2023 Field Trips

This schedule is subject to change.  A detailed trip description will be posted under Upcoming Events (see sidebar) prior to the date of each trip.  Preregistration is required unless otherwise stated in the trip description.  Please register with the trip leader at least 1 week prior to the trip.

Locations with asterisks indicate a partnership with the Georgia Native Plant Society.

Day Date Month Time Site Focus Leader(s) County Contact Extra info
Sat 28 January 10 Big Trees Preserve Winter tree id Ellen Honeycutt Fulton  
Sat 10 February 2 PM Zoom session Introduction to the Asteraceae (Aster or Composite Family) – Zoom Session Richard Ware, Zoom hosting Bobby Hattaway online Zoom link will be sent to Botsoc email list, but preregister for a pdf available prior to the session. More info here. 
Sat 18 February 10 Stone Mountain Park Trout Lilies, Hepatica Jane Trentin DeKalb  
Sat 25 February 2:00 PM Pace’s Mill Unit, CRNRA Trout Lilies Susan Hanson Cobb  
Sat 4 March 10:30 Ebenezer Creek Blackwater, bald cypress, water tupelo Lynn Hodgson Effingham  
Sat 11 March 10 Montezuma Bluffs   Christopher Inhulsen Macon  
Sat 11 March 10 Savannah-Ogechee Canal Nature Center   Bobby Hattaway Chatham  
Sat 18 March 10 Ceylon WMA   Bobby Hattaway Camden  
Sat 18 March 10 Rock and Shoals Natural Area   Melissa Caspary Clarke  
Sat 25 March 10 Pocket of Pigeon Mountain early spring wildflowers Mike Christison, Richard Ware Walker  
Sat 1 April 10 Providence Canyon The Canyon in Spring Christopher Inhulsen Stewart
Sun 2 April 9:30 Rising Fawn gardens   Rich Reaves Dade  
Sat 8 April 9 Cloudland Canyon State Park   Rich Reaves Dade  
Sat 8 April 10 Broxton Rocks Preserve*   Frankie Snow Coffee  
Sat 15 April 10 Adairsville Shooting stars Jennifer Kearns Bartow  
Sat 22 April 10 Apalachicola National Forest Roadside botanizing Brandi Griffin FL  
Sat 22 April 10 and 2 Wilbur and Marion Duncan property Mesic forest, Oak-Hickory-Pine forest, bottomland forest, canebrakes, and “granite” outcrops Mack and Julie Duncan Clarke limit to 12 people
Sat-Sun 29-30 April Noon South GA Spring roadside botanizing Rich Reaves Ware  
Fri 28 April 9:30 Mulky’s Gap lady slippers Clayton Webster Union  
Fri-Sun 5-7 May   2023 Spring Pilgrimage     Towns    
Sat 13 May 9:30 Cohuttas Roadside botanizing Rich Reaves Gilmer/Fannin  
Sun 14 May 10 Canoe Hymenocallis coronaria (shoals spider lily) Hal Massie Upson/Talbot  
Sat 20 May 10 Hurricane Creek Marie Mellinger Education Fund, riparian species John French Lumpkin  
Sat 10 June 10 Eller Hillside Seepage Bog, Reed Branch Wet Meadow Serracenia oreophila Tom Govus, Bruce Roberts NC/Towns  
Sat 17 June 10 Alapaha River WMA   Erin Cork Irwin  
Sat-Sun 8-9 July Noon Saturday, 7 AM Sunday South GA Summer botanizing Rich Reaves Ware  
Sat 15 July 10 Providence Canyon Plum leaf azaleas Brandi Griffin Stewart  
Sat 29 July 10   Pitcher plant bog during bloom Phillip Spivey  
Sat 12 August 10 Sassafras Mountain Coreopsis latifolia, Silene stellata, Campanulastrum americanum Jess Riddle Lumpkin/Union  
Sat, Sun 19, 20 August 10 (Sat), 9 (Sun)  Gaskins Forest Education Center Native Sedges Workshop (Sat) and Field Trip (Sun) Dr. Richard Carter of VSU Berrien In partnership with the Georgia Native Plant Society. Register and get more info by contacting .
Sat 26 August 9:00 AM Altamaha Regional Park-Sansavilla WMA Ulmus americana (American Elm), Morus rubra (Red Mulberry), Carya aquatica (Water Hickory), Crinum
americanum (Swamp Lily), Baptisia alba (White Wild Indigo)
Timothy Estep Glynn  
Sat, Mon 2,4 September Start at noon Sat, end at noon Mon South GA Late summer roadside botanizing Rich Reaves Ware Paired with Ceylon
Sun 3 September Noon Ceylon WMA   Bobby Hattaway Camden Paired with roadside botanizing
Wed 20 September 10 Atlanta History Center Goizueta Gardens and Botanical Society Archives Shannon Matzke Fulton Pre-registration required. More info here.
Sat-Mon 30-2 September-October   North Carolina Sandhills   Bruce Sorrie NC Travel Sat, all day Sun and Mon morning for trip, travel back Mon afternoon.
Sat 7 October 10 Florabundance Gardens and Native Plant Nursery* Variety of wetland habitats, upland forest, longleaf pine stand, and nursery Deborah Sheppard McIntosh  
Sat 14 October 10 North GA mountains   Mike Christison, Richard Ware    
Sat 11 November 10 Pine Mountain/FDR State Park   Hal Massie Harris/Meriwether  
Fri 24 November 10 Pine Mountain/Sprewell Bluff Black Friday trip Hal Massie Harris/Meriwether/Talbot