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Ask the Arborist: General Tree Care
Ask the Arborist is a monthly interactive series where you can have your questions about trees, tree care, and tree health answered live by professional arborists. This month our experts will focus on overall tree care including everything from maintaining healthy soil for your trees to overall best…
agriculture Community Conservation forest Nature & Environment Talk Virtual Event What’s Blooming on the BeltLine: Meadow Edition
Come explore the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum on the Westside Trail. Join Trees Atlanta BeltLine staff to discover the unique plants that make up the Westside Arboretum plantings. Explore the plants of the Longleaf Pine Savanna, Pollinator Path, Trial Garden and many others in this unique prairie section…
agriculture bees bird Community Environmental Science forest Natural History Nature & Environment Meetup Public Event Talk Workshop Grow and Learn: Pest Management
The program will provide an overview and what to do about the 4 basic pests in the garden or on the farm: sucking pests, chewing pests, boring pests, and human pests. Join farmer, trainer, soil alchemist, and worm whisperer Maurice Small as he digs deep on pest control and integrated pest management.
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agriculture biodiversity Community farming forest Nature & Environment Public Event Talk Workshop Wildflower Walk at Lullwater Preserve
Professor John Wegner from Emory University will introduce you to the sacred space called Lullwater Preserve. Right in the middle of Emory's campus, Lullwater Preserve offers acres of green space with trees, lawns and a lake for community members to enjoy. The estate is home to an English Tudor mansion…
agriculture biodiversity Biology Community Environmental Science forest Natural History Nature & Environment Meetup Talk Speaker Series: Learning from the Fireflies in our Backyards
Come discover the magic of Georgia fireflies! Explore firefly biology, find out how they relate to trees, and why garden management matters for fireflies. Kelly Ridenhour will present results from the Atlanta Firefly Project, shedding light on how land management like the amount of green space, levels…
agriculture Animal Science biodiversity Biology Citizen Science Community Conservation Environmental Science forest Nature & Environment Talk Workshop Speaker Series: Author David Haskell
Best-selling author, David Haskell, will talk about "Trees, People, and Cities: Ancient and Modern Connections". This is an in-person event at Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center.
The wellbeing of trees and people are deeply connected. David Haskell has studied these links in cities and forests around the…
Architecture Biology Community Design Events forest Nature & Environment Science & Society Sustainability trees Public Event Talk Does Your Tree Equity Score Make a Difference? A Multi-City Panel Discussion
What is a "tree equity score" and how does it affect us? A nationwide database known as the Tree Equity Score was released by the American Forests in 2021 to fanfare among tree advocates, urban planners, and environmentalists. Yet, do we really understand what the data say? If we do, what can we do with…
Community forest Nature & Environment race science Sustainability trees Talk Virtual Event Amphibian Decline and the Importance of Habitat Restoration
Learn about amphibian declines and what the expectations are for amphibians in our future. Mark Mandica, Founder and Executive Director of the Amphibian Foundation will share the organization's history, mission and conservation efforts especially with endangered amphibian species in the Southeast. More…
biodiversity Biology Citizen Science Conservation forest Life Sciences Nature & Environment science trees Virtual Event Trees Atlanta Fall Break Camp
Come explore our Atlanta parks in the fall! Learn about the changing of seasons, bike over 4 miles, and explore multiple city parks and the Arboretum connected by the Atlanta BeltLine. Find out why we have seasons and conduct science experiments on leaves to understand their pigmentation. Camp is at…
bees biodiversity Compost Environmental Science forest science soil trees School Break Camp Atlanta’s Living History: Old-Growth Forests in the City
By Elizabeth Spiers
When I greet Kathryn Kolb near Proctor Creek Trail, she leads me towards a slope, “This little patch right here, is attached to a large tract of old-growth forest. It looks like nothing, but it does have some characteristics that are consistent with areas where we find old…
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