The Atlanta Treebune - Fall 2014

The Atlanta Treebune Fall 2014 Semi-annual Newsletter

Trees Atlanta Donors

225 Chester Avenue, SE Atlanta, GA 30316

January 20, 2014 – July 21, 2014 Platinum Sponsors $50,000 and above

Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, Inc. City of Atlanta City of Dunwoody

Gold Sponsors $25,000 and above

American Forests Atlanta Beltline, Inc. Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm Inc. The UPS Foundation

Silver Sponsors $10,000 and above

Atlanta Hawks National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Five Star Grant Program Parker Hudson Rainier & Dobbs, LLP Wells Fargo

Bronze Sponsors $5,000 and above

Mr. Chad M. Dittmer and Ms. Pamela Sohn EarthShare of Georgia Google IBM National Center for Civil & Human Rights National Environmental Education Foundation Mr. John C. Portman Jr., FAIA Regions Business Capital Turner Broadcasting System Inc. WABE

Sponsors/White Oak Memberships $1,000 and above

Accenture Alternative Apparel Arbor Day Foundation Arbormedics Austin Avenue Albert LLC Adrian Babich Ms. Marcia Dew Bansley Ms. Diane H. Bartlett Bartlett Tree Experts Bold Spring Nursery, Inc. Boutte Tree Service Boy Scouts of America, Pack 17 Brookwood Hills Community Club Inc. Bryans Foundation Inc. Mrs. Lucinda W. Bunnen Carter Ms. Janet M. Chapman Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Chick-Fil-A The Coca-Cola Foundation Cox Enterprises Mr. and Mrs C. Edward Dobbs Martha and Bill Dobes Mr. Gordon Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Rick Downey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edmondson Equifax Foundation

Dedicated to protecting Atlanta’s urban forest through planting, conserving, and educating

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Frazier & Deeter LLC Friends of Inman Park Inc. Ms. Tricia Gulizia Mr. David Hautau Mr. Jeff Hawthorne and Ms. Sue Lin Yee Mr. Randolph H. Henning and Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Mr. Henry Howell Interface Mr. and Mrs. Laine Kenan Mr. Jeff Kinsey Catherine and Conrad Lautenbacher Ledbetter Wanamaker Glass LLP Ed & Liz Lohr MailChimp Manheim MedQuest Associates Mid Georgia Nursery Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Morgens Mr. Ben Morris Newfields Perkins + Will Michael Phillips Mr. and Mrs. David Ratcliffe Chris and Mary Reasoner Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Robinson Rob Schreiner MD and Ms. Pattie Simone Mr. Jay Severa and Ms. Erica Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Shufeldt SparksGrove Sprinkles Cupcakes Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Stephenson III Tapestry Community Towers Watson Trishanda and Derrick Treadwell Triage Consulting Group U.S. Micro Mr. Robert Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Wanamaker Michelle and William Wells Wesley International Academy PTSA Mr. & Mrs. Pat Whitehead

Beech Memberships $500 and above

The 737 LLC Anonymous Mr. David D. Baird Ms. Valicia Beasley Mr. Robert S. Burns Mr. Joel H. Cowan City of Decatur Mr. and Mrs. Lance Disley Mr. and Mrs. Russ Furman Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Gay Jr. Ms. Sandra Givelber Givingmart Ms. Amy Glennon Ms. Ellen Hauck and Mr. Markham H. Smith Mr. Chris Hrubesh Impressionista Films Inc. Mr. Edward H. Inman Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. A. Tom Jones

While all donations are important to us, our space limitations allow us to list only donations of $250 or more.

King of Pops Mr. and Mrs. Bob Koch Ms. Terri M. Lee Mr. Greg G. Levine Carolyn and John Malone Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mann Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Gara Mr. Phillip J. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sanchez David and Sharon Schachter Sabrina and Scott Serafin Smith Dalia Architects Mrs. Lindsey Sosebee Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stokes Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Ms. Laura Thompson Time Warner Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Vinciquerra Mr. and Mrs. John E. Webster Ms. Pamela S. Woodley and Mr. Perry Mitchell

Cedar Memberships $250 and above

Mr. Jim Abbot and Ms. Jeanne LaSala Alliance for Community Trees Mr. & Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Arborguard Tree Specialists, Inc. Danielle Arellano and Robby Astrove Mrs. William B. Astrop AT&T Atlanta Community Food Bank Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Attkisson Mrs. Susan Bain Gaylen and Jeffrey Baxter Mr. Michael Beach Ellen and Duncan Beard The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mrs. Barbara Bikoff Mr. and Mrs. David Bikoff Bixler Consulting Ms. and Mr. Ruby Bock Mr. and Mrs. William Bolling Brookwood Tree Consulting Mrs. Liza Bryan Mr. Kevin Burke Mr. and Mrs. James J. Bynum III Mr. Steve Carlin and Mr. Sid Ward Mr. John C. Chambliss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Childers Kris and George Christy Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coffin Dr. Patrick Coleman Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Copeland Ms. Ann Q. Curry Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Daugherty Ms. Jaime Duguay Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dupree Ms. Francine Dykes and Mr. Richard H. Delay Mr. Brian Ego Ms. Martha Eskew and Mr. Chet Tisdale Mrs. Peggy B. Farris

