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.
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Day | Date | Month | Time | Site | Focus | Leader | County |
Sat | 13 | Jan | 10 | Davidson-Arabia Mt. Nature Preserve | Lichens | Malcolm Hodges | DeKalb |
Sat | 20 | Jan | 10 | Davidson-Arabia Mt. Nature Preserve | Lichens | Malcolm Hodges | DeKalb |
Sat | 3 | Feb | 10 | Congaree National Park | Wildflowers | Jess Riddle | SC |
Sat | 10 | Feb | Florabundance Gardens | Spring flowers, native plant nursery | Deborah Sheppard | McIntosh | |
Sat | 10 | Feb | 10 | Elachee Nature Center | Winter plant ID | Ren Oliver | Hall |
Sat | 17 | Feb | 2 | Stone Mountain | Trout lilies | Jane Trentin | DeKalb |
Sat | 24 | Feb | 2 | Pace’s Mill Unit, CRNRA | Trout lilies | Susan Hanson | Cobb |
Sat | 2 | March | 10 | Indian Springs State Park | Rich Reaves | Butts | |
Sat | 9 | March | Wolf Creek | Edgeworthia papyrifera | Ren Oliver | Rabun | |
Sat | 9 | March | 9 | Skidaway Island State Park | Maritime forest, salt marsh | Shannon Matzke | Chatham |
Sat | 23 | March | Pocket of Pigeon Mountain | Early spring wildflowers | Mike Christison, Richard Ware | Walker | |
Sat | 30 | March | Radford Ravines | Sam Taylor | Stephens | ||
Sat | 6 | April | Savannah-Ogeechee Canal | Bobby Hattaway | Chatham | ||
12-14 | April | LaGrange | Pilgrimage | Troup | |||
Sat | 20 | April | Adairsville | Spring ephemerals | Jennifer Kearns | Floyd | |
Sat | 20 | April | Gaskins Forest Education Center | Day in the Woods | Berrien | ||
Sat | 20 | April | 10 | Forest Service Road 42 | Rich Reaves | Fannin | |
Sat | 21 | April | Crooked River State Park | Bobby Hattaway | Camden | ||
Fri | 26 | April | 10 | Mulky Gap | Pink lady’s slippers | Clayton Webster | Union |
Sat | 27 | April | Gaskins Forest Education Center | Keying plants | Richard Carter | Berrien | |
Sat | 27 | April | Sprewell Bluff WMA | Turkeybeard and showy skullcap | Hal Massie | Meriwether, Talbot | |
Sat | 27 | April | 10 | Buckeye Creek Trail | Wildflowers | John Brower | NC |
Sun | 28 | April | 9 | Hambridge Center Cove Trail | Wildflowers | John Brower | Rabun |
Sat | 4 | May | 10 | Till Ridge Cove | Rich Reaves | Rabun | |
Sat | 11 | May | 10 | Germany Valley | Large whorled pogonia, Pink lady’s slippers | Louis Schweizer | Rabun |
Sun | 19 | May | Flint River | Shoals spider lilies paddle | Hal Massie | Upson, Talbot | |
Sat | 8 | June | 10 | Yonah Hike | Early summer flowers | Ren Oliver | White |
Sat | 15 | June | 10 | Currahee Mountain | Diverse, species rich habitats of a Piedmont mountain | Jess Riddle, Jim Sullivan | Stephens |
Sat | 20 | July | 10 | Atlanta History Center | Cherokee Garden Library | Shannon Matzke | Fulton |
Sat | 10 | August | Sandhills WMA, roadsides | Large white-fringed orchid, Pickering’s dawnflower | Hal Massie | Taylor | |
Sat | 7 | Sept | 10 | Ohoopee dunes | Ren Oliver | Emanuel | |
Sat | 21 | Sept | Linwood Nature Preserve | Grasslands, seeded pollinator mix | Raina Singleton | Hall | |
Sun | 22 | Sept | Cohutta Roadsides | Fall flowers | Rich Reaves | Gilmer, Fannin | |
Sat | 28 | Sept | Sandhills WMA | sandhills wildflowers | Hal Massie | Taylor | |
Fri | 25 | Oct | 10 | Appalachian Trail | Fall colors | Clayton Webster | Towns |
Mon | 11 | Nov | Pine Mountain | Grass-of-Parnassus, fall color | Hal Massie | Harris, Meriwether | |
Fri | 29 | Nov | Pine Mountain | Black Friday hike | Hal Massie | Harris |