Eco-A hosts a unique series of educational walks and outings in special natural areas of Atlanta and our region. See also EcoNaturalist Certification
Walks and Outings, 2020
Jan 19 – Relict Forest Restoration
Volunteer Event
for more info and to register click here
Jan 26 – Winter Tree ID
Chattahoochee National Recreation Area
for more info and to register click here
Feb 1 – Sandhill Cranes, Cherokee History
Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, TN
This event is full – now taking wait list
for more information and to register, click here
Feb 8 – Secrets to the Winter Woods
Frazer Forest
for more information and to register, click here
Feb 15 – Forest Valentine
Volunteer at Grove Park
for more information and to register, click here
April 5 – Spring Greens
With Susan Edwards
for more information and to register, click here
April 18 – Jennie Drake Park
Naturalist Walk
for more information and to register, click here
June 7 – Summer Blooms and Small Tree Medicines
With Susan Edwards
for more information and to register, click here
September 12 – Wisdom and Medicine from the Vines
With Susan Edwards
for more information and to register, click here
November 1 – Magnificent Mast: Oak, Hickory, Walnut, Beech
With Susan Edwards
for more information and to register, click here
More walks and outing for 2020 will be posted soon!
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Walks and Outings, 2019 (past)
Feb 2 – Grove Park Volunteers Needed
Forest Restoration Volunteer Event
for more info and to register click here
Feb 9 – Salamander Search and
Geology Creek Walk
with Amphibian Foundation’s Mark Mandica
and Geologist Rob McDowell
for more info and to register click here
Feb 10 – Winter Observations
at Stone Mountain Park
for more info and to register click here
Feb 16 – Wildflower Planting at Grove Park
with Pandra Williams, volunteers needed
for more info and to register click here
Mar 2 – Grove Park Volunteers Needed
Forest Restoration Volunteer Event
for more info and to register click here
Mar 9 – Pettit Environmental Preserve
Dallas, Georgia
for more info and to register click here
Mar 10 – Hampton-Beecher Nature Preserve
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
Mar 16 – Willow Tree Streambank Planting
with Jack White and Mindi Sheer
This event is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Mar 17 – Tree ID and Character
Briarlake Forest Stewardship Walk
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Mar 23 – Spring Tonics at Pine Lake
with Susan Edwards, herbalist
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Mar 24 – Cascade Springs
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
Apr 6 – Frazer Forest
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
Apr 7 – Keswick Park, Chamblee
This walk is full – now taking wait list
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
Apr 13 – Old Growth Forest Walk
with Georgia Conservancy
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Apr 14 – Breakfast at Debra’s Forest
with Debra Pearson, College Park
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Apr 28 – Spink-Collins Park
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
May 11 – Forest Intelligence
Briarlake Forest Stewardship Walk
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
May 12 – Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
May 18 – Dawson Forest
Mushrooms and More
for more info and to register click here
May 19 – Grove Park
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
June 2 – Sandy Springs Secret Greenspace
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
June 8 – Dearborn Park and Midway Woods Restoration
Naturalist & Restoration Walk
for more info and to register click here
June 9 – The Power of Pollinators
Pollinator Presentation, Nursery Tour, Lunch
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
June 15 – Backyard Edibles
with Susan Edwards
for more info and to register click here
June 20 – Grove Park
Restoration Input Meeting
for more info and to register click here
June 22 – Chattahoochee History Kayak
This walk is full – now taking wait list
Co-hosted with Georgia Conservancy
for more info and to register click here
June 22 – Grove Park Fish Walk
with Michael Wolfe, North American Native Fishes Assoc.
for more info and to register click here
June 30 – Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
July 20 – Spink Collins Park
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
July 27 – Frazer Forest
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
July 27 – Grove Park
Invasive Removal Volunteer Session
for more info and to register click here
Aug 10/11 – Ocmulgee/Altamaha River
Canoe Paddle and Overnight Camp-Out
During Perseid Meteor Shower
This event is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Aug 18 – Briarlake Forest
Native/Invasive Plant ID
for more info and to register click here
Aug 18 – Cascade Springs
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
Aug 24/25 – The Overhill Towns
Cherokee History w/Quentin Bass
for more info and to register click here
Sept 7 – Frazer Forest
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Sept 8 – Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Sept 14 – Dearborn Park Nature Alliance
Japanese chaff flower pull
for more info and to register click here
Sept 21 – Midway Woods
Autumnal Equinox
for more info and to register click here
Sept 21 – Grove Park/Proctor Creek
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Sept 22 – Kittredge Park/Ellwyn John Wildlife Sanctuary
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
Sept 28 – Line Creek Nature Area, Peachtree City
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
Sept 29 – Farewell to Summer: The Goldenrods
with Susan Edwards
for more info and to register click here
Oct 5 – Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Oct 12 – Roswell’s Leita Thompson Park
This walk is full – now taking wait list
Naturalist and Photography Walk
for more info and to register click here
Oct 13 – Grove Park/Proctor Creek
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Oct 27 – Frazer Forest
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Nov 2 – Grove Park/Proctor Creek
Tree Diversity & Stewardship/Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Nov 2 – Briarlake
Nature Photography Walk
for more info and to register click here
Nov 3 – Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
Nov 9 – Southside Park
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
Nov 16 – Hambidge Center
This walk is full – now taking wait list
Forest Intelligence
for more info and to register click here
Nov 24 – Grateful for the Oaks!
with Susan Edwards
Due to rain this walk is now rescheduled for Nov 24
for more info and to register click here
Dec 14 – Grove Park/Proctor Creek
Stewardship & Volunteering
for more info and to register click here
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More walks and outings for 2019 posted soon!
