The Georgia Perennial Plant Association welcomes plant lovers of all kinds, because no garden is complete with perennials only. We want to share that love along with knowledge, expertise and helpful information regarding buying, planting, caring for and sharing plants. We hope you will consider becoming a member.
Benefits of membership include invitations to our lectures at no charge, mini-talks, Q&A's with the experts, workshops, and local garden tours and visits. Members also receive regular newsletters mixing updates on our activities with educational material about perennials and gardening.
The Members' Only Content section gives members exclusive access to our lectures, newsletter and article collection, our expansive Plant Nursery Guide to Atlanta and Beyond, a list of Open Gardens that members can arrange to visit anytime, and other helpful gardening materials.
Our low membership prices are a great value. Memberships for 2024 are $35 Individual, $50 Dual, $65 Business and $100 Sponsor. Memberships run from January 1 to December 31 of each year with renewals beginning in the fall prior to the new year. New members who sign up in the fall have memberships from the date of joinder to December of the following year.
Our 2024 Speaker Series
🌱 Five inspirational nationally known garden speakers that members can watch live, live-streamed and/or recorded will include:
January 15 - Dr. Bryce Lane, NC State, "Great American Gardens" - Zoom Only
February 19 - Mark Weathington, JC Raulston Arboretum, "The Razor's Edge, New Woody Plants to Try"
March 18 - TBA soon
September 16 - Jason Reeves, "Garden Heroes: Pollinator & Host Edition"
October 21 - Dr. Bodie Pennisi, "All About Perennial Chrysanthemums"
Our regular meetings are held on the 3d Monday of the month at the Dunwoody Nature Center. Find directions and info about where to eat nearby here: Dunwoody Nature Center. (Note the restaurants change days and hours; we do not keep up all the time, so check before going). Check our Calendar of Events and Upcoming Events on the bottom of this page for more info about specific events.
Organized garden trips beyond Atlanta including but not limited to:
🌱 February - Greenville Master Gardeners Association Symposium
🌱 April - UGA Trial Garden Sale, UGA Hort Clubs Sale and Athens Nurseries
🌱April 20 - Piedmont Gardeners Tour of Athens Georgia Gardens
🌱 Possible other "local-ish" garden tours (NC? TN? We are working on it; share ideas)
More local garden visits and garden-based parties including but not limited to:
🌱 Midtown Garden Stroll (April 2024)
🌱 A Spring Garden Event in Grant Park (date to be announced)
🌱 Spring Midtown Plant Swap at Kathleen Dumitrescu's Home (May 11, 2024)
🌱 A Fall Garden Event (to be announced)
Plenty of informal "Shop and Sip" nursery visits, where -- on short notice -- we visit local nurseries and then visit a local watering hole for a nosh and drinks. It's a great way to really get to know fellow gardeners.
Be sure to regularly check our calendar or Upcoming Events columns below for news and details on these and more events to come. We are calendaring and planning fast and furiously!!!!! Meanwhile:
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS FOR 2024
ARE NOW DUE
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All memberships expire 12/31/2023 unless already renewed.
Click on the Plant Tag below to renew.
Not ready to join, but like to help? Please consider donating:
Recent content with quick links in blue:
Ajuga Grows Up
October & November Shop & Sip Recap & Pictures
Lessons from Tara Dillard's Talk and More
Gardening Articles - A Hummingbird Slot Garden; Aster Yellows Disease and Coneflower Rosette Mite Disease; Hydrangea Pollinator Madness; A Deep Dive Into Pollinators
2024 Perennial Plant of the Year - Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'
Plants for Dry Shade
Clay Busting Plants and Techniques
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