective: Plants we love to Hate: Identifying and Controling Exotic Pest Plants $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online This workshop is an introduction to invasive, non-native pest plants in the Georgia Piedmont. Students will learn…
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Certificate in Native Plants Elective: Longleaf Pine Community Wildflowers & Grasses $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online The longleaf pine ecosystem has more ground cover plant diversity than any other in the United States. In the first half of…
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Plants and Pollinators Specialization:Grow your own Prairie in North Georgia $50 General Admission, $45 Members Register Online Prairies, meadows, savannas and woodlands were once an integral part of Georgia’s Piedmont and mountain ecoregions. These habitats have nearly disappeared, but are…
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Canning Pickles $35 General Admission, $31.50 Members Register Online Did you know that canning was invented over 200 years ago during the Napoleonic Wars? Since then, food science and modern appliances have given us the tools to safely preserve our…
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Heritage Days Fall Festival celebrates our horticultural and agricultural history with crafts, stories, music and hands-on education classes, so that we can better remember the teachings of the past and relate them to the garden work we do today. Also featured…
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Soap Making 101 $65 General Admission, $58.50 Members Register Online Soap Making 101 is a beginning-level soapmaking class designed to teach students to make soap by hand at home. The main focus of this class is the "cold process" soapmaking…
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Natural Dyeing $40 General Admission, $36 Members Register Online What would our world be like without color? But, wait. What about all those toxic chemicals? In this workshop, we will learn how to source non-toxic, environmentally safe and…
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Soapmaking 102 $65 for Individuals, $58.50 for Members Register Online The color palette in nature provides perfect hues for your natural soaps! This class focuses on using herbs and clays to design naturally colorful soap. Learn how to…
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