🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🐝
You’ve been learning about some of the fascinating connections happening in our gardens and natural areas. How much do you remember? Ready? Test your nature knowledge with these five questions! […]
Pollinators
Buzz & Bloom
🌸🪰 BUZZ & BLOOM: Virginia Waterleaf & Bee Flies 🌿 Deep in the spring woodland, Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) produces clusters of delicate white to lavender flowers—and if you stop
Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight: Bee Fly
🐝🪰 POLLINATOR SPOTLIGHT: Meet the Bee Fly! Is it a bee? Is it a fly? If you spot a fuzzy little insect hovering over your flowers and extending a surprisingly
Habitat Connections
🌙🦇 HABITAT UPDATE: When the Sun Goes Down, the Habitat Wakes Up When we think about wildlife habitat, we often picture what happens during the day—but after sunset, an entirely
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.
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
🌼🐝 Buzz & Bloom: Hoverflies & Goldenrod 🐝🌼
When you see tiny insects hovering effortlessly over late-summer flowers, don’t be so quick to call them bees. Chances are you’ve spotted a hoverfly—one of nature’s unsung pollinators! With their
🌿 Why Habitats Matter 🌿
Every bird, bee, butterfly, frog, and fox needs a place to call home. Habitats provide the food, water, shelter, and space wildlife needs to survive and thrive. When native habitats
Creature Feature Tuesday
🐝 Pollinator Spotlight: Common Eastern Bumble Bee 🐝 Don’t let its fuzzy appearance fool you—the Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) is one of North America’s hardest-working native pollinators. Unlike
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