August 2018
Quarterly Clean-ups at Murphey Candler Park
Join the Friends of Murphey Candler Park to conduct periodic maintenance of the park, including: trail / pavilion clean-up, causeway clean-up, invasive removal, clean-up of lake trash via canoe, and other special projects! Volunteers should meet at the County Corner Field on West Nancy Creek Dr. and Candler Lake East. Thanks for coming out for the greener good of Murphey Candler Park!
Find out more »December 2018
Atlanta Audubon Society Bird Walk Field Trip: Murphey Candler Park
Join the Atlanta Audubon Society on this field trip to Murphey Candler Park! The three main habitats at Murphey Candler Park – lake, wetlands, mixed woods – provide good species diversity. Participants will look for winter residents, including raptors, waterfowl, waders and passerines. The site is also reliable for turtles.This site can be especially good for beginning birders. Some of the trail is level, but there are several steep spots and a number of stretches where the surface is uneven…
Find out more »January 2020
Volunteer Tree Planting at Murphey Candler Park
More than 100 trees are set to be planted in Murphey Candler Park on Jan. 18 and volunteers of all types are needed.
Find out more »February 2021
Murphey Candler Park Conservancy Volunteer Day
COME HELP IMPROVE AND PRESERVE OUR WONDERFUL PARK Focus on two key projects and overall park clean-up: 1 – Invasive Workshop – invasive plant identification & removal – coordinated with Trees Atlanta 2 – Stormwater Drain Tagging – use toolkits to clean, adhere tags and confirm on map with Public Works Stormwater Other ongoing items include lake clean-up, causeway clean-up, trails/pavilions and parking lots. Bring your own canoe/kayak, or sign-up to use one of the two canoes onhand w/ MCPC. We’d love to…
Find out more »June 2022
Fabulous Fungi Walk
Join Park Pride, PARC Brookhaven, and the Mushroom Club of Georgia for a morning filled with learning about fungi and how to cultivate edible mushrooms. Sam Landes, Treasurer of the Mushroom Club of Georgia, will lead the participants in a fungi overview followed by a walk through the forest and wetlands identifying and collecting fungi. Attendees are then invited to cook up our fungi finds for a delicious and savory treat! Please note: This walk takes place on unpaved trails through…
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