Mr. Ryan Gainey Mr. John W. Gamwell Mr. and Mrs. John Gregg Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hastings Ms. Patricia Hernandez Mr. Frazier Hollis Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hood Ms. Mary B. James Mr. Lewis Jeffries and Mr. Paul Donahue Mr. John Johnson Mrs. Carolyn O. Jordan-White Ms. Emily Katt Ms. Elisabeth Koehnemann Mr. George H. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. Todd W. Latz Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. Edward Levine Mr. and Mrs. Scott MacKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Jett A. Marks Ms. Lila McAlpin Ms. Jessica A. Merriman Ms. Deborah Mook and Mr. John Painter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morgan Chris and Beth Nelson Park Pride Mr. and Mrs. E. Fay Pearce, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Steve Provost Quality Transportation Ms. Denise Quarles Margaret and Robert Reiser Mr. John M. Rittelmeyer Jr. Ms. Lisa Rogers Mrs. Deen D. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Schultz Ms. Sarah Sewell Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Silvermintz Mr. Alex Smith Ms. Susan Soper and Mr. Bo Holland Mr. Bruce Spengler Marjy and John Stagmeier Mr. David Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Brian Stone Jr. Ms. Carol Kranig, M.D. and Mr. W. Kevin Thomas, M.D. Mr. Frank A. Thomas Jr Mr. Randolph W. Thrower Ms. Kathleen Turaski Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Turner III Mr. Chris Van Beneden Yvonne and Jim Wade Ms. Alwilda L. Wallace Mr. Jonathan Wortham Yeah! Burger Pat and Chuck Young

www.treesatlanta.org

As the Leaves Turn

A publication of Trees Atlanta Co-Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer: Connie Veates Co-Executive Director & Chief Program Officer: Greg Levine

15th Annual Tree Sale & Jamboree: In a New Location!

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his year, Trees Atlanta’s Annual Tree Sale – its fifteenth! – will be held at The Carter Center.

Editor: Karla Vazquez Designer: Brandshake Creative

The new venue offers more space for the more than 1500 plants available for sale, as well as much more available parking.

In the first week of November, Atlanta’s trees put on a vivid display. So mark your calendar and plan a leisurely stroll along the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum – or through Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Storza Woods, or Grant Park.

If you’re looking for a new leafpeeping destination, check out Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests by Jonah McDonald – with input from our own Eli Dickerson! You can find Jonah’s book online at hikingatlanta.com or at local independent bookstores.

This great guide leads you to urban forests you probably didn’t even know existed. And they’re all within 30 miles of downtown Atlanta!

Chastain Park

Member’s Woodland

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ome party with Trees Atlanta on Friday, September 12, at our “Tailgate for Trees,” a casual get-together and fundraiser to kickoff our fall planting season.

We’ll have yummy food-truck fare, accompanied by plenty of liquid refreshment. Tickets are $50; patron-level tickets – with additional benefits – begin at $125. (If you haven’t already received an invitation letter, please let us know.)

Festivities will include a silent auction of rare and unusual trees and plants, as well as woodcrafts and art pieces from local artisans and street artists. You can plan and purchase your fall plantings or get a head start on some holiday shopping.

All proceeds will benefit our educational programs, in addition to our tree planting projects. This year, we celebrated the milestone of 100,000 trees planted across Atlanta. Now we’re busy planning the next 100,000! And our new Youth Education served more than 5,000 children in the last year.

So come to our tailgate party. Eat, drink, and merrily peruse our silent auction for rare and unusual plants, trees, art, and crafts! You’ll have a great time as you support our efforts to keep Atlanta green for generations to come.

For more information, contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

Tailgate for Trees Friday, September 12, 2014 7:00 PM Trees Atlanta’s Kendeda Center

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lans are underway for a Members’ Woodland to be part of the new playground and path projects in Chastain Park. Trees Atlanta successfully undertook a similar Members’ Woodland in Piedmont Park. The Chastain grove of 200 native specimen trees – including oaks, elms, and dogwoods– will honor those generous and forward-thinking people who contribute to Trees Atlanta’s efforts to preserve and expand Atlanta’s tree canopy.

In addition to honoring Trees Atlanta’s contributors, the Chastain Park Members’ Woodland will offer opportunities for Atlanta’s children – of this and future generations – to learn about native trees.

During this special campaign, Trees Atlanta invited the community to give specifically to the Chastain project.

Our goal was to plant 200 trees for 200 gifts. Donors will be invited to be a part of the grand installation at a special volunteer project to be scheduled this winter. You can still

contribute toward the woodland – and we will reserve your shovel for the planting project. Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-6814890 for further information or to contribute.

When you’re doing your fall leaf walk – so much better than a drive!

– take along your field guide and you’ll be able to identify the species that are blazing with your favorite shades of yellow, orange, or red.

Some of the most colorful local trees include ginkgo, red maple, black tupelo, hickory, sourwood, sassafras, and sweetgum. You’ll appreciate the amazing trees our region has to offer while enjoying some healthy outdoor exercise.

The Tree Sale & Jamboree, held rain or shine, will offer trees, shrubs, perennials, and tree-safe vines for sale. It’s the best selection in town, including over 200 native and exotic species.

The whole family will enjoy music, cooking demonstrations, face painting, eco-crafts, and tree planting demos.

Don’t forget to pick up some of Atlanta’s finest compost for your new trees from CompostWheels while you’re there. You will also have the opportunity to take one of our curated shoppers’ tours that will focus on native, pollinator and shade trees available for purchase on site.

Saturday, October 4, 2014 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Freedom Farmers’ Market at The Carter Center 453 Freedom Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30307 For more information call 404-522-4097 or visit www.treesatlanta.org.

