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Bylaws and documents

Bylaws:

  • Bylaws of the Georgia Botanical Society

Field Trip Documents:

  • Trip description template (Word document)
  • Guidelines for Field Trip Reports (Word document)

Other Documents:

  • Atlas of the Vascular Flora of Georgia, compiled by Marie B. Mellinger, published in 1984

2025 Pilgrimage Updates

  • Pilgrimage registration is closed
  •  The workshop location for Trips #8 and #19 will be at the Cartecay Loop, NOT at the hotel.

Richard and Teresa Ware’s Plant Guide

Guide to the Wildflowers, Ferns, Trees, Shrubs & Woody Vines of Georgia and Adjacent States, a comprehensive guide by Georgia Botanical Society members Richard and Teresa Ware

Upcoming Events

  • Saturday, May 24, 2025, 10:00 am, Nolina georgiana and Other Late Spring Wildflowers, Sandhills WMA, Taylor County
  • Sunday, May 25, 2025, 10:00 am, Flint River Canoe Trip to See Shoals Spiderlilies, Upson County
  • Saturday, June 7, 2025, 10:00 am, Learning Botanical Terms for Tree-Shrub ID, via a SCAVENGER HUNT, Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, Chatham County
  • Saturday, June 7, 2025, 10:00 am, Up and Back Paddle to Bull Sluice Lake, Chattahoochee River Upstream of Morgan Falls, Fulton County (No Boat Needed)
  • Saturday, July 12, 2025, 12:00 noon, Roadside Botanizing Day #1: Waycross Area, Ware County
  • Sunday, July 13, 2025, 7:00 am, Roadside Botanizing Day #2: Waycross Area, Night Flowering Wild Petunia, Ware County
  • Sunday, July 20, 2025, 2:00 pm, Summer Tree ID Workshop (Zoom Session)
  • Saturday, July 26, 2025, 10:00 am, Cowrock Mountain Hike on the A.T., White, Lumpkin, & Union Counties
  • Thursday, August 14, 2025, 10:00 am, Goizueta Gardens at the Atlanta History Center, Fulton County
  • Saturday, September 20, 2025, 10:00 am, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Charlton County

2025 Field Trip Schedule

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Name That Plant Contest

Click here to go to our monthly Name That Plant Contest.

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