Workshop: Acorns Aglow - Acorn Lantern Puppet Workshop
Thu Sep 10 | 6:30pm-9pm | Trees Atlanta Kendeda TreeHouse
This September, be part of one of Atlanta’s most magical nights—the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade—and help light up the Southwest Beltline Arboretum with a lantern of your own making.
Join Trees Atlanta and Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons for a hands-on Acorn Lantern Puppet Workshop celebrating the growing community light that protects and improves Atlanta’s urban forest. You’ll get to create your own acorn lantern puppet (materials included) and you’re invited to walk with fellow tree stewards in the parade on Sat September 19.
Why acorns?
- Acorns represent the collective power of our small actions in Atlanta. We invite you to participate in this workshop to earn your first acorn toward your City Forest Certification and/ or meet City Forest Certified Atlantans who have successfully earned 16 acorns to certify their yard or neighborhood greenspace.
- Celebrate Atlanta’s 30+ native Georgia oaks nourishing Atlanta’s wildlife, cooling our city, and more.
- Help us light the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum—the longest linear arboretum in the world -cared for year-round by Trees Atlanta staff and volunteers.
About the Artist: Chantelle Rytter is a parade artist best known for founding the Atlanta BeltLine Lantern Parade with the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons, of which she is the proud Captain. Chantelle has created a family of annual parades based in community participation over the last fifteen years in many Atlanta neighborhoods and cities and communities across the south east. Chantelle grew up in Baltimore and studied integrative arts at Penn State University. She lived in New Orleans for ten years and fell under the spell of parade culture and the notion that individual creative play can be a civic gift. Learn more about the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade and other work around Atlanta by Chantelle Rytter and Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons here.
About the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum: The arboretum contains 85 acres of linear greenspace, managed by Trees Atlanta staff and volunteers along 13 miles of the Atlanta Beltline. The Atlanta Beltline Arboretum is home to a collection of 9,000 accessioned plants, with 369 unique tree and shrub species and cultivars. Learn more about the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum here.
Additional Information
- Doors open at 6:15. Workshop begins at 6:30 PM
- Getting Here: This event will take place at the Trees Atlanta Kenda Tree House (825 Warner St. SW 30310) Atlanta Bike racks are located on the side of the building (near the silo in the Picnic Patio). We are approximately 1 mile from the Oakland City and West End MARTA train stations (Red and Gold Lines). Limited number of parking spaces are available at our location, in addition to limited street parking. Lee & White is accessible via a walk on the Atlanta Beltline for those who plan to eat there before or after this event.
- Registration Information: Registration for this event is through the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons here. There is a cost of $20 per person to register. %100 percent of the ticket cost goes to cover instruction and materials. Registration here.
- Questions: If you have any questions or comments regarding this event, please email education@treesatlanta.org.
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