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February 2022

Winter Tree Walk, Sweetwater Creek State Park

February 5, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Rescheduled from Jan 29 Only half an hour west of Atlanta lies Sweetwater Creek State Park, hosting 15 miles of trails and its namesake, Sweetwater Creek, which should truly be considered a river for its size and character. This creek joins the Chattahoochee River just downstream from the park boundary. We'll take one of the paths less traveled to enjoy a range of ecosystems and native trees – from beaver-chewed Sweetgums and Sweetleaf in the floodplains, to old growth Chestnut…

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Gold Branch Trail, Chattahoochee River

February 12, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

This walk is full, now taking wait list. There's so much to explore in the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area! Join us on our first Eco-A walk in the CNRA Gold Branch unit, which hosts 7 miles of trails through high value forests which in many locations have very few invasive species. Here, winter is a great season to see what a healthy native forest landscape in our region should look like. We'll hike about 2.5 to 3 miles on well-traveled…

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Private Event – Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy

February 13, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Private Walks and Group Events with Eco-A In addition to our publicly announced naturalist walks, Eco-A offers walks and educational outings to companies, neighborhood associations, garden clubs, churches, friends of parks groups and others. We offer both general and themed walks for all ages in any greenspace. Sample themes include Native Tree Identification, Old Growth and Original Native Forest, Native Songbirds, Forest Intelligence and more. We also host fine art photography walks for young people and adults, and can provide cameras if needed.…

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South Bend Stewardship Walk

February 13, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Please join Eco-A, Friends of South Bend Park and Sustainable Lakewood for a volunteer park restoration and clean-up day at South Bend Park! We’ll remove invasive species, and at the end of our session we’ll visit a beautiful section of the South River in the park. We’ll also share info about the special features of South Bend Park and Atlanta’s superlative urban forest. We’ll walk approximately .5 – 1 miles on paved or natural trails, along with some off-trail locations. Please wear…

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March 2022

Doll’s Head Trail and Old-Growth Cottonwood

March 6, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Eco-A partners with Joel Slaton, creator of the Doll's Head Trail in DeKalb County's Constitution Lakes greenspace. We'll visit the boardwalk and walk through the floodplain and Doll's Head Trail, which creatively exhibits a truly eclectic mix of objects found in the greenspace, including the namesake dolls' heads, often with themes of humorous social commentary and juxtapositions. Then we'll have an option to walk further to visit a very large Cottonwood tree, which is likely to become the new metro…

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South Bend Stewardship Walk

March 6, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Please join Eco-A, Friends of South Bend Park and Sustainable Lakewood for a volunteer park restoration and clean-up day at South Bend Park! We’ll remove invasive species, and at the end of our session we’ll visit a beautiful section of the South River in the park. We’ll also share info about the special features of South Bend Park and Atlanta’s superlative urban forest. We’ll walk approximately .5 – 1 miles on paved or natural trails, along with some off-trail locations. Please wear…

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Private Event – Gold Branch Trail with the GA Tech Trailblazers

March 13, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Private Walks and Group Events with Eco-A In addition to our publicly announced naturalist walks, Eco-A offers walks and educational outings to companies, neighborhood associations, garden clubs, churches, friends of parks groups and others. We offer both general and themed walks for all ages in any greenspace. Sample themes include Native Tree Identification, Old Growth and Original Native Forest, Native Songbirds, Forest Intelligence and more. We also host fine art photography walks for young people and adults, and can provide cameras if needed.…

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Private Event – Grove Park/Proctor Creek Backyard Invasive Plants Workshop

March 18, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Private Walks and Group Events with Eco-A In addition to our publicly announced naturalist walks, Eco-A offers walks and educational outings to companies, neighborhood associations, garden clubs, churches, friends of parks groups and others. We offer both general and themed walks for all ages in any greenspace. Sample themes include Native Tree Identification, Old Growth and Original Native Forest, Native Songbirds, Forest Intelligence and more. We also host fine art photography walks for young people and adults, and can provide cameras if needed.…

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Sweetwater Creek Tree ID Hike

March 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Tree ID Hike at Sweetwater State Park EcoAddendum will be leading a Tree Identification Hike for Georgia State Parks on March 20th at Sweetwater Creek! For more information and to sign up with Georgia State Parks CLICK HERE and call their event phone to make your reservation.

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Forest Intelligence and Resiliency Tour with Park Pride

March 26, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Forest Intelligence and Resiliency Tour with Park Pride Eco-A's Kathryn Kolb leads a fascinating naturalist walk on March 26th in Adams Park as part of Park Pride's Annual Conference events. The walk will focus on how our urban forests adapt to climate change and other environmental challenges, and we'll learn how trees and plants may be smarter than we've thought. To register, sign up with Park Pride (fee $5/person) HERE Above photo, Adams Park © Kathryn Kolb 2020

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