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Native Plant Heroes
Read story →: Native Plant Heroes🌸 Native Plant Spotlight: Wild Columbine 🌸 One of spring’s most enchanting native wildflowers is Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). Its graceful red-and-yellow, nodding blooms seem to float above delicate blue-green foliage, creating…
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Neighbors for Nature
Read story →: Neighbors for NatureStudents 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 researched native…
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🌼 Explore Outdoors Challenge: Find 5 Native Flowers! 🌼
Read story →: 🌼 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 a photo…
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Into the Wild: Test Your Nature Knowledge
Read story →: 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 blueberry crops…
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Buzz & Bloom
Read story →: 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 region, these…
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Small Ripple Effects, Lasting Impacts: Habitat Fragmentation
Read story →: 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. When landscapes…
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Creature Feature Tuesday
Read story →: 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 sweet job:…
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Native Plant Heroes
Read story →: 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, bell-shaped blue…
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Events Week of July 6th – 11th
Read story →: Events Week of July 6th – 11thNative 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 Rd. Canton,…