One cleared area where edible native plants will be installed.

On MLK Day over 30 volunteers worked at Zonolite Park and removed many bags of invasive English Ivy in areas where new edible native plants will be installed.

On 1/28/23, local senior and junior honor society students volunteered at Zonolite Park and removed invasive plants so that edible native plants can be planted.

In 2022, the Georgia Chapter of the Native Plant Society certified the woodlands at Zonolite Park as a certified native plant restoration site.

Benefits of eating native, edible plants:

Eat local. It doesn't get more local than a plant that grows wild in your area!
Save on grocery bills.
Get outside and get your hands dirty.
Learn about local plants.
Skip the pesticides.
Discover new foods.

Another possible native, edible plant for the project: Diospyros virginiana (Persimmon).

Here's another possible edible native plant for the project: Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood Viburnum).

Here is another native, edible plant being considered for this project: Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)

Want to learn more about edible, native plants? Join the InTown Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society on March – Sunday, 3/26 for their Native Edible Plants & Beneficial Native Plants for Fruit and Vegetable Gardeners seminar. Location: At Emory’s Oxford College. Presentation to be followed by a Plant Sale and Oxford Organic Farm Tour hosted by Oxford College students.

One of the native edible plants being considered for project: Asimina triloba
(Pawpaw)

One of the native edible plants being considered for project: Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (Elderberry)

One of the native edible plants being considered for project: Amelanchier arborea (Serviceberry)

One of the native edible plants being considered for project: Aronia melanocarpa (Chokeberry)

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