Monthly Park Meeting
Join Park Pride on the second Thursday of every month at 7:30am as community leaders and park advocates from throughout Atlanta and DeKalb come together for education, networking and strategy for advancing the parks movement.
Invasive Species Removal Volunteer Day at Atlanta Memorial Park
Atlanta Memorial Park Playground 650 Wesley Dr NW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThis volunteer day will focus on continuing to manually remove privet, an aggressive invasive plant that is prevalent in the park due to its ability to out-compete and displace native vegetation.
Mission Continues Volunteer Opportunity: Mattie Freeland Park
Mattie Freeland Park 607 Griffin St, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Mission Continues empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. We deploy veterans on new missions in their communities, so that their actions will inspire future generations to serve. Join us for a day of service on Saturday, June 10th at Mattie Freeland Park!
Mission Continues: Volunteer on the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail
Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail 163 Holderness St SW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Mission Continues empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. We deploy veterans on new missions in their communities, so that their actions will inspire future generations to serve. Join us for a day of service on Monday, June 12th at the Atlanta Beltline Westside Trail!
How Cities Effect Climate + How Trees Can Help
Trees Atlanta Tree House 112 Krog St, Atlanta, GA, United StatesIt is well known that climate is changing. One of the most well-understood aspects of such change for scientists is urbanization. However, the public may not be as aware of all of the ways cities can affect weather and climate. Cities modify temperature through urban heat islands, alter the natural water (floods, rainfall) and carbon cycles, and increase air pollution. Join Trees Atlanta for this exciting talk, which will discuss the simple to complex ways cities affect our climate and how trees can mitigate some of these changes.
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 StatesHerbert 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
TBDPark 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!
Film Screening: Flight of the Butterflies
Midtown Art Cinema 931 Monroe Dr NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesMonarchs 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.
Olmsted Linear Park Garden Party: Celebrating 20 Years of Stewardship
Virgilee Park 739 Springdale Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Olmsted Linear Park Alliance (OLPA) celebrates its 20th Anniversary of enhancing and preserving the Olmsted Linear Park. Please join us for this community event where donors, stakeholders, friends and neighbors come together to enjoy tasty treats, games and music in the park. There is a fabulous line-up of local restaurants bringing their specialty dishes to … Continue Reading →
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 StatesCycle 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.