Fall Events 2021

September

18th ALL DAY: Museum Day presented by Smithsonian Magazine
18th from 10am to 11am: Garden Walk & Talk with Steve Sanchez as he presents 'Native Plants and Piedmont Ecosystems'
- - Steve Sanchez is passionate about native plants! During this Garden Walk & Talk Steve will feature plants thriving at Woodlands while emphasizing their important role in restoring native habitats and sustainable ecosystems. As a principal Landscape Architect with HGOR in Atlanta, Steve has been an integral part of Woodlands Garden for many years. We are especially pleased with his choice of plant palette unique to the Piedmont's Upper Ridge for the new corner planting. Come out for a walk with Steve and hear about why he chose our native plants, what makes them a special part of the Georgia Piedmont and which of these plants you can purchase for your own landscape from our Fall Plant Sale on September 25 & 26!
  - $5 donation to register for this Garden Walk & Talk will be credited toward your Fall Plant Sale purchase on September 25 & 26.
  - *Registration is full, please email here to be added to waitlist.
18th from 10am to 1pm: Forest Bathing Walk: Autumnal Equinox Walk
- Walk led by Robin Hancock with Renewal by Nature. Registration required and event details here.
21st from 9:30am-10:45 am: Tyke Hike with Anne Marie Hoffman
- "Birds I View" more details and registration found here.
25th-26th: Fall Plant Sale *Registration required

October

12th from 9:30am-10:45 am: Tyke Hike
- "Leafy Learning!" more details and registration found here.
16th-30th: Fairies in the Garden in partnership with Skyland Trail. More details about the two-week exhibit found here.
17th from 9am to 12pm: Forest Bathing Walk: Commune with Nature
- Walk led by Robin Hancock with Renewal by Nature. Registration required and event details here.
17th from 2pm-2:30pm: Stories in the Woods (fairy themed) with Little Shop of Stories
- Grab your wings, wands, flower crowns, and any and all whimsical accessories! Little Shop will be sending in two fairy booksellers to read a few stories. More details and registration required here.
22nd from 4pm-4:30pm: Stories in the Woods (fairy themed) with Little Shop of Stories
- Grab your wings, wands, flower crowns, and any and all whimsical accessories! Little Shop will be sending in two fairy booksellers to read a few stories. More details and registration required here.
27th from 9am-10am: Stormwater Solutions at Woodlands Garden with Glen Payton
- Come learn more about our stormwater pollutant and debris filtration system. Join us for this informative session with our Contech Engineered Solutions representative Glen Payton! We will be measuring the debris the system caught this year with our sludge judge tool. 1 hour of CEU available.
- Registration required here.
28th from 9:30am-10:45 am: Tyke Hike
- "Wizard Wands and Fairy Crowns" more details and registration found here

November

13th from 10am-11am: Fall Tree Walk with Jamie Blackburn
- Join us for a Fall Tree Walk with Woodlands' tree expert Jamie Blackburn. Come prepared for a stroll around Woodlands' new corner planting as well as walk through the woods on the trails with an emphasis on great trees and shrubs for fall color appeal.
- Registration required here.
19th from 3pm to 6pm: Forest Bathing Walk: Sunset/Full Moon Walk
- Walk led by Robin Hancock with Renewal by Nature. Registration required and event details here.
30: GA Gives Day

Camellia Propagation Workshop

The North Georgia Camellia Society along with Woodlands Garden will be hosting a

"Camellia Cuttings Workshop and Swap”

on Saturday, June 26, 2021

from 10 am - 11am*

at Woodlands Garden in the Pavilion

The workshop will be led by Jim Pruckler, NGCS Vice President. The program will focus on propagating Camellias from cuttings. For many years, Jim worked as a microbiologist at the CDC. He has devoted himself to growing and promoting Camellias across the Southeast. Jim can be seen tending Dr. Morse's original collection of Camellias as the resident Camellia guru at Woodlands and takes yearly trips to assist his friend, Tom Johnson, at Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, SC.

