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Environment March 17, 2025

Georgia native plant fans hope compromise takes root after Cherokee rose supporters dig in

by Heather Fields, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 15, 2025 Native plant enthusiasts have been working to bring more attention to…

Mableton February 24, 2025

Mableton to consider adopting willow oak as official city tree

The photo above by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, used under the terms of the Creative Commons license linked above The Mableton City Council will consider adopting…

Environment May 16, 2024

It’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants

by Christina Grozinger, Penn State and Harland Patch, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It’s a simple idea: Stop mowing your lawn in the…

Environment April 21, 2024

Georgia Native Plants featured at Chattahoochee Nature Center plant sale

Photo by Juliane Balog By Juliane A. Balog Native plant sale presented by the Chattahoochee Nature Center took place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 5-6. Attendees shopped from…

Native Plants November 12, 2023

Kudzu: invasive plant with an exaggerated reputation

This is an expansion of one of the earliest articles published on the Cobb County Courier. It was originally published in January of 2016, about five months after we began…

Marietta September 24, 2023

Marietta Educational Garden features pollinators, petting zoo in Fall family event

Here’s a chance for for the whole family to learn about spiders, native plants and pollinators, and for children to interact directly with our non-human animal neighbors at a petting…

Mableton June 25, 2023

The bees are back! A metropolis of bees on mountain mint in Mableton

About two or three times a year during the summer months I create versions of this same article. Each summer the bees, and wasps as well, return full force to…

native plants and pollinators. Bees on mountain mint.

Environment May 10, 2022

The mountain mint is springing to life again, soon to attract a metropolis of bees

This is an evergreen article that I revive in the spring when my mountain mint comes to life, and then again in the summer when it blooms and attracts a…

William Root House, a two story wooden pre-Civil War house

Marietta April 21, 2022

Georgia native plants are featured at the William Root House Plant Sale this Saturday, April 23

The City of Marietta posted the following announcement about the annual plant sale at the William Root House. The details are reprinted below from the city’s web site: A beloved…

Environment September 12, 2021

Native Plants and a metropolis of bees in Mableton

There is a metropolis of bees in my front yard in Mableton. It includes all sorts of bees and wasps. Some are familiar to me, like the honey bees and…

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Kennesaw March 25, 2025

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