Georgia Arbor Week 2016
Trees Atlanta will be hosting several events throughout the state during the week leading up to Georgia’s Arbor Day (February 19).
“We are offering something for everyone this Arbor Week,” said Trees Atlanta’s Co-Executive Director, Greg Levine. “No matter what your age or whether you are a morning or evening person, we’ve got a great way for you to say ‘thank you’ to the trees that make Atlanta home.”
Starting on Wednesday, February 11th, Trees Atlanta’s Georgia Arbor Day lineup will include tree planting activities, youth and adult educational workshops, art hunts, tree walks, and much more. Check them out below!
Thursday, February 11
Lunch & Learn: Bonnie Casamassima – Environmental Design
Trees Atlanta Treehouse
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Friday, February 12
Arboretum Walking Tour
Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, February 13
Volunteer Projects
Inman Park, DeKalb Avenue, Chosewood Park, and Lullwater Park
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Arboretum Walking Tour
Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Monday, February 15
Thirsty Roots Reading Group
Book: “Where Butterflies” by Joanne Ryder
Activity: Help make a Trees Atlanta Arbor Day banner
Trees Atlanta Treehouse
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Girl Scouts: Earn your “legacy tree badge” with Trees Atlanta
Trees Atlanta Treehouse
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 16
Arbor Day Tween Time
Smyrna Library
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 17
“Building of Best Cities” The 2016 Mayors’ Symposium on Urban Forestry & Tree City USA Celebration
Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
“Turning a Rusty City Green” Tree Pittsburgh Executive Director, Danielle Crumrine
Trees Atlanta TreeHouse
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 18
Homeschool Environmental Science Morning
Trees Atlanta TreeHouse
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Atlanta Hemlock Clinic with Save Georgia’s Hemlocks
Trees Atlanta TreeHouse
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 19
Volunteer Projects
Decatur and 368 PONCE
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Arboretum Walking Tour
Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fernbank Forest Arbor Day Walk
Fernbank Forest
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch & Learn: New Tree Planting
Smyrna Public Library
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cub Scouts: Earn your “Into the Woods” badge with Trees Atlanta
Trees Atlanta TreeHouse
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 20
Volunteer Projects
Decatur and Hahn Woods
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Champion Tree Walking Tour
Lullwater Conservation Garden
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Orienteering Lesson & Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Adventure
Trees Atlanta TreeHouse
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