Project Updates: Trees at New Museum

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rior to the recent opening of Atlanta’s newest museum, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Trees Atlanta planted 45 trees – Nuttall oaks, black tupelos, hawthorns, hornbeams, white fringe trees, and a saucer magnolia – in the greenspace opposite the museum.

orking in partnership with the Longleaf Alliance, Trees Atlanta has planted 56 longleaf pine trees on Georgia Power property bordering the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail near Monroe Drive. The planting will serve as a demonstration site to educate the public about the importance of the species and show the development of a Piedmont longleaf pine understory.

The NCCHR is dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and human rights initiatives around the world. Located in downtown Atlanta at 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., the museum opened to the public on June 23, 2014. The handsome structure sits at the north end of Centennial Park, a stone’s throw from the Coca-Cola Museum.

The trees beautify the area and provide crucial shade for visitors in Atlanta’s hot summers. The planting was funded in part by the Center itself and with additional support from The Home Depot Foundation.

New Champions Crowned

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Check out the 2014 list on our website: treesatlanta.org/our-programs/ atlantas-champion-trees

Longleaf pine forests once covered more than 90 million acres stretched across the South. Only four percent of that historic range still exists. The dramatic depletion is due to land clearing for development and agriculture.

Longleaf pines are Nature’s “wonder trees,” in that they require fire to thrive! They’re drought- and beetle-resistant; they tolerate hurricane-force winds; they thrive in hot climates; and they attract an incredible diversity of species. They protect understory plantings that grow beneath them, providing food and shelter for wildlife species – specifically gopher, tortoise, and indigo snakes.

Millions of dollars in federal grants have been distributed to restore longleaf forests and promote species recovery.

Thanks to a grant from the Cherokee Garden Community Fund, Trees Atlanta will install understory plantings – including fire-adapted shrubs such as dwarf sumac and Elliot’s blueberry, and native grasses such as purple wiregrass and splitbeard bluestem – within the longleaf pine demonstration area.

ach year, Trees Atlanta announces a list of the city’s finest specimens, the Atlanta Champion Trees. The 2014 list is now official.

A Champion Tree is determined based on measurements of its trunk circumference, its height, and the average spread of its crown. Trees Atlanta accepts nominations from the public, then a TA staff member takes measurements on all the finalists and the largest are then crowned Champion Trees. These trees represent some of the oldest, heartiest, and most beautiful trees our city has to offer.

Longleaf Pine Project

Trees Atlanta’s Longleaf Pine Project will add yet another dimension to the BeltLine Arboretum. Be sure to watch as the project develops.

Photo above by Peter Essick.

State Champion Cherrybark Oak at Our Lady of Perpetual Help beside Turner Field in Atlanta. This tree is 23 feet in circumference, 102 feet tall, and has a crown spread of 130 feet!

Meet Alex Beasley and Karla Vazquez

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wo of our valued part-timers have now joined the Trees Atlanta full-time staff. Both were prompted to pursue positions here after seeing our “Another Planting

by Trees Atlanta” signs around town.

Alex Beasley began working at Trees Atlanta in March of 2013, and then joined the full-time staff in July 2014 as a NeighborWoods Coordinator. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2011 with a degree in landscape architecture. His mom Stacy, a long-time Trees Atlanta volunteer, inspired his career choice and his enthusiasm for “all things outdoors.” Alex describes his mother, an avid gardener, in the words of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Bilbo Baggins, saying that, like hobbits, she “shares a love of things that grow.”

Alex says that, before joining Trees Atlanta, he would fantasize about starting a “rogue tree-planting organization,” one that would furtively plant trees where they were needed, “like a thief in the night.” Seeing all the Trees Atlanta signs around town led him to apply for a position here, where his tree-planting efforts

are out in the open – and much appreciated. Now he feels he’s in the ideal job: “I go to sleep at night knowing that I’m doing what I want to do, and feeling that what I do is important.”

Karla Vazquez, our new Communications Manager, was born in Mexico but her family moved to Gainesville, Georgia, when she was eight years old, after visiting relatives here during the Olympics. She’s fully bilingual in Spanish and English, and is launching several initiatives to reach out to the Spanishspeaking community on Trees Atlanta’s behalf.

Karla was a Goizueta Scholar for two years at Gainesville State College (now the University of North Georgia) before transferring to Georgia State University, where she earned her B.S. degree with a major in Marketing and a minor in Hospitality. At Georgia State, she worked on a Ray C. Anderson Foundation project to further sustainability efforts, and then undertook an internship in sustainability in the Dominican Republic. These endeavors inspired her to pursue a career with an environmental non-profit.

Arboretum Walking Tours Join one of our newly-trained Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Docents for a free guided walking tour of the Eastside Trail.

You’ll observe the horticultural collections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum and learn about the history of the corridor and the design of the Eastside Trail. The Docents will offer all sorts of information about the species of trees planted along the trail.

As you get some healthy outdoor exercise on a pleasant morning stroll (or roll, if you’re in a wheelchair), you’ll experience firsthand the positive changes the project is having on the communities adjacent to the BeltLine. The tour is appropriate to all – young and old, tree experts and beginners.

Reserve your spot on an upcoming tour at our website treesatlanta.org.

Questions? Contact Kate Baltzell at 404-681-4897, or email kateb@treesatlanta.org.

As a native Atlantan, I love how the Atlanta Beltline is helping make Atlanta a more livable city. The walking opportunities, connectivity, and beautification projects are going to be transformative. I’m especially excited about the linear arboretum, with different species of trees planted in different areas around the loop. The walking tour is a wonderful way to get locals and visitors onto the BeltLine and enjoying the city.

