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Certificate in Native Plants

Got Privet? Strategies for Managing 3 of the Worst Invasive Plants of Georgia

Gary Crider, naturalist and invasive plant control specialist Chinese Privet, English Ivy and Japanese Stiltgrass have extensively invaded Georgia’s natural areas, creating environmental havoc. With the right strategies, tools and...

Fall Wildflowers of the Granite Outcrops of Georgia

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...

Basic Botany: Fundamentals of Plant Biology

Sabrina Sewell, botanist Explore the biology of plants in this introduction to general plant anatomy, morphology, physiology, evolution and development. This course presents the fundamental information about plants upon which...

Groundcover Restoration

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...

Warm-Season Grasses of the Georgia Piedmont

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...

Plants We Love to Hate: Identifying and Controlling Exotic Pest Plants

Gary Crider, naturalist and invasive plant control specialist This workshop is an introduction to the identification and control of invasive, non-native pest plants. Students will learn about the major “offenders”...

Managing Invasive Plants

Heather Brasell, environmental educator Whether you are managing your home garden, a public outdoor center or natural ecosystems, you will need to deal with invasive plants. Once you have learned...

Native Ferns of the North Georgia Mountain Regions

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,...

Native Plants and Insect Pollinators

Henning von Schmeling, senior director of operations, Chattahoochee Nature Center Numerous ultra-specific pollination strategies exist all around us between our native plants and our native insect pollinators. Often, these relationships...

Fungal Ecology & Diversity

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....

Plant Conservation: Protecting Plant Diversity

Jennifer Ceska, conservation coordinator, State Botanical Garden of Georgia Plant conservation is an applied science that draws upon many fields of knowledge from ecology to horticulture to ethics and politics....

Fall Wildflowers of the Georgia Piedmont

$50 General Registration Linda Chafin, botanist. 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...

Certificate in Native Plants Takes Root in Tifton

South Georgia residents can now earn the Certificate in Native Plants from UGA’s State Botanical Garden of Georgia without making a four-hour drive to Athens. Beginning this year, the Certificate...

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