EcoAddendum

Eco-A and West Atlanta Watershed Alliance invite you to join us in a special volunteer learn/work day planting of native Native Wildflower species as part of the nature restoration of the Francis Street side of Grove Park, along the Proctor Creek corridor. We’ll work with native plant expert Pandra Williams of Beech Hollow Farm, a native plant nursery near Athens, GA, growing a large variety of native plants from our region from locally collected seeds. Pandra also was the original founder of EcoAddendum.…

Eco-A and West Atlanta Watershed Alliance invite you to join us in a volunteer learn/work day removing invasive species from a special original forest remnant at Grove Park and Proctor Creek greenspace. We'll have a short intro to the unusually high value of the urban forest in this special part of the Proctor Creek corridor, followed by a training on how to remove invasive species such as privet, autumn olive, English ivy and others -- these techniques will work well…

Kathryn Kolb will be the guest presenter on “Forest Intelligence” on March 9 as part of the The Pettit Environmental Preserve's monthly public programming.  Kathryn will share some of the new research about the intelligence of trees and plants and other creatures, and we’ll learn to “read” our forest’s story, looking at growth patterns that tell us how the forest has responded to various challenges.  The program will be presented at 11 am & 1 pm and will include hiking…

Eco-A partners with Friends of Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Nature Preserve for a Stewardship Series of educational walks and volunteer sessions. Our walk features "reading" the forest, seeing the forest's story through succession and growth patterns, and we'll cover tree identification, as well as native and invasive plant identification, including some species that indicate original forest remnants.   This walk takes us "off the beaten path," through a beautiful area of mature woods, extraordinary for a urban area. Plan for about a 1.5-2…

This event is full - now taking wait list Proctor Creek winds its way through the neighborhoods downstream of downtown Atlanta to the Chattahoochee River.  It has been designated as a priority Urban Waters location by the Urban Waters Federal Partnership.  Efforts are underway to help improve the water quality issues in the watershed due to impacts to health and wellbeing of communities living nearby, which include erosion, stormwater flooding, and sewer overflows. Part of this work is supporting and…

This walk is full - now taking wait list This event has been rescheduled from the original date (March 3), due to rain. Eco-A partners with Friends of Briarlake Forest for our Stewardship Series of educational walks. Our first walk features tree identification and character in the Briarlake Forest. We'll learn to ID a diverse mix of overstory, midstory and and several understory by bark and form characteristics, as well as by the fallen leaves and nuts that we find.…

This event is full, now taking wait list  Join Eco-A and co-host Susan Edwards for a seasonal series of walks featuring the special qualities of some of our common plant friends. Susan will introduce us to the edible and medicinal qualities of some of our most common trees and “weeds” – some you may be surprised to find growing along a sidewalk, fence or in your own backyard. Spring Tonics at Pine Lake  Old timers knew the restorative value of…

Eco-A partners with Friends of Cascade Springs Nature Preserve, Adams Park Foundation, and West Atlanta Watershed Alliance for a Stewardship Series of educational walks and volunteer sessions. Our walk features "reading" the forest, seeing the forest's story through succession and growth patterns, and we'll cover tree identification, as well as native and invasive plant identification, including some species that indicate original forest remnants.   We'll walk a broad loop trail overview that illustrates special old growth trees, original forest remnants, and more recently…