Karla joined us in January 2014 as an intern working on The Root Ball, enabling her to use both her marketing and hospitality skills. Because of the outstanding job she did on the Ball, she was brought on staff full-time. She feels that her job offers her the perfect career combination of her skills and her interests. In their free time, she and her husband like to explore the city and discover its “hidden gems.”

~ Martha Wilber, MD, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia

NeighborWoods Re-Inventory

Donor Spotlight: Cub Scout Pack 17

In the summer of 2014, a group of 17 Trees Atlanta volunteers and six Georgia Tech students took part in a national community tree planting study. Because we had previously collected data for trees we planted between 2009 and 2011, the Bloomington Urban Forest Research Group invited Trees Atlanta to participate in a NeighborWoods re-inventory.

Cub Scout Pack 17 of Haygood United Methodist Church in Morningside raised $2,500 for Trees Atlanta by selling their “Sure to Get a Kiss” mistletoe kits during the holiday season. The scouts ordered fresh mistletoe from a seller in Monroe, Georgia, then they packaged it in a kit with a string, pushpin, and two breath mints – “to help people experience the magic.” They sold the mistletoe door-to-door, to friends and family, in the church’s Christmas tree lot, and at the Morningside Farmer’s Market.

New in the Summer of 2014:

The scouts and their families also participated in a tree planting, making Trees Atlanta their civic donation and hands-on project for the year. They look forward to participating in another tree planting in the spring. To order your holiday mistletoe, contact Cub Master Pierce J. Pape at Pack17Scouting@gmail.com.

Education Coordinator Lauren Sandoval and the Trees Atlanta education department developed the Junior TreeKeepers program.

Each session offered five days of the following interactive and hands-on activities:

After completing a full day of training to learn how to properly use the research protocol, the team provided on-the-ground data collection on the health and growth of trees we had planted in previous years, The project goals were to evaluate the success of trees planted by urban nonprofit tree-planting programs, and to determine whether tree-planting programs have social effects on neighborhoods and individuals.

The Tech students were enrolled in The Urban Forest, a course taught by Dr. Monica Halka, in which students explore the nature of the interactions among people, trees, pavement, smog, storm water, wildlife, and other elements of a city’s arbor system.

Junior TreeKeepers Camp Trees Atlanta launched its inaugural Junior TreeKeepers Summer Camps in June and July of 2014, offering two sessions – one for elementary school students and the other for those in middle school. More sessions will be added summer 2015.

• Environmental science • Orienteering and GPS mapping • Critical thinking • Community service • Teamwork, and much more

The campers also began a new research project, Canopy Cooling Effect, which aims to highlight and study the effect of tree canopy growth on surface temperatures and humidity along the paved sections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum. Other sites visited as part of the camp experience included Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Fernbank Forest, and Stone Mountain.

Trees Atlanta

Speaker Series What:

“Let It Be an Oak” When:

Wednesday, September 17 7:30 AM: Coffee & pastries 8:00 AM: Presentation, followed by book sale & signing (ISA and ASLA CEU hours available)

Who:

Douglas W. Tallamy, Ph.D. Where:

Kendeda Center Dr. Douglas Tallamy is passionately pro-oak, as you’ll learn at his free Speakers Series lecture, “Let It Be an Oak.” He’ll compare the role of oaks to that of other popular shade trees in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

Dr. Tallamy, professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, has stimulated a national discussion about the need to share our living and working spaces with the biodiversity that runs our ecosystems. His book, Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers Association.

Copies of Bringing Nature Home will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture. (Credit cards accepted.) Those who can’t make it to the Wednesday morning lecture should plan to attend Dr. Tallamy’s free lecture “A Case for Native Plants” at The Atlanta Botanical Garden on Tuesday evening, September 16. See www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org for details.

We are honored to have Dr. Tallamy join our Speaker Series. Seating is limited so please reserve your place at the lecture at: treesatlanta.org. Contact Kate Baltzell at kateb@treesatlanta.org or call her at 404-681-4897 with questions. Special thanks to the City of Atlanta and the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for their support of this lecture.

Send Tree Greetings!

Oaks Installed on BeltLine

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ur Holiday Tree Greetings are the perfect solution for all sorts of holiday gifting needs – for friends, family, colleagues, and business associates. The Tree Greetings let your recipients know that you’re thinking of them AND their city. How thoughtful of you!

For each $25 Tree Greeting – available from mid-November through the end of the year – we’ll plant a year-old tree in honor of your designated recipient. For multiple recipients, send us multiples of $25. The trees not only add to the beauty of our city and add much needed shade in the summer, but they improve the health of our environment as well by helping to clean the air we breathe.

We can send the specially designed cards to you, so you can fill them out – adding your name as the donor and the recipient’s name as the honoree – and address them personally. Or, you can give us a list of your recipients and we’ll carefully fill out the cards and address the envelopes according to your instructions – by hand, for a personal touch.

So plan ahead and check out treesatlanta.org in midNovember for Tree Greeting information. Or, you can contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

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eorgia is the state with the most native oaks.

Furthermore, we have more varieties of oaks than of any other native genus, so Trees Atlanta feels it’s an important goal to plant all of Georgia’s native oak varieties on the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum.

This spring and summer, we’ve installed 28 of the 33 native varieties on the Eastern Trail near City Hall East. The Isdell Family Foundation funded a portion of the oak installation.

As Dr. Douglas Tallamy will explain in his September 17 lecture, oaks are essential to the environment in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

The Trees Atlanta arborists are now searching state nurseries for the five remaining varieties to complete the project.

Stay tuned for details to come.