Registration details:

NCGS member: $10 registration fee for NGCS member
General Registration: $20 for non-members of NCGS
Registration fee includes provided supplies (planting medium, root hormone and cups to grow two cuttings)
To maintain a quality and safely distanced experience in the outdoor venue, registration is required and limited. If the spaces fill up additional time options will be offered on the same day.

Click here to Register:

What to Bring: Please bring a mask, your gloves, water bottle, and clippers or a sharp pocket-knife. You are invited to bring cuttings from Camellias that you wish to share with others or take cuttings from selected from the Garden.

Location: This hands-on workshop will take place in the Pavilion at Woodlands Garden which is a short walk from the vehicle parking into the Garden. Detailed directions to the newly constructed entrances into the Garden can be found here.

Additional resources:

Cuttings Video

*To maintain a quality and safely distanced experience in the outdoor venue, registration is limited. If the spaces fill up additional time options will be offered on the same day.

Special Thank You to:

the North Georgia Camellia Society & Jim Pruckler

Garden is Open: Construction is Complete

Our Latest Project

Although Woodlands Garden has long been considered a hidden gem of Decatur greenspace, the Garden continues to raise its profile within the broader community. An ambitious and successful capital campaign to “Keep it Green Indie-Catur” has laid the groundwork for a renovation that will include many enhancements to the visitor experience at the Garden. The planning and design effort for the project is being led by our Construction Committee, comprised of Board and staff members, in collaboration with TSW, an award-winning architecture and planning firm.

In late 2015, Woodlands Garden acquired the adjacent 915 Clairemont Avenue property. This expanded footprint at the south corner of the site will allow easier visitor access from both Scott Boulevard and Clairemont Avenue. The expansion plans include enhanced signage, an expanded parking area, better access for school buses, and new walkways for pedestrians to reach the Garden’s trails. The design team is carefully orchestrating its plans for the corner property to minimize the number of trees impacted, while still meeting the need for centralized, safe and convenient visitor parking.

The design process is complete, and construction on the premises was fully completed in 2020. The Garden officially reopened in Spring 2021. For updates on the design and construction process, please follow this page.

Rendering-of-Walkway-from-Visitor-Center

FAQ

Construction Photo Gallery

Thank You

A special 'thank you' to the following foundations
for supporting the Capital Campaign

AEC Trust

Bright Wings Foundation

The Imlay Foundation

James M. Cox Foundation

The Kendeda Fund

Patrick Family Foundation, Inc.

The Rockdale Foundation

Robert W. Woodruff Foundation

Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust

SunTrust Trusteed Foundation: Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust

The Sweetgrass Foundation

The Vasser Woolley Foundation

Waterfall Foundation

Legacy Giving

Leave a legacy of natural beauty...

After World War II, when Scott Boulevard was still a dirt road, Dr. Chet Morse and his wife Gene settled their young family on a wooded seven-acre parcel and called it 'Woodlands'.

Six decades later, the Morse family made a legacy gift of their land to the Decatur Preservation Alliance and established an endowment fund so that future generations could enjoy the natural wonders of this urban forest.

The Forest Succession Society, the Garden’s legacy giving program, recognizes the generosity embodied in the Morse family gifts and honors donors who have chosen to provide for the future care and maintenance of Woodlands Garden in their estate plans.

Legacy giving empowers people of any means to support the Garden beyond their lifetime, ensuring that the Garden's trees and plants stay maintained and continue to flourish for the delight and education of future generations.

To join the Forest Succession Society, notify our staff when you make a legacy gift to Woodlands Garden in one or more of the following ways:

A bequest of cash, securities, closely held stock, real estate or tangible property
Life insurance
Qualified retirement plans

Forest Succession Society Benefits

Satisfaction in knowing that your gift provides critical support for the future of Woodlands Garden, the local forest cover and the community
Invitations to the annual recognition event for Forest Succession Society members
Recognition in various publications with other members of the Forest Succession Society (you may remain anonymous)
If requested, a small celebration of the gift once it is fulfilled

For more information or to inform us of a legacy gift, please contact Woodlands Garden’s Executive Director at 404-373-2222 or director@woodlandsgarden.org.

To learn about other ways to give to Woodlands Garden, please visit our Become a Donor page.

Forest Succession Society Members

Louise Cantrell
Ginny Slack

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