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, 2018
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!
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Previous Walks and Outings, 2017
Jan 18 – Atlanta’s Old Growth and Original Forest
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
for more info and to register click here
Feb 11 – Learning Invasive/Native Trees & Plants
Briarlake Forest, DeKalb County
for more info and to register click here
Mar 23 – Old Growth and Original Forest Talk
Chattahoochee Nature Center
for more info and to register click here
Apr 8 – Old Growth/Original Forest Walk
Osborne Park, Brookhaven
This trip is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
Apr 15 – Songbirds, Water & Wildflowers
The Dawson Forest
for more info and to register click here
Apr 25 – Discovering Atlanta’s Original Forest
with Joan Maloof and Urban Forest Panel
Emory University
for more info and to register click here
May 6 – Old Growth/Original Forest Walk
Beecher Hills, West Atlanta
Walk and Volunteer Work Session
for more info and to register click here
May 7 – Smokerise Community
Private Group
for more info click here
June 10 – South River Headwaters, Atlanta
Where the Water Goes Trip 1
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info click here
June 11 – Clarkston Community
Private Group
for more info click here
June 17 – Old Growth/Original Forest Walk
Johnson-Taylor Nature Preserve, East Atlanta
This walk is full – now taking wait list
for more info and to register click here
July 15 – Native Cane/Panola Mountain
Where the Water Goes Trip 2
for more info and to register click here
July 22 – Old Growth/Original Forest Walk
This walk is full – now taking wait list
Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
for more info and to register click here
July 29 – Yellow River Park
This walk is full – now taking wait list
Naturalist Walk, Gwinnett County
for more info and to register click here
Aug 12, 13 – Canoe/Camp Perseid Meteor Shower
Where the Water Goes Trip 3
for more info and to register click here
Sept 9 Cumberlander, Atlanta
Naturalist Walk and Volunteer Work
for more info and to register click here
Sept 16, 17 Ocmulgee/Altamaha Canoeing
Where the Water Goes Trip 4
for more info and to register click here
Sept 30 – Henderson Park, Tucker, GA
Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
Oct 15 – Woodlands Garden
This event is full
Original Forest Slide and Walk
for more info and to register click here
Oct 28 – Unicoi/Trail of Tears/Ft Armistead
with Quentin Bass, Cherokee National Forest
for more info and to register click here
Nov 4, 5, 6 – Sapelo Island Weekend
This trip is full – now taking wait list
Where the Water Goes Trip 5
for more info and to register click here
Nov 11 – Herbert Greene Park
Original Forest-Naturalist Walk
for more info and to register click here
Nov 12 – Beech Hollow Farm
Luncheon, Native Plant Tour, Art of Nature
Nature Photography Workshop
for more info and to register click here
Dec 3 – Glenn Creek Nature Preserve
This walk is full – now taking wait list
and Tree Gong with Neil Norton
for more info and to register click here
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Previous Walks and Outings, 2016
Feb 6 – The Architecture of Trees, Photography Walk
Lullwater Conservation Garden (full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
Feb 27 – Where the Water Goes I
Flint River Headwaters (full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
Mar 12 – Naturalist Walk
Frazer Forest
for more info and to register click here
Mar 19 – Naturalist & Photography Walk
Adams Park
for more info and to register click here
Apr 16 – Hampton-Beecher/Cativo Trail
for more info and to register click here
Apr 30 – (full – now taking wait list)
Springtime at Herbert Greene
for more info and to register click here
May 14 – Naturalist & Birding walk
Memorial Park, Atlanta (full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
May 19 – Opening reception for
“Atlanta’s Wonderful Nature”
Eco-A/City of Atlanta photography show
for more info and to register click here
May 21 – Rare Environments of Georgia
Doerun Pitcher Plant Bog
(full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
Jun 4 – Where the Water Goes II
Horace King Bridge and Shoal Lilies
(full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
June 18 – Lullwater Preserve
with Nancy Seideman
(full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
July 16 – Morningside Nature Preserve
for more info and to register click here
Aug 6 – Hampton Beecher Health Walk
for more info and to register click here
Aug 12/13 – Meteor Shower at Max Patch Bald
for more info and to register click here
Sept 17 – Blue Heron Nature Preserve
for more info and to register click here
Sept 24 – Atlanta Kudzu Festival
for more info and to register click here
Sept 30/Oct 1 – Where the Water Goes III
Flint River Blues Holes Canoe Trip
for more info and to register click here
Oct 15 – Boat Rock Nature Preserve
for more info and to register click here
Oct 22 – Johns Homestead
(full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
Nov 11-13 – Where the Water Goes IV
Apalachicola Weekend
(full – now taking wait list)
for more info and to register click here
Nov 19 – Briarlake Forest
(full – now taking wait list)
Art of Nature Walk
for more info and to register click here
Nov 20 – Volunteer Afternoon
Johns Homestead
for more info and to register click here
Dec 3 – Pine Mountian
A GA Rare Environment
for more info and to register click here
Dec 4 – Volunteer Afternoon
Venetian Hills
for more info and to register click here
Walks and Outings, 2015
Feb 28 – Little Nancy Creek Park
click here for more info and to register
March 8 – Private Park Walk & Brunch
click here for more info and to register (event full)
March 15 – Arabia Mountain
Faith in Nature, Walk I
click here for more info and to register (event full)
April 25 – Cascade Springs
Naturalist & Photography Walk
click here for more info and to register (resheduled for May 23)
May 9 – Old Growth Forest
at Fischer Mansion
click here for more info and to register (event full)
May 16 – Where the Water Goes
Chattahoochee – Headwaters
click here for more info and to register (almost full)
May 23 – Cascade Springs
Naturalist & Photography Walk
click here for more info and to register
May 30 – The Dawson Forest
Greenberg Songbird Memorial Walk
click here for more info and to register (event full)
May 31 – South Bend Naturalist Walk
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Jun 20 – Where the Water Goes
Chattahoochee – River in the City
click here for more info and to register
Jun 27 – Old Growth at Johnson-Tayor Park
click here for more info and to register (event full)
July 11 – Brownwood Park
Naturalist & Photography Walk
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Aug 8 – Canoe/Camp Chattahoochee Bend
click here for more info and to register (event full)
Aug 15 – Meteors in the Countryside
click here for more info and to register (event full)
Sept 19 – Heggies Rock
Rare Environment of GA
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Sept 20 – Faith in Nature Walk II, with FAMA
click here for more info and to register (event full)
Oct 17 – Canoe Chattahoochee South Georgia
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Oct 24 – Herbert Greene Nature Park
Naturalist and Photography Walk
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Oct 31 – Deepdene Park – Naturalist Walk
click here for more info and to register (event full)
Nov 13-15 – Apalachicola Weekend
click here for more info and to register (event full)
Nov 22 – Faith in Nature Walk III, with FAMA
click here for more info and to register
Dec 5 – Connally Park Oaks
click here for more info and to register (event full)
