Woodlands Garden

Dine Out Fundraiser at Sotolero
2018-03-28 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Sotolero, 1248 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Come enjoy a meal at Sotolero in Decatur and 10% of the evening’s sales will be donated to Woodlands Garden. What’s not to love-delicious mexican food + supporting greenspace!!

Volunteer Gardener Workday
2018-03-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2018-03-21 09:00 - 12:00, 2018-03-14 09:00 - 12:00, 2018-03-07 09:00 - 12:00, 2018-02-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2018-02-21 09:00 - 12:00, 2017-10-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Every Wednesday from 9am-12pm a group of volunteers join the Garden Manager to work on horticulture maintenance in the Garden. Volunteer projects could include anything from weeding, watering, mulching, or pruning to planting or transplanting and anything in between.
We ask volunteers to complete an online volunteer application here. Provide information on what types of tasks you’d like to help with as a volunteer and we’ll add you to our email updates. Then you can decide to join in on an upcoming Volunteer Gardener Workday in the future.
Contact info@woodlandsgarden.org for more details.

Girl Scout Troop visit
2018-03-25 15:30 - 16:30 | GA

Private Event Rental
2018-03-25 14:30 - 17:00 | GA
Feel free to visit the Garden during this time, but be prepared for limited parking on-site and a private event rental in the Garden.
Off-site parking options found here.

Corporate Volunteer Group
2018-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 | GA
Feel free to visit the Garden during this time, but be prepared for limited parking on-site and a corporate volunteer group to be working in the Garden.
Off-site parking options found here.

Private Event Rental
2018-03-24 16:00 - 19:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States

Garden Tour: Spring Blooms
2018-03-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Join Ben Ackerley, Garden Manager, for a garden tour highlighting spring blooms at Woodlands!

Educational Speaker: Karen Lindauer
2018-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Educational Speaker-Karen Lindauer

Name of Presentation: Natural Communities from Middle Georgia to Extreme NE Tennessee
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2018
Time: 2-3pm
Location: Upstairs Overlook Room at Woodlands Garden
Cost: Free with registration here
Reservation link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080448AAA92BA1FB6-educational1
Parking Off Site required find more details here

Description of Talk: An amazing diversity of natural habitats occurs from the fall line in central Georgia to the extreme the mountain balds of Tennessee and North Carolina. These habitats support a wide variety of plant and animal communities, which in turn provide valuable lessons in understanding the habitats in our own “back yards.”
Bio of Speaker: Karen Lindauer is an avid gardener and strong advocate for native plants. Following early retirement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she and her husband moved from Morningside to Tucker, where they bought a home on nearly 2 acres. Aside from many beautiful hardwoods and a few azaleas, the property was a blank slate. Over the next 16 years, many wildflowers, shrubs and small trees were added, many from native plant rescues. When her husband’s failing health necessitated selling the Tucker home, they were fortunate to find a buyer who appreciated the very special property. She now gardens and enjoys the benefits of a native forest at Wesley Woods Towers. She is a member of the Georgia Native Plant Society, the Georgia Botanical Society, and the Atlanta Audubon Society.
Register here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080448aaa92ba1fb6-educational1

Saturday Volunteer Project
2018-03-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2018-02-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Come volunteer at Woodlands on a Saturday! We would love to have you join us for a garden volunteer project. All ages welcome, but under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
This is an outdoor volunteer project, so dress for the weather and bring drinking water.
Volunteer tasks: Mulching, trail maintenance, raking, and general garden cleanup
Click Here to Register Online

Birdhouse Building Workshop
2018-02-18 12:30 - 14:30 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Attention Ornithological Engineers!
Want to liven up your yard this spring? Ralph Smith, master birder volunteer from the Atlanta Audubon Society, will be holding a birdhouse construction workshop at Woodlands Garden on Sunday, February 18 at 12:30 p.m., rain or shine. You can build either a bluebird or a nuthatch birdhouse-selection made day-of workshop. This is a family activity for all ages. Children will need a parent helper. The fee is $20 per birdhouse and all supplies and tools will be provided, though we could use a few extra hammers. Builders will be limited to 15. Please register in advance at director@woodlandsgarden.org. Get your birdhouse up by late February in time for spring nesting!

Arbor Day Garden Tour
2018-02-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Come celebrate Georgia’s Arbor Day at Woodlands! We will visit some of our best native trees in the Garden and talk about incorporating native trees and shrubs into your home landscape!

Bird Walk with Ralph
2018-02-16 09:00 - 10:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Please join us on Georgia Arbor Day (Friday, February 16) at 9am for a free Bird Walk at Woodlands. Ralph Smith, our devoted volunteer and master birder with Atlanta Audubon, will lead the walk and help attendees learn to spot the birds who call the Garden home. This Bird Walk is free and open to all. No need to register just come join. New birders are always welcome!

