EcoAddendum

We have a great line up of Fall classes, plant sales and new this season Free Talks.  Mark your calendars we are looking forward to your visit.

Class Registration Form Click Here

9/17/11 Seed Collection and Cleaning 10am-12pm at EcoAddendum
Join Nearly Native Nursery’s Jim Rogers, as he explains seed collection times and proper seed collection techniques as well as cleaning, treatment, and storage of seed. Jim will also cover several different seed propagating techniques.
Instructor: Jim Rogers
Fee: $30, $25 for members

9/22/11 Autumn Plant Sale Open House at EcoAddendum  9am -7:30pm
Free Talk at 6:45pm “Biodiversity and Your Backyard Ecosystem”

9/24/11 Decatur High School Bee Keepers Club
Native Plant Sale 9am-1pm
310 N. McDonough St. Decatur, GA 30030
on the steps of the DHS gym.

10/13/11 An Evening at EcoAddendum: Plant Sale Open House at EcoAddendum 9am – 7:30pm
Wine and Student Environmental Art Show 5pm – 7:30pm
Free Talk at 6:45pm “Fall Planting: Mother Nature’s Layaway Plan”

10/15/11 Water for Wildlife: Make a Mosaic Birdbath Part 1 10am-12pm at EcoAddendum
For class description click here.
Instructor: Stephanie Coffin
Fee: $30, $25 for members plus Material Fee $15
This is a popular class sign up early space is limited!

10/22/11 Water for Wildlife: Make a Mosaic Birdbath Part 2 10am-12pm at EcoAddendum
For Class description click here.
Instructor: Stephanie Coffin
Fee: $30, $25 for members

10/21/11 Paideia Native Plant Sale for Grandparents Day 9am-4:30pm
1509 Ponce de Leon Ave. Atlanta Georgia, 30307 near the pumpkin sales

11/3/11 Daylight Saving Plant Sale at EcoAddendum 9am -7pm
Free Talk Pruning for Healthy Spring Growth at 6:45pm

11/12/11 Fall Art with Local Artist Sarah Collman “Naturally” Gifted 10am at EcoAddendum
Naturally gifted; Create naturally inspired illuminations great for gift giving.
All ages welcome!
Using nature as our inspiration, we will create unique mixed media collages that come to life when illuminated with a small light source. Your gift recipient could use this as a nightlight or as illuminated artwork to brighten up a drab corner. We will complete this project by creating a unique gift box to make your naturally inspired illumination ready to give.
Instructor Sarah Collman
Fee: $30, $25 for members

12/3/11 Designing Gardens for Wildlife 10am-12pm at EcoAddendum
Want to have a healthy backyard ecosystem that provides habitat and food for birds and beneficial insects such as bees and butterflies? Join Landscape Architect Andrea Greco as she leads a hands on class in wildlife garden design. This class will cover basic concepts of garden design while you learn how to utilize native plants that play a critical role in the life cycles of our indigenous wildlife.
Bring a general layout of your yard to class highlighting locations of boundaries, existing plants, existing trees and locations of tree canopies, and walkway locations. During this class, you will learn about how to utilize native plants that play a critical role in the life cycles of our indigenous wildlife. We will discuss how to assess your current garden habitat and add features that will be both visually appealing and ecologically functional. We will also look at low impact methods of managing your landscape that will sustain the habitat you have created. By following a few basic guidelines we will cover in this class, you will be able to make your yard come to life.
Instructor Andrea Greco
Fee: $30, $25 for members

Spring Classes Coming Soon Including:
Propagation
Pruning
Gardening 101
Bats
Shade Gardening
Nature Journaling
Bee House Building
Xeriscaping

EcoAddendum is out and about in your community selling native plants for your gardens.  Find us at:

Oakhurst Community Garden Plant Sale Festival April 9th -10th 9am-4pm
20% of every sales goes to the Oakhurst Community Garden.

EcoAddendum Open House Thursday, April 14th 9am – 6pm
Stop in to pick up your catalog orders or to wander through our native plant nursery and take home a native plant that is not only beautiful but sustainable and a necessity for our pollinators.  Native Plant Availability List

Paideia Earth Day Festival Friday April 22nd  12-4pm at Paideia School.
20% of every plant sold goes to Paideia School and their native plant garden fund.

Decatur High School Plant Sale Saturday April 23rd 9am -12pm
Take home a lovely native plant for Easter.  We will be on the steps of the new gym. 20% of every plant sold goes to DHS Bee Keeper Club and their native plant garden fund.

