Georgia's state flower is changing from the 'invasive' Cherokee Rose to the native Sweetbay Magnolia after a Senate vote.

A Georgia Senate bill would make the state flower the sweetbay magnolia, a native plant that would replace the non-native Cherokee Rose. (Photo contributed by Alan Cressler) Cherokee Rose is actually ...

As Tony Harris walks through his garden, he stops beside a young sapling, its thin branches stretching upward into the early spring air. In a few years, he says, it will bloom with fragrant white ...

Cherokee Elder Tony Harris began a Cherokee Garden in Cobb County 12 years ago, now home to over 120 native trees, shrubs and flowers. Each species outfitted with signs with QR codes sharing how the ...