EcoAddendum

Eco-A features the South River for our Where the Water Goes Series in 2017!  Sapelo beach, photo by Virginie Kippelen, Eco-A trip 2014. This trip is full, now taking wait list! This year we partner with the South River Watershed Alliance, highlighting the South River, which is born from Atlanta’s southern and eastern springs and streams, from East Point and Perkerson Park east along the south side of Decatur. When the South River joins the Yellow River at Jackson Lake, it…

This walk is full, now taking wait list. Herbert Greene Park is one of our favorite natural areas in Atlanta, located near the Boulder Park neighborhood just outside I-285. Boulder Park is indeed named for the ancient, rounded rock formations found along the west side of Atlanta and extending through Palmetto, GA, and we'll see some of these in Herbert Greene. Herbert Greene Park was recently inducted into the Old Growth Forest Network, so we'll talk about the high quality forest…

EcoAddendum's founder, Pandra Williams, today runs one of the best native plant nurseries in Georgia, Beech Hollow Farm, located just east of Athens, Georgia. She grows over 100 species from the seeds she collects from plants in the Georgia Piedmont. An accomplished artist herself, Pandra also fosters arts events and nature-based arts activities at the farm, including at the new, post-and beam constructed barn. On Sunday, Nov 12, Beech Hollow Farm partners with Eco-A and Kathryn Kolb in hosting a…

This event has been rescheduled to December 3rd.  This walk is full- now taking wait list.  Click here to see a mini-documentary on Neil Norton's Tree Gong https://vimeo.com/235091455 Glenn Creek Nature Preserve is a small hidden gem, tucked away in the City of Decatur's Glendale Park neighborhood. With arborist and nearby resident Neil Norton's leadership, neighbors rallied to partner with City of Decatur to purchase this older forested property as a greenspace from an owner who was willing to sell for…

Enjoy this special preview of what could become Decatur's newest, largest greenspace! The United Methodists Children’s Home is a 77-acre property recently purchased by the City of Decatur. The area was a working farm for much of its history dating back to the late 1800's. Old growth trees a can still be found in some places - at least one was a sapling about 1817, when this part of Georgia still belonged to the Muscogee Creek nation.  On parts of…

Join us for a naturalist walk in one of Atlanta's hidden gem urban forests tucked in along the Proctor Creek corridor near Atlanta's Grove Park. We'll explore a value hardwood forest with older oak and beech trees, some likely 150 years old or older, in addition to walking along the stream corridor at Proctor Creek.  We'll also visit an interesting corner of Grove Park, and we'll show why this area is so special, and why it deserves focus for restoration…

Eco-A leads an intriguing breakout-session and panel discussion at the Park Pride Annual Parks and Greenspace Conference, 2018, on how the health and resiliency of nature -- bio-diversity -- is similar to the social diversity that creates healthy and resilient social systems and cities. Few realize the southeastern US is the most bio-diverse region in the US, and holds more diversity of several types of species than almost any region on our planet. Eco-A's Kathryn Kolb introduces the discussion, with…

This walk is full – now taking wait list Many of Atlanta area’s premier greenspaces are located on Atlanta’s westside. Why? One reason is because areas with boulders and rock outcrops in the past were not the best locations for farming or building, so these areas often remained as woodlands. Geologist Bill Witherspoon, co-author of Roadside Geology of Georgia, joins us for a walk in this little-known greenspace just outside the Atlanta City limits in Fulton County near the Boulder Park…