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Plantlanta 2026: Grow Some Shade

Join us for Plantlanta 2026
Friday & Saturday, November 13 & 14, 2026

Across the City of Atlanta, 12 Planting Projects in 12 City Council Districts
Hundreds of Volunteers to Plant 700 Trees Across Atlanta in One Weekend

Sign Up To Volunteer

Atlanta summers keep getting hotter, and trees are one of our best tools for cooling things down. A single mature tree can lower nearby air temperatures by several degrees, and neighborhoods with more tree canopy stay noticeably cooler than those without.

This November, you can help close that gap. Sign up for a Plantlanta 2026 project and invite a friends to join you. Introducing others to new communities across Atlanta and to the power of community forestry is a key benefit of Plantlanta.

Planting tasks include digging holes with shovels/mattocks, untangling roots with your hands, mulching, watering, and cleaning up your area. Tree planting can be physically strenuous, but at activity that is easily done. Be ready to break a sweat and get dirty!

Plantlanta 2026 Project Sites – Sign Up Today!

Select a neighborhood to register for each project, or visit our Calendar to view all events.

Friday, Nov. 13

District 1		DH Stanton Park		Peoplestown

District 4		Mechanicsville		Mechanicsville

District 6		Piedmont Park		Midtown

District 8		The Cathedral of St. Phillip		Peachtree Heights West

District 9		Dwell Apartments		Almond Park

District 12		Adair Park II		Adair Park

Saturday, Nov. 14

District 2		Freedom Park		Poncey-Highland/Inman Park

District 3		MLK Jr Drive NW		Vine City

District 5		Reynoldstown		Reynoldstown

District 7		Lakemoore Condos		North Buckhead

District 10		Wilson Mill		Fairburn Road/Wisteria Lane

District 11		Hogan Road		Ben Hill

Are you a neighborhood leader or want to be one? If you neighborhood is in or near one of the Plantlanta planting sites, help us get your neighbors signed up to volunteer! Contact: neighborwoods@treesatlanta.org

Follow Trees Atlanta and keep and eye on our social media accounts @treesatlanta and help your neighbors know to join you at Plantlanta.

Published on: August 21, 2026

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1. Magnolia Collection

Magnolias are part of an ancient lineage of flowering plants dating back approximately 95 million years. The Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum is home to 18 types of magnolias from evergreen to flowering. Two magnolias in particular have witnessed history as they were planted just beyond the outfield wall for the former Ponce de Leon Park, where the Atlanta Crackers played baseball. Babe Ruth and Eddie Matthews both hit home runs that were caught in the canopy of one of these magnolia trees. As part of Arboretum experimentation, we have taken cuttings from these historic magnolias and grown them into new trees so that this piece of history can live on the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum and in new parks and baseball fields around Atlanta.

2. 33 Oaks

The oak trees on this slope and throughout the Arboretum represent many ecosystems in Georgia, from bottomland hardwood swamps to granite outcrops. Of the approximately 90 species of oaks native to the United States, 33 are native to Georgia. All 33 oaks are growing on this slope and between them dance 33 stainless steel leaf sculptures – one for each tree.

These metal oaks were designed and crafted by David Landis of Landis Sculpture Studio. Learn more about David’s work here. For more information about the individual oaks featured, see our fact sheet here.

To learn more general information about our Georgia oaks, check out this video here.

3. Beech Circle

Among the stateliest of our native trees, beeches are indicative of a mature forest. Though they can take around 40 years to produce a large quantity of nuts, beech trees are critical for wildlife. Beeches provide food and shelter for all kinds of birds and mammals, such as the red-headed woodpecker. Dubbed the fairy ring, the circle of beech trees here surrounds a granite outdoor classroom and gathering place where you can contemplate how the beech trees will look in 3, 5, and 10 years!

4. Eastside Azalea Collection

Despite the native azalea holding the title of Georgia’s State Wildflower, it is underused in the landscape. The Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum is now home to the largest public native azalea collection in the Atlanta Area with over 300 azaleas on display. The collection highlights over 25 species, cultivars, and varieties, and is home to all 13 azaleas native to the state of Georgia. This collection focuses on named cultivars (varieties that have been selected for depending on color, size, bloom time, etc.) within two series called the Georgia Moon Series and the Sunrise to Sunset Series. The Georgia Moon Series will have fragrant white-blooming Georgia native species, and the Sunrise to Sunset Series will be comprised of Georgia native species in warm orange, reds, and soft yellows blooming from March – July.

5. Stumpery Garden

The Stumpery Garden is a horticultural oddity, serving as a public place for learning and exploration and demonstrating how trees can be utilized in a beautiful way. Stumpery gardens utilize dead, fallen, and storm-damaged trees as an asset to the garden – providing critical habitat for beetles, frogs, birds, and small mammals such as chipmunks. Whole logs are placed upside down to display their root structure, and logs, branches, and pieces of bark are arranged to form walls and archways. Plants such as ferns, lichen, mosses, soft grasses, and trailing plants are encouraged to grow on and around them.

Take a virtual tour of the Stumpery Garden here.

6. Westside Azalea Collection

Different from the Eastside collection, the Westside collection has all straight species and natural varieties that encourage free hybridization. These azaleas are all grown from seed so there are many variations in the hues even between the same species.

7. Persimmon Woods

Home to the largest American persimmon tree in the state of Georgia, this remnant old growth forest on 1.3 acres provides habitat to a variety of deep forest flora. Walking through a nature trail and over a few bridges will bring you up close and personal with woodland groundcovers, rare spring ephemerals (plants with a short life cycle) such as trillium, and a large collection of native woody species. Enjoy the seasonal blooms, learn from plant identification signs, and get hands-on with volunteer opportunities to plant, divide woodland perennials, and collect seed.

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