Georgia Native Plant Society

Three people collected litter from Nickajack Creek

Mableton September 9, 2024

Georgia Native Plants Society holds cleanup on Nickajack Creek in Mableton

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos from a Saturday cleanup event on Nickajack Creek: The Georgia Native Plant Society, Mableton City Council Member Patty Auch…

Georgia Native Plant Society sign marking a habitat restoration site

Mableton July 21, 2024

Food distribution, litter cleanup, and invasive plant removal

Barry Krebs submitted reports and photos about three events: a community food distribution at Friendship Revival Center, a litter cleanup , and the removal of invasive plants in Heritage Park….

Mableton Councilwoman Patty Auch with two women from GPNS

Mableton June 9, 2024

Georgia Native Plant Society works to rid Heritage Park of invasive plants

Barry Krebs sent the following report and photos from the Georgia Native Plant Society’s recent work removing invasive plants from Mableton’s Heritage Park. The Heritage Park area looks a lot…

native plants and pollinators. Bees on mountain mint.

From the Editor, Native Plants July 20, 2018

Thousands of small reasons to grow Georgia native plants

Just under three years ago I attended a native plant work day at Heritage Park in Mableton, organized by the Georgia Native Plant Society. When the work ended, several people…

Heritage Park, Mableton, Native Plants September 13, 2015

Native plant workday at Heritage Park

Saturday morning was the monthly workday session at Heritage Park, organized by the Georgia Native Plant Society. This month’s project was to dig up a small triangular patch of land…

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