Into the Wild: Test Your Nature Knowledge
🌿🧠 Nature Trivia Challenge! Think you know your native wildlife? Test your nature knowledge below! 🐝 Question 1:Which native bee is famous for “buzz pollination” and is especially important for […]
Buzz & Bloom
🌾 Southeastern Grasslands Feature: America’s Most Overlooked Ecosystem Grasslands of the Southeast are some of the most diverse—and most threatened—ecosystems in North America. Once stretching across vast portions of the
Small Ripple Effects, Lasting Impacts: Habitat Fragmentation
🌿 Habitat Fragmentation: Why It Matters & What You Can Do As cities grow and roads expand, natural habitats are often broken into smaller, isolated patches—a process called habitat fragmentation.
Creature Feature Tuesday
🐝 Georgia Native Bee Spotlight Meet one of Georgia’s most important pollinators: the southeastern blueberry bee (Habropoda laboriosa). This fuzzy, fast-flying native bee is a spring specialist—and it has a
Native Plant Heroes
🌿 Native Plant Spotlight: Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) 🔔💙 Delicate, graceful, and tougher than it looks, the Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is one of North America’s most charming native wildflowers. Its nodding,
Events Week of July 6th – 11th
Native Plants and Their Host Pollinators Monday, July 6th Sexton Hall 2115 Chloe Rd. Cumming, GA 30041 10:00 AM EST Microgreens Saturday, July 11th Cherokee County Senior Center 1001 Univeter
Week of June 29th – July 4th
Discover how prairie strips can transform ordinary landscapes into vibrant habitat for pollinators, birds, and wildlife while improving soil and water health. In *The Living Edge: Prairie Strips in the
Week of June 22nd – 28th
Unearth A Story – Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt Unearth A Story invites preschoolers to dig into the wonders beneath their feet through stories, sensory play, and
Week of June 15th – 20th
Little Chicks, Big Stories is a fun and engaging preschool program that introduces young children to the wonderful world of chickens through stories, songs, movement, and hands-on learning. Children will
Week of June 8th – 13th
Vermiculture: or How to Raise Worms In-Person Learn about the creatures beneath the dirt! Join us for a presentation by Southeastern Grasslands Institute about vermiculture, the process of using worms to
Week of May 11th-15th
I don’t have any events this week. I am prepping for next week’s events and starting prep for June’s events. I am working up at Cherokee Veteran’s Park this week
Upcoming Events May 4th – May 8th
Tuesday, May 4th Soil, Clay and Rocks! Explore the hidden world beneath your feet in this engaging homeschool library program on soil, clay, and rocks! Participants will discover how different