Mayor’s Summer Reading Club Kick-Off Event

Woodruff Park 91 Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

The Mayor’s Summer Reading Club is a program for children up to eight years old and their families that take place in locations throughout the city of Atlanta over the summer.

Visit an Old Growth Forest Remnant, Herbert Taylor Park with Eco-A

Herbert Taylor Park & Daniel Johnson Nature Preserve 1343 Pasadena Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Herbert Taylor Park was inducted into the national Old Growth Forest Network on April 25th, at the Discovering Atlanta’s Original Forest event featuring environmental author Joan Maloof. Several champion trees, a high diversity of tree species and uncommon native plants can be found in this forest that holds the confluence of Rock Creek and the South Fork of Peachtree Creek.

Park Design Workshop

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Park Pride invites you to participate in our Park Design Workshop. During this two-hour clinic, you will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with a landscape professional about your park or greenspace, and you will get insights on how to move your idea forward into a buildable project!

$5

Film Screening: Flight of the Butterflies

Midtown Art Cinema 931 Monroe Dr NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Monarchs Across Georgia is hosting a film screening of Flight of the Butterflies on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Midtown Art Cinema from 11 - 11:45 A.M. Your price of admission is a donation to the Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia. Native milkweed plants will be available for the sale in the theater foyer after the showing for $6 each.

H.E. Holmes Cycle Atlanta: Appendix to ATL’s Transportation Plan

Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA Station 70 Hamilton E Holmes Dr NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

Cycle Atlanta will develop a strategy to create a safe and connected network of high-quality bicycle facilities to selected MARTA stations including the Hamilton E Holmes City Station.

Grand Opening: South Peachtree Creek

Mason Mill Park 1340 McConnell Dr., Ste. B, Decatur, GA, United States

This Saturday, June 24 at 10 AM, there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the formal opening of the newest trail at Mason Mill Park. It’s a beautiful winding boardwalk through shady woods and across previously inaccessible wetlands, going from the tennis center all the way to N Druid Hills Rd.

Chastain Park’s “Taste the Vine”

Farm Chastain 4001 Powers Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

A seasoned roster of local winemakers, distillers, chefs, brew masters and distributers will come together in Chastain Park to celebrate their proudest provisions! Throughout Farm Chastain, attendees will enjoy over 50 wine pourings and beer tastings, as well as the delicious savories from 101 Concepts and Savi Provisions.

$40