Decatur High School Plant Sale Saturday May 7th   9am -12pm
Mom will love a native plant in her garden for Mother Day!  We will be on the steps of the new gym.  20% of every plant sold goes to DHS Bee Keeper Club and their native plant garden fund.

Friends of Candler Park Hootenanny and Native Plant Sale Saturday May 21st  4pm-8pm
Come and see what the heck a Hootenanny really is and stay for the Screen on the Green showing of Captain Planet at 8pm.  Kid friendly and BYOB but remember no glass please.  20% of every plant sold goes to the Friends of Candler Park Nature Trail fund.

If you can’t make it to one of our Spring events please email LSandoval@EcoAddendum.org to set up an appointment to visit our nursery!

20% of your purchase will go directly to the school or greenspace project of your choice.  Current EcoAddendum projects to select from include:

• Decatur High School – Pollinator Garden
• Druid Hills High School -Native Plant Outdoor Classroom
• Paideia School – Native Plant Garden
• King Fisher Academy – Pollinator Garden
• Hammonds House Museum
• Friends of Candler Park – Nature Trail
• Freedom Park – Native Plant and Erosion Restoration Project
• Outdoor Activity Center – After school environmental education

EcoAddendum Spring 2011 Plant Sale

Begins Feb 28th and Ends March 25th

EcoAddendum Spring 2011 Native Plant Sale CATALOG

EcoAddendum Spring 2011 Native Plant ORDER FORM

For printable version please use this front to back Catalog to save paper:     Printable Front-to-Back Spring 2011 CATALOG

All Order Forms to EcoAddendum by March 25

Email to LSandoval@EcoAddendum.org

Mail to: 743 E. College Ave Decatur, Ga 30030

EcoAddendum will host an Open House Plant Sale Pick Up on April 14th at our office in Decatur 743 E. College Ave Decatur, Ga 30030

20% of your purchase will go directly to the school or greenspace project of your choice.  Current EcoAddendum projects to select from include:

• Decatur High School – Pollinator Garden
• Druid Hills High School -Native Plant Outdoor Classroom
• Paideia School – Native Plant Garden
• King Fisher Academy – Pollinator Garden
• Wheat St. Community Garden & Truly Living Well
• Hammonds House Museum
• Friends of Candler Park – Trail Installation
• Freedom Park – Native Plant and Erosion Restoration Project
• Outdoor Activity Center – After school environmental education

Winding down the leaf-covered dirt road, the sign for the Pettit Preserve appeared and we entered the 70 acre wonderland established as an outdoor teaching and research laboratory for educational and scientific value, as well as a safe haven for endangered species.  The Pettit Preserve is located at the end of Vineyard Way in Cartersville, GA. www.pettitpreserve.org

EcoAddendum team members Cecilia Marrero and Lauren Sandoval made the short trip to deliver and install 10 native plants in Pettit Preserves “Compost vs. Non-compost” planters.   Lori Jewell, the education coordinator, met up with us and helped plant the 10 selected species of native plants: Phlox divercata, Woodland Phlox; Penstoman calycosus, Longsepal Beardtonge; Stokesia laevis, Stoke’s Aster; Viburnum acerifolium, Maple Leaf Viburnum; Aster cordifolia, Common Blue Wood Aster; Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster; Aster divercata, White Wood Aster; and Aster oblong, Jane Bath Aster.

With our planting complete, Lori led us on a short hike through the grounds, over the swinging bridge, and past many Georgia native trees and shrubs.  It was an outstanding day of planting native vegetation and a wonderful opportunity to experience one of Georgia’s hidden jewels.  Only 25 miles outside the perimeter, the Pettit Preserve offers all Atlantans a chance to experience a beautiful nearby forest and lake ecosystem.

Since this past February, EcoAddendum has been on a search for a home, a plot of land to house a full-fledged native plant nursery along the lines of Nasami Farms or Project Native, both in Massachusetts.

Finally we found it, east of Athens, on GA Hwy 77.

A meandering creek splashes across 120 acres of rolling hills and winds though beech groves.  There’s a clutch of egg shaped boulders on a knoll at the back corner of the property, and the bottomland is full of wildflowers.  Plenty of land and water to grow native wildflowers, shrubs and trees that the big nurseries aren’t growing.   Lots of space to share with Environmental Science grad students that might want to set up studies of native pollinators or plant species.

Some of our long-term goals are to install a demonstration meadow, a large propagation greenhouse, as well as shade houses and propagation plots.  We are also planning a building that will do double duty as retail for native plants, shrubs, and trees as well as house educational programming space for local youth and students.  The woods offer plenty of opportunities for interpretive hikes and other nature experiences.

We are looking forward to the coming months of planning and building this new resource for the Atlanta and Athens metro areas.