Learn • Do • Give

Trees Atlanta’s Learn • Do • Give campaign kicks off in Fall 2014. The goal is to help residents of Metro Atlanta understand the benefits of urban trees and to explore the many ways they can help support our urban canopy.

Our aim is to educate our current members and volunteers and to recruit new ones in order to strengthen our team. We’re dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating.

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Learn more about trees through our speaker series, workshops, and Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum tours.

Do something good for our urban canopy by volunteering to plant trees this upcoming planting season.

Give your time or contribute financially to help support a cleaner, greener city.

Keep an eye on our website and social media for more ways you can participate in Learn • Do • Give in the coming months.

Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-881-4890.

Project Updates: Trees at New Museum

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rior to the recent opening of Atlanta’s newest museum, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Trees Atlanta planted 45 trees – Nuttall oaks, black tupelos, hawthorns, hornbeams, white fringe trees, and a saucer magnolia – in the greenspace opposite the museum.

orking in partnership with the Longleaf Alliance, Trees Atlanta has planted 56 longleaf pine trees on Georgia Power property bordering the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail near Monroe Drive. The planting will serve as a demonstration site to educate the public about the importance of the species and show the development of a Piedmont longleaf pine understory.

The NCCHR is dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and human rights initiatives around the world. Located in downtown Atlanta at 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., the museum opened to the public on June 23, 2014. The handsome structure sits at the north end of Centennial Park, a stone’s throw from the Coca-Cola Museum.

The trees beautify the area and provide crucial shade for visitors in Atlanta’s hot summers. The planting was funded in part by the Center itself and with additional support from The Home Depot Foundation.

New Champions Crowned

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Check out the 2014 list on our website: treesatlanta.org/our-programs/ atlantas-champion-trees

Longleaf pine forests once covered more than 90 million acres stretched across the South. Only four percent of that historic range still exists. The dramatic depletion is due to land clearing for development and agriculture.

Longleaf pines are Nature’s “wonder trees,” in that they require fire to thrive! They’re drought- and beetle-resistant; they tolerate hurricane-force winds; they thrive in hot climates; and they attract an incredible diversity of species. They protect understory plantings that grow beneath them, providing food and shelter for wildlife species – specifically gopher, tortoise, and indigo snakes.

Millions of dollars in federal grants have been distributed to restore longleaf forests and promote species recovery.

Thanks to a grant from the Cherokee Garden Community Fund, Trees Atlanta will install understory plantings – including fire-adapted shrubs such as dwarf sumac and Elliot’s blueberry, and native grasses such as purple wiregrass and splitbeard bluestem – within the longleaf pine demonstration area.

ach year, Trees Atlanta announces a list of the city’s finest specimens, the Atlanta Champion Trees. The 2014 list is now official.

A Champion Tree is determined based on measurements of its trunk circumference, its height, and the average spread of its crown. Trees Atlanta accepts nominations from the public, then a TA staff member takes measurements on all the finalists and the largest are then crowned Champion Trees. These trees represent some of the oldest, heartiest, and most beautiful trees our city has to offer.

Longleaf Pine Project

Trees Atlanta’s Longleaf Pine Project will add yet another dimension to the BeltLine Arboretum. Be sure to watch as the project develops.

Photo above by Peter Essick.

State Champion Cherrybark Oak at Our Lady of Perpetual Help beside Turner Field in Atlanta. This tree is 23 feet in circumference, 102 feet tall, and has a crown spread of 130 feet!

Meet Alex Beasley and Karla Vazquez

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wo of our valued part-timers have now joined the Trees Atlanta full-time staff. Both were prompted to pursue positions here after seeing our “Another Planting

by Trees Atlanta” signs around town.

Alex Beasley began working at Trees Atlanta in March of 2013, and then joined the full-time staff in July 2014 as a NeighborWoods Coordinator. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2011 with a degree in landscape architecture. His mom Stacy, a long-time Trees Atlanta volunteer, inspired his career choice and his enthusiasm for “all things outdoors.” Alex describes his mother, an avid gardener, in the words of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Bilbo Baggins, saying that, like hobbits, she “shares a love of things that grow.”

Alex says that, before joining Trees Atlanta, he would fantasize about starting a “rogue tree-planting organization,” one that would furtively plant trees where they were needed, “like a thief in the night.” Seeing all the Trees Atlanta signs around town led him to apply for a position here, where his tree-planting efforts

are out in the open – and much appreciated. Now he feels he’s in the ideal job: “I go to sleep at night knowing that I’m doing what I want to do, and feeling that what I do is important.”

Karla Vazquez, our new Communications Manager, was born in Mexico but her family moved to Gainesville, Georgia, when she was eight years old, after visiting relatives here during the Olympics. She’s fully bilingual in Spanish and English, and is launching several initiatives to reach out to the Spanishspeaking community on Trees Atlanta’s behalf.

Karla was a Goizueta Scholar for two years at Gainesville State College (now the University of North Georgia) before transferring to Georgia State University, where she earned her B.S. degree with a major in Marketing and a minor in Hospitality. At Georgia State, she worked on a Ray C. Anderson Foundation project to further sustainability efforts, and then undertook an internship in sustainability in the Dominican Republic. These endeavors inspired her to pursue a career with an environmental non-profit.

Arboretum Walking Tours Join one of our newly-trained Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Docents for a free guided walking tour of the Eastside Trail.

You’ll observe the horticultural collections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum and learn about the history of the corridor and the design of the Eastside Trail. The Docents will offer all sorts of information about the species of trees planted along the trail.

