West Georgia Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society

Welcome to the West GA Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society.

The chapter was formed by a group of native plant enthusiasts, in September 2008, to serve the people in the western counties of the North Georgia piedmont.

We promote the use of native plants in home, commercial and community landscapes.
We rescue plants in danger of destruction by development, working with property owners and developers to relocate the native plants in an organized and safe manner.
We promote the restoration of native habitat and provide educational information about restoration to the public.
We discourage the use of invasive plant species.

You are invited to join us and attend our meetings, which are open to the public. Check out the Activities page for meeting dates and other activities. Meetings are held at the Carrollton Ag Center and at various outdoor venues.

Lilium superbum
American Turkscap Lily
Photo Credit: Mike Strickland

Native Plants do well in the home landscape. The Turks' Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) pictured above is in a flowerbed against the bricks of a house that includes orange & lavender Daylilies, purple minature Roses, orange Blackberry Lily, Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides), Narrow-Leaved Trillium (Trillium lancifolium), Merrybells (Uvularia perfoliata), Sweet White Violets (Viola macloskeyi), yellow Spear-Leaved Violet (Viola hastata), pink Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum), Russian Sage and Green Headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata). The bed is slightly sloped, gets morning and early afternoon sun, receives water only from rain and an occasional drink every 3 weeks or so in very dry summers. It blooms from end of June through end of July and reaches 5 feet in height. Turks' Cap Lily does not require staking but, due to the height, it should be placed at the back of a flower bed. This specimen usually has about 10 blooms. It was rescued from a subdivision project in Carroll county as part of the formal wildflower rescue program of Georgia Native Plant Society in April 2001. It now resides happily in Douglas county near Villa Rica.