Category: Native Plants

A Great Day at Our Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm Tour Event

| General, Lindsey Roper, Native Plants, Our Events, Wildlife Habitat

This past Saturday our Piedmont Chapter members had the opportunity to tour Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm in Lexington, GA. Our very own Member Chair, Tanner Biggers, happens to be the Farm Manager at Beech Hollow, which is a business member of our chapter. Mild temperatures set the stage for what turned out to be a […] Continue reading "A Great Day at Our Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm Tour Event"

Why Native Plants?

| Brian Romm, Ecosystems, General, Invasive Species, Native Plant Selection, Native Plants, Wildlife Habitat

The Evolutionary Background In our first post, we talked about how geology and climate dictate what plants grow in different areas. We went on to discuss how disturbance events dictate plant communities. Combining those concepts on the geologic timescale – many millions of years, to keep it simple – provides the evolutionary basis for the […] Continue reading "Why Native Plants?"