As you get some healthy outdoor exercise on a pleasant morning stroll (or roll, if you’re in a wheelchair), you’ll experience firsthand the positive changes the project is having on the communities adjacent to the BeltLine. The tour is appropriate to all – young and old, tree experts and beginners.

Reserve your spot on an upcoming tour at our website treesatlanta.org.

Questions? Contact Kate Baltzell at 404-681-4897, or email kateb@treesatlanta.org.

As a native Atlantan, I love how the Atlanta Beltline is helping make Atlanta a more livable city. The walking opportunities, connectivity, and beautification projects are going to be transformative. I’m especially excited about the linear arboretum, with different species of trees planted in different areas around the loop. The walking tour is a wonderful way to get locals and visitors onto the BeltLine and enjoying the city.

Karla joined us in January 2014 as an intern working on The Root Ball, enabling her to use both her marketing and hospitality skills. Because of the outstanding job she did on the Ball, she was brought on staff full-time. She feels that her job offers her the perfect career combination of her skills and her interests. In their free time, she and her husband like to explore the city and discover its “hidden gems.”

~ Martha Wilber, MD, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia

NeighborWoods Re-Inventory

Donor Spotlight: Cub Scout Pack 17

In the summer of 2014, a group of 17 Trees Atlanta volunteers and six Georgia Tech students took part in a national community tree planting study. Because we had previously collected data for trees we planted between 2009 and 2011, the Bloomington Urban Forest Research Group invited Trees Atlanta to participate in a NeighborWoods re-inventory.

Cub Scout Pack 17 of Haygood United Methodist Church in Morningside raised $2,500 for Trees Atlanta by selling their “Sure to Get a Kiss” mistletoe kits during the holiday season. The scouts ordered fresh mistletoe from a seller in Monroe, Georgia, then they packaged it in a kit with a string, pushpin, and two breath mints – “to help people experience the magic.” They sold the mistletoe door-to-door, to friends and family, in the church’s Christmas tree lot, and at the Morningside Farmer’s Market.

New in the Summer of 2014:

The scouts and their families also participated in a tree planting, making Trees Atlanta their civic donation and hands-on project for the year. They look forward to participating in another tree planting in the spring. To order your holiday mistletoe, contact Cub Master Pierce J. Pape at Pack17Scouting@gmail.com.

Education Coordinator Lauren Sandoval and the Trees Atlanta education department developed the Junior TreeKeepers program.

Each session offered five days of the following interactive and hands-on activities:

After completing a full day of training to learn how to properly use the research protocol, the team provided on-the-ground data collection on the health and growth of trees we had planted in previous years, The project goals were to evaluate the success of trees planted by urban nonprofit tree-planting programs, and to determine whether tree-planting programs have social effects on neighborhoods and individuals.

The Tech students were enrolled in The Urban Forest, a course taught by Dr. Monica Halka, in which students explore the nature of the interactions among people, trees, pavement, smog, storm water, wildlife, and other elements of a city’s arbor system.

Junior TreeKeepers Camp Trees Atlanta launched its inaugural Junior TreeKeepers Summer Camps in June and July of 2014, offering two sessions – one for elementary school students and the other for those in middle school. More sessions will be added summer 2015.

• Environmental science • Orienteering and GPS mapping • Critical thinking • Community service • Teamwork, and much more

The campers also began a new research project, Canopy Cooling Effect, which aims to highlight and study the effect of tree canopy growth on surface temperatures and humidity along the paved sections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum. Other sites visited as part of the camp experience included Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Fernbank Forest, and Stone Mountain.

Trees Atlanta

Speaker Series What:

“Let It Be an Oak” When:

Wednesday, September 17 7:30 AM: Coffee & pastries 8:00 AM: Presentation, followed by book sale & signing (ISA and ASLA CEU hours available)

Who:

Douglas W. Tallamy, Ph.D. Where:

Kendeda Center Dr. Douglas Tallamy is passionately pro-oak, as you’ll learn at his free Speakers Series lecture, “Let It Be an Oak.” He’ll compare the role of oaks to that of other popular shade trees in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

Dr. Tallamy, professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, has stimulated a national discussion about the need to share our living and working spaces with the biodiversity that runs our ecosystems. His book, Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers Association.

Copies of Bringing Nature Home will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture. (Credit cards accepted.) Those who can’t make it to the Wednesday morning lecture should plan to attend Dr. Tallamy’s free lecture “A Case for Native Plants” at The Atlanta Botanical Garden on Tuesday evening, September 16. See www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org for details.

We are honored to have Dr. Tallamy join our Speaker Series. Seating is limited so please reserve your place at the lecture at: treesatlanta.org. Contact Kate Baltzell at kateb@treesatlanta.org or call her at 404-681-4897 with questions. Special thanks to the City of Atlanta and the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for their support of this lecture.

Send Tree Greetings!

Oaks Installed on BeltLine

O

ur Holiday Tree Greetings are the perfect solution for all sorts of holiday gifting needs – for friends, family, colleagues, and business associates. The Tree Greetings let your recipients know that you’re thinking of them AND their city. How thoughtful of you!

For each $25 Tree Greeting – available from mid-November through the end of the year – we’ll plant a year-old tree in honor of your designated recipient. For multiple recipients, send us multiples of $25. The trees not only add to the beauty of our city and add much needed shade in the summer, but they improve the health of our environment as well by helping to clean the air we breathe.

We can send the specially designed cards to you, so you can fill them out – adding your name as the donor and the recipient’s name as the honoree – and address them personally. Or, you can give us a list of your recipients and we’ll carefully fill out the cards and address the envelopes according to your instructions – by hand, for a personal touch.

