EcoAddendum

Nov 16 - Herbert Greene Park Naturalist Walk Time: 1:30 - 4:00 PM Location: Herbert Greene Park, Atlanta, GA Herbert Greene Park is so great we just can't stay away -- if you missed our earlier outing to Herbert Greene, don't miss your chance to join us for this one! This less well-known greenspace located just outside I-285 in the geologically unique section of Atlanta’s western suburbs that include Boulder Park and Fulton County’s Boat Rock Nature Preserve. Surface outcrops…

Dec 6 – Tanyard Creek/Cathedral Woods Naturalist Walk Time: 9:30 - 11:30 PM Location: Tanyard Creek Park, Atlanta, GA This section of Tanyard Creek Park has earned the name Cathedral Woods because this little pocket of land, now located along the Beltline, was left un-developed and according to historic records may have been a rare un-tilled bottomland along Tanyard Creek. Therefore remnants of the original native forest can be found here, including a state-champion Ash tree along with impressive Cottonwoods,…

  Saturday, Feb 28 Located in North Buckhead, just off Peachtree Dunwoody Road, this relatively new park was purchased by City of Atlanta in 2007 with help from the Conservation Fund. Little Nancy Creek traverses this approximately 5 acre mostly forested area, originally slated for development. An active neighborhood group, Friends of Nancy Creek Park, oversees a community garden and other park amenities. We'll walk through the forest and visit the creek, looking for the signs of early spring.  We'll…

Sunday, March 8 - this event is full Join us for a very special walk and brunch hosted by Eco-A's dear friend, Debra Pearson. Now retired from teaching, Debra has created a small forest preserve in her backyard in College Park, and with extraordinary generosity, offers to share her inspiration with like-minded nature-appreciators who may wish to do something similar in their backyards. "I want people to experience my back yard because of the devastation and destruction that precipitated it's…

Interfaith Walk  - Sunday, March 15 Please join us for a naturalist walk followed by an interfaith discussion at Arabia Mountain. We invite members of all religious traditions to share readings that reveal understandings and perspectives about the natural world and our relationship to it. After the naturalist part of our walk, we'll gather at the top of the mountain where walkers of diverse faiths are invited to bring and share readings, personal writings, stories, or other thoughts and sentiments…

This walk is full - please see more upcoming walks! Please join us for a very special private tour on the grounds of the historic Fischer Mansion, which was previously home to the D’Youville Academy for Girls, located in Brookhaven, on Atlanta's north side. In this small area we will see true remnants of the original old growth forest including one tulip poplar tree, “Grandfather,” who dates back to the Revolutionary War, with a base circumference of over 20 feet. …

Georgia is graced with water resources that would be the envy of much of the world. The Atlanta metro area hosts a subcontinental divide and watersheds that give rise to two of Georgia's major rivers, the Ocmulgee and the Flint, as well as a portion of the 430 mile-long Chattachoochee River. This year's Eco-A Where the Water Goes series follows the Chattahoochee River from it's headwaters in the North Georgia Mountains, down through Atlanta and South Georgia and on to…

Due to rain on the original date of April 25, we've rescheduled this walk for the morning of May 23 -- priority given to those previously registered. Naturalist/Photography Walk Cascade Springs Nature Preserve is one of Atlanta's less well-known park gems, located just off Cascade Road just inside the southwest perimeter. Though the mature forest has been impacted by invasive species in some areas, many places within this large 120-acre preserve still host a wide variety plants and wildflowers native…