EcoAddendum

Eco-A, co-host James Tyler and Friends of Lionel Hampton Beecher Hills Nature Preserve invite you learn more about one of Atlanta's largest parks and help with light forest restoration. Come and learn about the diversity of life in this premiere park, and our place within the greater web of life, including stewardship training — learning the trees, plants, wildlife, and native ecology of Lionel Hampton Beecher Nature Preserve. We’ll start with a short intro to the unusually high value of this…

  Eco-A partners with Friends of Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Nature Preserve for a Stewardship Training learn/work session. We'll begin with an urban forest orientation to the unusually high value of this large nature preserve, followed by a training and work session on how to recognize and remove invasive species.The walk will feature how to "read" the history, health, and value of the forest by recognizing the native trees, plants, and signs of wildlife presence that are often overlooked. The session will conclude with…

This walk's content will now be made available Sat April 11 at 9:30 AM on Facebook and Instagram and will be available as a video series on our blog archive - stay tuned! Eco-A again offers, in partnership with Susan Edwards, a seasonal series of walks featuring the special qualities of some of our common plants. Susan will introduce us to the edible and medicinal qualities of easily found trees and “weeds” – some you may be surprised to find…

Rescheduled - date tba Join Master Naturalist Kathryn Kolb for an informative and interactive Frazer Forest walk and Stewardship session. This time of year when buds begin to bloom and native spring ephemeral's make their seasonal appearance is the optimal time to hone our native species identification skills. Kathryn will share tips on how to recognize some of our "indicator" species, and why they're important. Come learn and work alongside neighbors and friends as we celebrate and care for this special,…

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.…

        Jessica Muhammad, certified Shin Rin Yoku (Forest Bathing) guide.  This walk will be rescheduled, contact us for questions. Eco-A is delighted to partner again with the co-founder of our walks and outings program - Jessica Muhammad.  Jessica is a certified guide in the Japanese traditional practice of Shin rin yoku, or  "forest bathing," which blends meditative and sensory experiences in natural places. Join us for this special walk in our Stewardship series with the Friends of…

This walk is now full with a waitlist. Tucked away in the Collier Heights neighborhood, in the northeast corner of I-20 and I-285W is a small, beautiful park named for Jennie Drake, a resident of Collier Heights since 1965.  In 2003, Jennie Drake learned of plans for a housing development on the beautiful neighborhood woodland she felt was better suited for a park. Her efforts led to the Atlanta City Council voting to purchase the property, dedicated as a passive…

Eco-A again offers, in partnership with Susan Edwards, a seasonal series of walks featuring the special qualities of some of our common plants. Susan will introduce us to the edible and medicinal qualities of easily found trees and “weeds” – some you may be surprised to find growing along a sidewalk, a fence or in your own backyard. Note: Due to Covid 19 precautions, we are limiting walks to 10 people and practicing social distancing protocols.  Many of our common…