2018 Volunteer Kickoff
2018-02-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
More info coming soon!

Garden Tour: Winter Interest
2018-01-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States

MLK Day Volunteer Project
2018-01-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Volunteer Project at Woodlands Garden
10am-1pm
This is an outdoor volunteer project, so dress in layers for the weather and bring drinking water. All ages welcome–6-14 years old must be accompanied by an adult; 15 years old and up welcome to volunteer individually.
Volunteer tasks: Mulching, trail maintenance, and general garden cleanup
Click Here to Register Online

Educational Speaker: Linda Chafin
2017-11-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Educational Speaker: Linda Chafin
Topic: “Fall Native Plants of Georgia”
November 12 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Sunday, November 12
2:00-4:00pm
Free, but registration required as space is limited
Location based on weather; either in the Pavilion or upstairs Overlook Room
We suggest reserving your spot early. Space is limited so everyone must RSVP here.
Parking Off Site required and more details here

Join us for this special speaker event as Linda Chafin, Conservation Botanist at Georgia Botanical Garden & revered author, leads a talk entitled: “Fall Native Plants of Georgia”. Linda is one of our state’s experts on native plants and their ecological communities. She has published three field guides to native plants: “The Field Guide to Rare Plants of Georgia”, The Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia and Surrounding States”, and “The Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida”.

Event details:
Fall is a glorious time to look for wildflowers of the Piedmont and Mountains of North Georgia in clearings, both natural and human-made: temperatures are cooler and wildflowers are big and showy. Linda will talk about the most common fall-blooming wildflowers and offer some basic identification tips.

Bio:
Linda Chafin is the Conservation Botanist with the Science and Conservation Program at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, in Athens. At the Garden, she teaches botany classes, leads field trips, conducts plant and natural community inventories, and writes articles and books about Georgia’s native plants. She works with the Botanical Garden’s “Certificate in Native Plants” program and with the Botanical Guardian Volunteers. Linda is also an active board member of the Georgia Botanical Society.
Linda received a Master’s Degree in Botany from UGA in 1988, where she studied under Dr. Sam Jones, and has conducted rare species surveys and natural community inventories throughout the southeastern U.S
Linda grew up in southwest Atlanta, and learned to love plants and the outdoors from camping with her family around the country, and from her mother, aunt, and grandmother, who were all avid gardeners.
The University of Georgia Press published her books, “The Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia” in 2007 and “The Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia and Surrounding States” in 2016. As Senior Botanist for the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Linda also wrote “The Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida,” which was published in 2001.

Music in the Garden: Frank Hamilton School
2017-11-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
November 5 – Frank Hamilton and members of the Frank Hamilton School

Music in the Garden: Charles Absher, Matt Donald, Billy Gewin
2017-10-29 14:00 - 16:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States

Yoga in Nature
2017-10-28 16:00 - 17:00, 2017-10-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
The Pavilion at Woodlands Garden is a perfect setting to stretch and relax. Join our instructor, Aditi Chandrasekhar, for a free and relaxing session of ‘Yoga in Nature’ on Saturdays.
Aditi started her yoga practice in 2005 at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India. She received her Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Training from the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in 2012. Aditi went on to teach ‘Yoga for Fitness’ at the Vinieyoga Healing Centre (former Viniyoga Healing Foundation), where she has been a student since 2010. Her practice here has been in the vinyasa style, based on hatha yoga, involving asana and pranayama. She has been conducting ‘Yoga in Nature’ sessions at Woodlands Garden since April 2015.
When:
Saturdays, 4 pm to 5 pm
(Please check our Events Calendar for latest updates on classes)
What to bring:
Yoga mat
Hand towel (to roll up under your neck)
Bottle of water
What to expect:
Lots of stretches and deep breathing
Where:
Woodlands Garden Pavilion
Fee:
$0
A donation box will be set up in a corner; all proceeds go to Woodlands Garden.

Yoga in Nature
2017-10-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Come join instructor, Michelle Flory, for a free, 1-hour ‘Yoga in Nature’. A bit about the instructor: She fell in love with yoga at a gym nine years ago and in 2012 became a Certified Yoga Instructor under the guidance of Swami Jaya Devi. Her classes emphasize the balance between strength and flexibility in the body and mind and include asana, breath work, and meditation. Michelle looks forward to practicing together in the Garden on Thursday evenings!

Extra mats available and please bring drinking water. Class is free, but donations are welcome to support Woodlands & Michelle, yoga instructor.

Yeah! Burger Feel Good Tuesday
2017-10-24 18:00 - 22:00 | Yeah! Burger Virginia Highland, 1017 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306, United States
Come enjoy a meal at Yeah! Burger in Virginia Highland and 10% of the evening’s sales will be donated to Woodlands Garden. What’s not to love-delicious burgers + supporting greenspace!!

Music in the Garden: Steve Cullen, George Eckard, Don Fay
2017-10-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
