Earth Day in Avondale!
Avondale Estates Avondale Estates, GA, United StatesJoin us in Avondale for Earth Day: Avondale ACTion is sponsoring an Earth Day Celebration in Avondale 2-5pm at the new town green pavilion. More info here.
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Special Events
Composting – Black Gold ’23
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United States04/24/22 Composting 2pm - 3:30 pm Trecia Neal Stop throwing out the other black gold: nutrients. Learn hands-on how to take garden debris and turn it into rich, water-holding compost,...
Worms in My Kitchen!
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United StatesRed Wigglers galore! In this exciting hands-on workshop Trecia Neal from Green Gardens Education & Designs, participants will learn how worms called red wigglers eat food waste and turn it into nutrient rich compost, be given activities on vermicomposting, and leave with their own worm bin. Click here for sign up information.
Welcome to the Piedmont Prairie
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United StatesWelcome to the Piedmont Prairie - with Linda Chafin 09/30/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm Please join us Saturday September 30th from 2-3:30, as Georgia wildflower expert Linda Chafin gives a presentation about Piedmont Prairies in Georgia: are they really prairies? How do we know? What plants and animals are found there? Class starts...
Georgia Aububon Sale and Presentation
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United States(12pm) Designing Native Habitat for Birds and Pollinators, led by Georgia Audubon's Alex LoCastro: This presentation will walk attendees through the process of designing a native plant garden for the benefit of birds and insect pollinators. The program will discuss pollination, the importance of native plants, bird and insect needs, design considerations, and more. No RSVP...
Georgia Audubon Sale and Presentation
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United States(12pm) Wildlife Sanctuary Assessment Demonstration, led by a Georgia Audubon Avian Advocate: This presentation will demonstrate how volunteers in Georgia Audubon's Wildlife Sanctuary Program go about conducting habitat assessments in a variety of settings. Attendees will learn the program's requirements, the conservation reasons behind each of them, and will participate in a mock assessment of...
Gardening Guided by Natural Communities – with Leslie Edwards
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United StatesGardening Guided by Natural Communities - with Leslie Edwards 10/21/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm One of the biggest challenges a native plant gardener faces is choosing which plants to grow where. Recognizing and observing native plant communities, from forest to prairie to streamside edge, can inspire and help guide your plant choices, even in...
How to Plant a Tree
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United StatesHow to Plant a Tree - with Neil Norton 10/22/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm Trees can outlive us by a few centuries, but only if we give them what they need to succeed. Neil Norton will go over the best practices to help your green antidote to climate change (tree) Wildlife habitat (tree), and...
Avoid the Franken Forest!
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United StatesAvoid the Frankenforest! - with Kathryn Kolb 11/05/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm Selecting the right tree for the right space is important to the health of the tree, the success of your planting plan and truly restoring native biodiversity. We often consider sun, shade, and moisture, but there's so much more - each tree...
How to Build Your Soil – with Jeff Killingsworth
Beech Hollow Atlanta Metro 389 North Clarendon Ave, Scottdale, GA, United StatesHow to Build Your Soil - with Jeff Killingsworth 11/12/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm Does your garden struggle with clay soil? Welcome to Georgia! Clay is an important component of nutrient rich soil, but too much clay is hard for plants to deal with. In the dog days of Southern summers clay's as hard...