So plan ahead and check out treesatlanta.org in midNovember for Tree Greeting information. Or, you can contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

G

eorgia is the state with the most native oaks.

Furthermore, we have more varieties of oaks than of any other native genus, so Trees Atlanta feels it’s an important goal to plant all of Georgia’s native oak varieties on the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum.

This spring and summer, we’ve installed 28 of the 33 native varieties on the Eastern Trail near City Hall East. The Isdell Family Foundation funded a portion of the oak installation.

As Dr. Douglas Tallamy will explain in his September 17 lecture, oaks are essential to the environment in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

The Trees Atlanta arborists are now searching state nurseries for the five remaining varieties to complete the project.

Stay tuned for details to come.

Learn • Do • Give

Trees Atlanta’s Learn • Do • Give campaign kicks off in Fall 2014. The goal is to help residents of Metro Atlanta understand the benefits of urban trees and to explore the many ways they can help support our urban canopy.

Our aim is to educate our current members and volunteers and to recruit new ones in order to strengthen our team. We’re dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating.

• • •

Learn more about trees through our speaker series, workshops, and Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum tours.

Do something good for our urban canopy by volunteering to plant trees this upcoming planting season.

Give your time or contribute financially to help support a cleaner, greener city.

Keep an eye on our website and social media for more ways you can participate in Learn • Do • Give in the coming months.

Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-881-4890.

Project Updates: Trees at New Museum

P

W

rior to the recent opening of Atlanta’s newest museum, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Trees Atlanta planted 45 trees – Nuttall oaks, black tupelos, hawthorns, hornbeams, white fringe trees, and a saucer magnolia – in the greenspace opposite the museum.

orking in partnership with the Longleaf Alliance, Trees Atlanta has planted 56 longleaf pine trees on Georgia Power property bordering the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail near Monroe Drive. The planting will serve as a demonstration site to educate the public about the importance of the species and show the development of a Piedmont longleaf pine understory.

The NCCHR is dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and human rights initiatives around the world. Located in downtown Atlanta at 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., the museum opened to the public on June 23, 2014. The handsome structure sits at the north end of Centennial Park, a stone’s throw from the Coca-Cola Museum.

The trees beautify the area and provide crucial shade for visitors in Atlanta’s hot summers. The planting was funded in part by the Center itself and with additional support from The Home Depot Foundation.

New Champions Crowned

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Check out the 2014 list on our website: treesatlanta.org/our-programs/ atlantas-champion-trees

Longleaf pine forests once covered more than 90 million acres stretched across the South. Only four percent of that historic range still exists. The dramatic depletion is due to land clearing for development and agriculture.

Longleaf pines are Nature’s “wonder trees,” in that they require fire to thrive! They’re drought- and beetle-resistant; they tolerate hurricane-force winds; they thrive in hot climates; and they attract an incredible diversity of species. They protect understory plantings that grow beneath them, providing food and shelter for wildlife species – specifically gopher, tortoise, and indigo snakes.

Millions of dollars in federal grants have been distributed to restore longleaf forests and promote species recovery.

Thanks to a grant from the Cherokee Garden Community Fund, Trees Atlanta will install understory plantings – including fire-adapted shrubs such as dwarf sumac and Elliot’s blueberry, and native grasses such as purple wiregrass and splitbeard bluestem – within the longleaf pine demonstration area.

ach year, Trees Atlanta announces a list of the city’s finest specimens, the Atlanta Champion Trees. The 2014 list is now official.

A Champion Tree is determined based on measurements of its trunk circumference, its height, and the average spread of its crown. Trees Atlanta accepts nominations from the public, then a TA staff member takes measurements on all the finalists and the largest are then crowned Champion Trees. These trees represent some of the oldest, heartiest, and most beautiful trees our city has to offer.

Longleaf Pine Project

Trees Atlanta’s Longleaf Pine Project will add yet another dimension to the BeltLine Arboretum. Be sure to watch as the project develops.

Photo above by Peter Essick.

State Champion Cherrybark Oak at Our Lady of Perpetual Help beside Turner Field in Atlanta. This tree is 23 feet in circumference, 102 feet tall, and has a crown spread of 130 feet!

Meet Alex Beasley and Karla Vazquez

T

wo of our valued part-timers have now joined the Trees Atlanta full-time staff. Both were prompted to pursue positions here after seeing our “Another Planting

by Trees Atlanta” signs around town.

Alex Beasley began working at Trees Atlanta in March of 2013, and then joined the full-time staff in July 2014 as a NeighborWoods Coordinator. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2011 with a degree in landscape architecture. His mom Stacy, a long-time Trees Atlanta volunteer, inspired his career choice and his enthusiasm for “all things outdoors.” Alex describes his mother, an avid gardener, in the words of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Bilbo Baggins, saying that, like hobbits, she “shares a love of things that grow.”

Alex says that, before joining Trees Atlanta, he would fantasize about starting a “rogue tree-planting organization,” one that would furtively plant trees where they were needed, “like a thief in the night.” Seeing all the Trees Atlanta signs around town led him to apply for a position here, where his tree-planting efforts

are out in the open – and much appreciated. Now he feels he’s in the ideal job: “I go to sleep at night knowing that I’m doing what I want to do, and feeling that what I do is important.”

Karla Vazquez, our new Communications Manager, was born in Mexico but her family moved to Gainesville, Georgia, when she was eight years old, after visiting relatives here during the Olympics. She’s fully bilingual in Spanish and English, and is launching several initiatives to reach out to the Spanishspeaking community on Trees Atlanta’s behalf.

