Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Fernbank Science Center
Address: 156 Heaton Park Drive, NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
Region: Southeast
Phone: (678) 874-7102
Web: fsc.fernbank.edu
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Nature Center
Services this organization provides
- Natural habitat management
- Wildflower or native habitat display on property
- Conducts research
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
Native Plant Focus: Environmental education and ecology. 65 acre forest - mature/post mature southern Piedmont forest used for education.
Publications: Fernbank Quarterly (quarterly)
Description: Fernbank Science Center is a science education center owned and operated and funded by the DeKalb County Board of Education. It has a 500 seat capacity planetarium, a 36" telescope and observatory, managed by the staff. Etc.
Last Update: 2003-12-09
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