Give a little love to Mother Nature Saturday

East Point hosts one of the largest white oaks in the state where volunteers are going to give a little TLC to the Connally Nature Preserve this weekend. It's pretty impressive to stand in the shadow of 'Hank Aaron." ( And since it's little used park, there's a map at the bottom of this post to show you how to get there.)

White Oaks (Creative Commons photo.)

 Trees Atlanta is partnering with Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, the City of East Point, and the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club to remove invasives and replant natives along the streambanks at the 30-acre Connally Nature Park.

The workday will be on Saturday, Feb. 8th, from 9am to 1pm. The goal is to removing invasives like English ivy and Chinese privet, and replanting native riparian shrubs and trees.

Connally Nature Park is home to many the big white oaks there, which are some of the biggest in the state; the park is home to one of the largest white oaks, named the Hank Aaron Tree, as well as a population of endangered pink lady slipper orchids.

 The park was going to be turned into a school at one point, and Trees Atlanta got involved to stop that development and preserve the park.

For more information about the project, how you can volunteer, and where to sign up, contact Juliet Cohen at jcohen@chattahoochee.org or by phone at (404) 352-9828 x. 13. You can also sign up through the event calendar on Trees Atlanta’s website or here http://treesatlanta.org/volunteer/sign-up/.

 

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