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Walks and Outings, 2018 (past)
Feb 24 – United Methodist Children’s Home
Decatur’s newest greenspace
for more info and to register click here
March 10 – Grove Park
Intro Nature Walk
for more info and to register click here
March 26 – BioDiversity is Resiliency
Park Pride Annual Greenspace Conference
at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
for more info and to register click here
April 1 – Boat Rock Boulders
West Atlanta/Fulton County
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
April 7 – Brunch with Debra
Private Forest in College Park
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
April 8 – Decatur Wild Spaces Haiku
with Poet Marti Keller
for more info and to register click here
April 14 – Grove Park
Stewardship Walk
for more info and to register click here
April 15 – Forest Diversity/Utoy Creek
with Botanist Linda Chafin
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
April 28 – Tree Stories
Sweetwater Creek State Park
for more info and to register click here
April 29 – Forest “Bathing” Walk
with Jessica Muhammad
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
May 5 – Unicoi Path Trail of Tears
and Ft. Armistead
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
May 6 – Forest “Bathing” Health Walk
for more info and to register click here
May 26 – Hidden Acres
Amphibian Walk
for more info and to register click here
June 9 – Dawson Forest Mushrooms
for more info and to register click here
June 23 – Walk in the Park
This walk is full – now taking wait list
with Atlanta City Studio/Cascade Springs
for more info and to register click here
June 24 – Beecatur Walk
Glenn Creek Nature Preserve
for more info and to register click here
July 21 – Cherokee Series
Kituwah
for more info and to register click here
July 28 – Walk in the Park
with Atlanta City Studio
This walk is full – now taking wait list
Lionel-Hampton Beecher Hills
for more info and to register click here
Aug 25 – Kayak the Chattahoochee, Southside
with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Aug 29 – Atlanta: City in the Forest
and How to Grow with Trees Talk
for more info and to register click here
Sept 1 – Dawson Forest
Mushrooms and More
(rescheduled to May 18, 2019)
with Mushroom Club of Georgia
for more info and to register click here
Sept 2 – Walk in the Park
with Atlanta City Studio
Adams Park
for more info and to register click here
Sept 22 – Kayak the Chattahoochee, Southside
with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
for more info and to register click here
Sept 23 – Creation Care Class
Atlanta: City in the Forest
and How to Grow with Trees Talk
at North Decatur Presbyterian Church
for more info and to register click here
Sept 26 – Henderson Park
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
Sept 29 – Grant Park (AM)
Trees and the Art of Nature Walk
for more info and to register click here
Sept 29 – Tucker Nature Preserve (PM)
Invasive Removal Training
Japanese chaff flower
for more info and to register click here
Oct 13 – Walk in the Park and
Stewardship Kickoff with WAWA
Outdoor Activity Center
for more info and to register click here
Oct 13 – Best and Worst Vines
ID and Removal Training
Grove Park/Proctor Creek
for more info and to register click here
Oct 14 – Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
Stewardship Walk and Training
volunteers needed!
with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
for more info and to register click here
Oct 20 – Deepdene Park
with Olmstead Linear Park Alliance
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Oct 20 Grove Park/Proctor Creek Urban Forest work/learn
Restoration/Stewardship Training
volunteers needed!
for more info and to register click here
Oct 21 – Regional Tree Identification
Celebrating 40 Years at the Chattahoochee
National Recreation Area
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Nov 3 – Grove Park/Proctor Creek Urban Forest work/learn
Urban Forest Restoration Training
volunteers needed!
with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
for more info and to register click here
Nov 10 – Outdoor Activities Center – Stewardship Walk
with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
for more info and to register click here
Nov 11 – Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills – Stewardship Walk
with Friends of Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills NP
for more info and to register click here
Nov 13 – Atlanta’s Original Forest Talk
with Georgia Arborist Association
for more info and to register click here
Nov 18 – Herbert Greene Park
Walk in the Park, Naturalist Walk
with Atlanta City Studio
for more info and to register click here
Dec 2 – Council Spring and Sandhill Cranes
Cherokee History with Quentin Bass
for more info and to register click here
Dec 7 – Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable
with Southface
for more info and to register click here
Dec 9 – Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
Stewardship Walk
with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
and Friends of Cascade Springs NP
for more info and to register click here
Dec 15 – Grove Park/Proctor Creek
Urban Forest Restoration Training
volunteers needed!
with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
for more info and to register click here
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Check back for new Eco-A 2019 Walks and Outings posted soon!
