Neighbors for Nature
Students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School transformed a section of their school courtyard into a thriving native pollinator garden through hands-on learning, teamwork, and environmental stewardship. Sixth and seventh graders
July 2026
🌼 Explore Outdoors Challenge: Find 5 Native Flowers! 🌼
How many native wildflowers can you discover on your next walk? Your challenge is simple:🌿 Find 5 native flowering plants in your yard, neighborhood, local park, or nature preserve.📸 Take
Into the Wild: Test Your Nature Knowledge
🌿🧠 Nature Trivia Challenge! Think you know your native wildlife? Test your nature knowledge below! 🐝 Question 1:Which native bee is famous for “buzz pollination” and is especially important for
Buzz & Bloom
🌾 Southeastern Grasslands Feature: America’s Most Overlooked Ecosystem Grasslands of the Southeast are some of the most diverse—and most threatened—ecosystems in North America. Once stretching across vast portions of the
Small Ripple Effects, Lasting Impacts: Habitat Fragmentation
🌿 Habitat Fragmentation: Why It Matters & What You Can Do As cities grow and roads expand, natural habitats are often broken into smaller, isolated patches—a process called habitat fragmentation.
Creature Feature Tuesday
🐝 Georgia Native Bee Spotlight Meet one of Georgia’s most important pollinators: the southeastern blueberry bee (Habropoda laboriosa). This fuzzy, fast-flying native bee is a spring specialist—and it has a
Native Plant Heroes
🌿 Native Plant Spotlight: Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) 🔔💙 Delicate, graceful, and tougher than it looks, the Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is one of North America’s most charming native wildflowers. Its nodding,
Events Week of July 6th – 11th
Native Plants and Their Host Pollinators Monday, July 6th Sexton Hall 2115 Chloe Rd. Cumming, GA 30041 10:00 AM EST Microgreens Saturday, July 11th Cherokee County Senior Center 1001 Univeter