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, | 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 |