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Enhancing your School Pollinator Garden – two day training will be hosted at the Coastal Botanical Garden in Savannah. June 27-28, 2022. Cost is $30 See details on flyer below and registration link below. Registration is limited to 30 people so register now if interested.https://www.eealliance.org/mag-events.html Free Webinar – Fire Ants and Nuisance Ants Pests of…
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It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week! Each day this week we’ll highlight an invasive species that we struggle with here in Camden County. Today’s plant is Chinese tallow tree. Chinese tallow (also called popcorn tree) is a fast-growing tree that can produce up to 100,000 seeds per tree. It can grow in a variety of…
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It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week! Each day this week we’ll highlight an invasive species that we struggle with here in Camden County. Today’s plant is air potato vine. Air potato is one of the most noxious plants in Florida and is quickly becoming a significant issue in Georgia as well – especially along the…
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It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week! Each day this week we’ll highlight an invasive species that we struggle with here in Camden County. Today’s plant is another landscape escapee – elephant ear or wild taro. Elephant ear loves wet, soggy soil (which we have a lot of) and will readily invade streams, wetlands, marshy shores,…
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It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week! Each day this week we’ll highlight an invasive species that we struggle with here in Camden County. Today’s plant is another nemesis with red berries — nandina. Nandina is an evergreen plant with red berries that spreads aggressively and displaces native plant communities. In addition to its invasive properties,…
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It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week! Each day this week we’ll highlight an invasive species that we struggle with here in Camden County. Today’s plant is coral ardisia. Coral ardisia is an evergreen plant with red berries. This plant is easy to spot right now with its large clusters of red berries and crenate leaves…
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Below are educational resources on Avian Influenza in Georgia: UGA Avian Flu Website Avian Influenza FAQ Pages Avian Influenza Flyer
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Native Plants & Low Maintenance LandscapesArticle By: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County Landscaping and gardening can be challenging in Coastal Georgia, however there are some simple choices and changes in mindset that can lessen that challenge. The two main concepts that we’ll keep coming back to are planting native plants, and putting the right…
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Join us for a week of weed wrangling to manage invasives! Monday Feb. 28th – 9am-12pm Catclaw vine at Altamaha WMA (Butler Island)Tuesday Mar 1st – 9am-12pm Sand Pine Removal at Townsend WMAWednesday Mar 2nd – 9am-12pm Savannah National Wildlife RefugeThursday Mar 3rd – 1pm-4pm Parrot Feather removal in WoodbineFriday Mar 4th – 9am-12pm Self…
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Seed Saving BasicsArticle By: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County As interest in gardening has increased over the changes and challenges of the last two years, so has an interest in seed saving. There are many reasons that people get interested in saving their own seeds. For most people they enjoy learning and gaining more…