Karla was a Goizueta Scholar for two years at Gainesville State College (now the University of North Georgia) before transferring to Georgia State University, where she earned her B.S. degree with a major in Marketing and a minor in Hospitality. At Georgia State, she worked on a Ray C. Anderson Foundation project to further sustainability efforts, and then undertook an internship in sustainability in the Dominican Republic. These endeavors inspired her to pursue a career with an environmental non-profit.

Arboretum Walking Tours Join one of our newly-trained Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Docents for a free guided walking tour of the Eastside Trail.

You’ll observe the horticultural collections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum and learn about the history of the corridor and the design of the Eastside Trail. The Docents will offer all sorts of information about the species of trees planted along the trail.

As you get some healthy outdoor exercise on a pleasant morning stroll (or roll, if you’re in a wheelchair), you’ll experience firsthand the positive changes the project is having on the communities adjacent to the BeltLine. The tour is appropriate to all – young and old, tree experts and beginners.

Reserve your spot on an upcoming tour at our website treesatlanta.org.

Questions? Contact Kate Baltzell at 404-681-4897, or email kateb@treesatlanta.org.

As a native Atlantan, I love how the Atlanta Beltline is helping make Atlanta a more livable city. The walking opportunities, connectivity, and beautification projects are going to be transformative. I’m especially excited about the linear arboretum, with different species of trees planted in different areas around the loop. The walking tour is a wonderful way to get locals and visitors onto the BeltLine and enjoying the city.

Karla joined us in January 2014 as an intern working on The Root Ball, enabling her to use both her marketing and hospitality skills. Because of the outstanding job she did on the Ball, she was brought on staff full-time. She feels that her job offers her the perfect career combination of her skills and her interests. In their free time, she and her husband like to explore the city and discover its “hidden gems.”

~ Martha Wilber, MD, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia

NeighborWoods Re-Inventory

Donor Spotlight: Cub Scout Pack 17

In the summer of 2014, a group of 17 Trees Atlanta volunteers and six Georgia Tech students took part in a national community tree planting study. Because we had previously collected data for trees we planted between 2009 and 2011, the Bloomington Urban Forest Research Group invited Trees Atlanta to participate in a NeighborWoods re-inventory.

Cub Scout Pack 17 of Haygood United Methodist Church in Morningside raised $2,500 for Trees Atlanta by selling their “Sure to Get a Kiss” mistletoe kits during the holiday season. The scouts ordered fresh mistletoe from a seller in Monroe, Georgia, then they packaged it in a kit with a string, pushpin, and two breath mints – “to help people experience the magic.” They sold the mistletoe door-to-door, to friends and family, in the church’s Christmas tree lot, and at the Morningside Farmer’s Market.

New in the Summer of 2014:

The scouts and their families also participated in a tree planting, making Trees Atlanta their civic donation and hands-on project for the year. They look forward to participating in another tree planting in the spring. To order your holiday mistletoe, contact Cub Master Pierce J. Pape at Pack17Scouting@gmail.com.

Education Coordinator Lauren Sandoval and the Trees Atlanta education department developed the Junior TreeKeepers program.

Each session offered five days of the following interactive and hands-on activities:

After completing a full day of training to learn how to properly use the research protocol, the team provided on-the-ground data collection on the health and growth of trees we had planted in previous years, The project goals were to evaluate the success of trees planted by urban nonprofit tree-planting programs, and to determine whether tree-planting programs have social effects on neighborhoods and individuals.

The Tech students were enrolled in The Urban Forest, a course taught by Dr. Monica Halka, in which students explore the nature of the interactions among people, trees, pavement, smog, storm water, wildlife, and other elements of a city’s arbor system.

Junior TreeKeepers Camp Trees Atlanta launched its inaugural Junior TreeKeepers Summer Camps in June and July of 2014, offering two sessions – one for elementary school students and the other for those in middle school. More sessions will be added summer 2015.

• Environmental science • Orienteering and GPS mapping • Critical thinking • Community service • Teamwork, and much more

The campers also began a new research project, Canopy Cooling Effect, which aims to highlight and study the effect of tree canopy growth on surface temperatures and humidity along the paved sections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum. Other sites visited as part of the camp experience included Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Fernbank Forest, and Stone Mountain.

Trees Atlanta

Speaker Series What:

“Let It Be an Oak” When:

Wednesday, September 17 7:30 AM: Coffee & pastries 8:00 AM: Presentation, followed by book sale & signing (ISA and ASLA CEU hours available)

Who:

Douglas W. Tallamy, Ph.D. Where:

Kendeda Center Dr. Douglas Tallamy is passionately pro-oak, as you’ll learn at his free Speakers Series lecture, “Let It Be an Oak.” He’ll compare the role of oaks to that of other popular shade trees in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

Dr. Tallamy, professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, has stimulated a national discussion about the need to share our living and working spaces with the biodiversity that runs our ecosystems. His book, Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers Association.

Copies of Bringing Nature Home will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture. (Credit cards accepted.) Those who can’t make it to the Wednesday morning lecture should plan to attend Dr. Tallamy’s free lecture “A Case for Native Plants” at The Atlanta Botanical Garden on Tuesday evening, September 16. See www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org for details.

We are honored to have Dr. Tallamy join our Speaker Series. Seating is limited so please reserve your place at the lecture at: treesatlanta.org. Contact Kate Baltzell at kateb@treesatlanta.org or call her at 404-681-4897 with questions. