2 – 4 pm Sundays in October, 2 – 5 pm Saturday October 18th
Amazing donated plants keep rolling in, and amazing new and repeat customers continue to find treasures for their gardens. Even if you’ve already found a few new plants for your yard, come this Sunday to find more. Our volunteer gardeners have collected seedlings from Woodlands trees, brought plants from their own gardens, and secured donations from many nearby nurseries. We’ll keep selling these gorgeous specimens through October 26th.
It’s raining steadily in Tucker, probably in Decatur also. But our friends at weather.com say that it will start to dry up by 1 pm. That means by 2 pm we can definitely listen to music in the pavilion.
Claire Hayes, Woodlands Director, left, and Ruby Bock, Woodlands Garden Manager, right, offer “cups of gratitude” to Stephen Wood and Edie Morton, founder and visual artist of the Wilderness Act Performance Series
2014 has been busy! Perhaps most exciting, Woodlands is taking steps to purchase a one-acre parcel next door. This property will provide safe appealing access from Scott and Clairemont, double our parking, and create a beautiful entrance to the City of Decatur.
Woodlands was chosen to be one of only five venues for the Wilderness Act Performance Series, celebrating our country’s dedication to preserving its wild green spaces. Woodlands led the development of “Garden Go Seek,” now a project of the City of Decatur, inviting children to explore the city’s greenspaces and gardens.
Woodlands also hosted Urban Wilderness + Man-Made Nature, an exhibit of Atlanta Celebrates Photography, by photographers Virginie Kippelen and Shannon Davis. Our partners at Skyland Trail for the fourth time brought delicate fairy houses to tuck along our trails. Our volunteer gardeners masterminded a native plant sale that raised over $3,600.
Pictured, left to right: Ruby Bock, Woodlands Garden Manager; Patty Bonner, Woodlands Vice-president; Gary White, Georgia Forestry Commission; Claire Hayes, Woodlands Executive Director; Rob Ryan, GUFC President
In 2013, the Georgia Urban Forestry Council honored Woodlands Garden for its unique preservation of urban forest and the ensuing environmental and educational benefits brought to the community. We also opened the Garden to the public full time.
Woodlands Garden will mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act on Sunday, September 21st from 2-5 pm, hosting a musical and artistic celebration of this landmark legislation. Woodlands is one of only five Atlanta venues hosting the Wilderness Act Performance Series. The preservation of special areas to be left unchanged by human interference “recognizes a fundamental part of our society’s search for natural beauty, personal growth, national pride, and spiritual truth.” It is an honor for Woodlands Garden to help commemorate this visionary act that forever safeguards America’s natural wonders. Continue reading →
