Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlife
🦋 POLLINATOR SPOTLIGHT: Clematis Clearwing Moth 🌿 At first glance, you might mistake the Clematis Clearwing Moth (Alcathoe caudata) for a wasp! Its slender body and mostly transparent wings are […]
🌿🤍 NATIVE PLANT SPOTLIGHT: Virgin’s Bower 🤍🌿
Looking for a native vine that brings late-summer beauty and wildlife value to the landscape? Meet Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana), a vigorous native clematis covered with clusters of delicate white
Neighbors for Nature
🌍🌾 WILDLIFE SUCCESS STORY: The Wildebeest That Helped Restore the Serengeti Sometimes restoring a single species can help restore an entire ecosystem. The blue wildebeest is a keystone species of
Explore Outdoors Nature Challenge: Southeast Pollinator Census
🐝🦋 THE SOUTHEAST IS COUNTING—WILL YOU JOIN US? 🌸 This Saturday, August 22, people across six states will be watching the flowers and counting the pollinators that keep our landscapes
🌿🐝 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🦋🌾
Nature Quiz Have you been following our recent posts? Let’s see how much you remember about native plants, pollinators, and Georgia’s grasslands! Can you answer these five questions? 🌾 1.
Buzz & Bloom
🌼🐝 Where Flowers and Pollinators Meet! 🦋🌸 A blooming garden is more than a beautiful space—it’s a busy habitat! Native flowers provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, moths, beetles,
Habitat Connections
🌿 Habitat Update: Small Changes Create Big Results! 🐝🦋🐦 Creating healthy habitat doesn’t happen overnight—it grows, changes, and improves with every season. Our native plant habitat continues to develop into
Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight
🖤🐝 Pollinator Spotlight: Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Big, black, and a little intimidating at first glance, the Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) is actually a fascinating native pollinator and
Native Plant Highlight
🌿 Native Plant Highlight: White-Tinged Sedge (Carex albicans) 🌿 Looking for a native plant that brings texture and year-round interest to a shady garden? White-tinged sedge (Carex albicans) is a
🌿 Neighbors for Nature 🌿
What if transforming just 50 square feet of your yard could help create a network of habitat for birds, butterflies, bees, and other wildlife? That’s the idea behind Nature Neighbors—a
📸 Explore Outdoors Challenge: Take One Nature Photo Every Day for a Week 🌿
Nature is full of incredible moments—you just have to pause long enough to notice them. This week’s challenge is simple:🌼 Take one nature photo every day for seven days. Your
🌿🧠 Test Your Nature Knowledge! 🧠🌿
Think you know your native plants and pollinators? Put your knowledge to the test! Drop your answers in the comments, and we’ll post the answers tomorrow. 1️⃣ Which native wildflower