2025 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.

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