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.
Day | Date | Month | Time | Site | Focus | Leader | County |
Sat | 18 | Jan | 1 | Zoom session |
Winter Tree ID workshop |
Richard Ware |
Virtual |
Sat | 8 | Feb | 10 | Pine Mountain Trail West |
Learn-your-lichens | Malcolm Hodges, Sean Beeching |
Bartow |
Sat | 22 | Feb | 2 | Stone Mountain |
Trout lilies |
Jane Trentin |
DeKalb |
Sun | 23 | Feb | 2 | Stone Mountain |
Trout lilies |
Jane Trentin |
DeKalb |
Sat | 15 | March | 10 | Suwanee | Presentations: Trips featured in 2022, 2024 Tipularia | Rich Reaves, Jim Drake |
Gwinnett |
Sun | 16 | March | 3:30 | Herbert Taylor Park |
Spring ephemerals |
Marti Breen |
DeKalb |
Tues | 18 | March | 10 | Devil’s Fork State Park |
Oconee Bells |
Clayton Webster |
SC |
Sat | 22 | March | 10 | Clinton Nature Preserve |
Granite outcrop flora |
Ashlee McCaskill |
Douglas |
Sat | 29 | March | 10 | Adairsville | Spring ephemerals |
Jennifer Kearns |
Floyd |
Sat | 5 | April | 10 | Radford Ravines |
Spring ephemerals, special focus on Trillium species |
Sam Taylor |
Stephens |
Sat | 5 | April | 9:30 | Rising Fawn Gardens |
Spring Flora highlighting rare/unusual species |
Rich Reaves |
Dade |
Sun | 6 | April | 9 | Cloudland Canyon Sitton’s Gulch Trail |
Fabulous spring wildflower display |
Rich Reaves |
Dade |
Sat | 12 | April | 10 | Lake Russell (Mt. Airy) |
Rhododendron minus var minus |
Kathryn Stege |
Habersham |
Sat | 12 | April | 10 | Tuskegee National Forest |
Upper Coastal Plain bottomland forest |
Al Schotz |
AL |
Sat | 19 | April | 10 | Fall Line sandhills |
Spring flowers |
Hal Massie |
Taylor |
25-27 | April | Ellijay | Pilgrimage | Gilmer | |||
Sat | 3 | May | 9 | Forest Service Road 42 |
Roadside botanizing, 35+ species |
Rich Reaves |
Fannin |
Sat | 10 | May | 10 | Buck Creek North Carolina |
Spring flowers with a focus on paintbrush |
Rich Reaves |
NC |
Sun | 18 | May | 10 | Flint River |
Shoals spider lilies paddle |
Hal Massie |
Upson, Talbot |
Sat | 24 | May | 10 | Sandhills WMA |
Nolina georgiana |
Hal Massie |
Taylor |
Sat | 7 | June | 10 | Chattahoochee River |
Paddle trip |
Chris Hastings |
Fulton |
Sat | 7 | June | 10 | Savannah-Ogeechee Canal |
Using a Scavenger Hunt to Learn Terms for Plant ID |
Bobby Hattaway |
Chatham |
Sat | 12 | July | 12 | Waycross Area |
Roadside botanizing 1 |
Rich Reaves |
Ware |
Sun | 13 | July | 7 | Waycross Area |
Roadside botanizing 2 |
Rich Reaves |
Ware |
Sat | 19 | July | 1 | Zoom session | Summer Tree ID workshop |
Richard Ware |
Virtual |
Sat | 26 | July | 10 | Cowrock Mountain | Summer wildflowers |
Jess Riddle |
White/Lumpkin/ Union |
Thurs | 14 | Aug | 10 | Goizueta Gardens at the Atlanta History Center |
Wildflower meadow, late summer composites |
Shannon Matzke |
Fulton |
Sat | 16 | Aug | 9 | Platanthera conspicua and other sandhill specialties |
Hal Massie |
Taylor | |
Sat | 20 | Sept | 10 | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
Jon Boat ride (special registration and fee required) |
Katie Antczak |
Charlton |
Sat | 4 | Oct | 10 | Sandhills WMA |
Fall wildflowers |
Hal Massie |
Taylor |
Tues | 11 | Nov | 10 | Pine Mountain |
Veteran’s Day hike |
Hal Massie |
Harris, Meriwether, Talbot |
Sat | 15 | Nov | 10 | Tall Timbers Research Station |
Pyrodiversity and biodiversity in the Red Hill |
Brandi Griffin |
Leon Co., FL |
Fri | 28 | Nov | 10 | Pine Mountain |
Black Friday hike |
Hal Massie |
Harris |