Volunteers in Georgia turn out for a day of weeding to save an endangered flower

Georgia Public Broadcasting | By Grant Blankenship

Published September 23, 2024 at 4:47 AM EDT

A rare vanishing flower that grows in only two places on earth survives only because people weed its habitat.

Grant Blankenship

Grant came to public media after a career spent in newspaper photojournalism. As an all platform journalist he seeks to wed the values of public radio storytelling and the best of photojournalism online.

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