Woodlands Garden

Private Event Rental-Pavilion
2024-05-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Pavilion is reserved for a private event, but the Garden remains open to visitors.

Garden Storytime
2024-05-16 11:00 - 11:30 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
On Thursday, May 16 at 11 am, we will be hosting Garden Storytime, for children 5 and under, in the Woodlands Garden birds nest! The theme is Bees as we celebrate World Bee Day later this month! No registration required.

Yoga in Nature: Midweek Mindfulness
2024-05-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Yoga is back….Come join the “Midweek Mindfulness” led by @livvyfeeney or any number of programs coming your way this month!
Yoga in the Garden: Midweek MindfulnessWhat: Join us for midweek mindfulness, a chance to relax and unwind through yoga in nature. This event will happen during Go Public Gardens week, let’s celebrate public gardens together! The event will be $15. Participants are encouraged to bring their own mats.Who: Annie, Livvy Feeney, participants who pre-registerWhen: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 and May 22, 2024Where: The lawn – rain location: the pavillion

More about Livvy: Livvy Feeney (they/them) completed Tough Love Yoga’s 200 hour teacher training in the spring of 2023, and has been teaching regularly since then. They currently teach at the community care space CareWave and substitute classes at M3. They are also a contemporary dancer, so they celebrate the physicality and artistry of the practice. Livvy strives to create an inclusive class which honors the varied needs of each student, through alignment based cueing and offering options throughout. They work to offer a culture of consent, empowerment, and reverence for the roots of yoga. They view yoga as a practice to connect us more deeply with ourselves and each other, and honor the power of this practice as a tool for social change.

More details and registration here: https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation…

Volunteer Project
2024-05-15 09:00, 2024-05-08 09:00, 2024-05-01 09:00, 2024-04-24 09:00, 2024-04-17 09:00, 2024-04-10 09:00, 2024-04-03 09:00, 2024-03-27 09:00 and 3 more dates | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Hosted weekly on Wednesdays from 9am-11am then in warmer months we may start earlier.
All experience levels are welcome. We are incorporating all types of hands on volunteer activities taking into account volunteers physical ability to stand, dig, pull weeds, sit, etc–this is why completing the application and signing up on link below is so critical. We want to be able to plan for you!
Click to learn more and sign up: https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/come-volunteer/

Poetry, Music and Art in the Garden
2024-05-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
“After Speaking Too Loudly in a Quiet Place”
Poetry, Music and Art in the Garden
Sat. May 11 2:00-4:00 p.m.
@ Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd, Decatur 30030 Admission: Free
Featuring: Stephen Wing, Poetry
Luz Wright, Nature Photography
Elise Witt & An Impromptu Glorious ChorusTM Jessica Lily, Woodland Watercolors
The afternoon begins in the Visitor Center where Stephen Wing will offer signed copies of his book Wild Atlanta, which features his epic poem about Woodlands Garden, “After Speaking Too Loudly in a Quiet Place.” The poem will also be available in chapbook form, along with Wing’s newly released collection, Washed in the Hurricane. The Visitor Center is currently hosting a show of water color paintings by Jessica Lily, who will be painting live during the book signing.
Visitors will then be invited to take a very short walk through the woods to the Woodlands Pavilion, where they will be treated to live poetry by Wing, a talk by Luz Wright about the photographs in Wild Atlanta, and a musical performance by Elise Witt & An Impromptu Glorious ChorusTM. After the performance, participants will once again be welcomed in the Visitor Center to view the paintings, purchase books, mingle and socialize.
Wild Atlanta: Greenspaces & Nature Preserves of ‘The City in the Forest’
Atlanta poet Stephen Wing and photographer Luz Wright celebrate the city’s many hidden pockets of wild nature in this lush coffee-table book, the product of Wing’s seasonal “Earth Poetry” workshops throughout the metro area for over a decade. “Finally, Atlanta’s urban forests receive the tribute they deserve with this blend of inspiring poetry and radiant photographs,” says high school science teacher Mark Yates of Decatur.
www.StephenWing.com, www.WildAtlanta.net
Elise Witt & An Impromptu Glorious ChorusTM
When the pandemic shut down singing in enclosed spaces, Atlanta singer Elise Witt started holding her singing workshops in the Pavilion at Woodlands Garden in Decatur. Current workshop participants will join Elise singing songs inspired by the beauty of the 7-acre wild space, and even the audience may, at moments, find themselves part of An Impromptu Glorious ChorusTM!
www.EliseWitt.com

Woodlands Garden Watercolors by Jessica Lily
Local watercolor artist Jessica Lily’s collection of floral and wildlife paintings celebrate the Woodlands Garden ecosystem with a deep love for our natural world. Her welcoming watercolor painting classes at Woodlands feature plants and animals found right here in this local environment.
www.Jessica-Lily.com @j.lily11
For more information visit https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/

Forest Bathing Program with Jess
2024-05-11 10:00 - 12:30, 2024-04-20 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-03-23 10:00 - 12:30 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Contact Kate McAlpin, director@woodlandsgarden.org for more details

Register here: https://www.forestbathingfinder.com/find-a-walk/

Weekend Volunteer Project
2024-04-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-03-24 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-02-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
All are welcome to come help maintain Woodlands Garden through hands on garden maintenance including path mulching, debris clean up, litter pick up and much more. Sign up to help join!

City Nature Challenge
2024-04-27 - 2024-04-28 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
https://www.fernbankmuseum.org/learn/community-programs/atlanta-city-nature-challenge/

Watercolor Painting Workshop
2024-04-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-30 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Join us for watercolor painting classes with Jessica Lily in-person, held locally in Decatur, GA. We are working on local wildlife and botanicals, native to our Metro-Atlanta Woodlands ecosystem. Come play with the magic of watercolors with us, and join our community as we release expectations, and let the water do the work! We will be painting with local artist, Jessica Lily. The instructor will guide the group through a step-by-step method.
Enjoy our comfortable, indoor setting at a gorgeous venue – bring a mug for some warm tea. We will also just hang out, talk shop and learn from each other as we move through our paintings together.
No experience necessary! This class is built to give beginners an easy process for a lovely, meditative painting. This class is also great for more intermediate and advanced painters, as we will all learn from each other and incorporate our own unique creativity into our paintings.

Feb 4: Cardinal
Mar 3: Dogwood
Mar 30: Blue Jay
Apr 21: Azalea
May 26: Oakleaf Hydrangea
Jun 30: Honey Bee
Oct 20: Hairy Sunflower
Nov 17: Golden Beech
Dec 15: Winter Treetops
Jan 12: Camellia
Feb 9: Snowflake Flowers
March 9: Carolina Jessamine

Details and required registration here:
https://www.jessica-lily.com/artist/classes-events/

City Nature Challenge
2024-04-05 08:00 - 17:00 | GA
Come get involved in the City Nature Challenge led by Fernbank Museum.

More details here: https://fernbankmuseum.org/atlantacnc

All Scouts Volunteer Project
2024-03-23 09:00 - 14:00 | GA
Gather your Scout Troop and come volunteer on Saturday, March 23. Exact time TBD.

For more details contact Julia Bryant, Garden Manager at info@woodlandsgarden.org

Private Event Rental in Pavilion
2024-03-16 12:00 - 16:00 | Woodlands Garden, 932 Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
During this timeframe the Pavilion is being used for a private event rental. The rest of the Garden is accessible for walk-in visitors.
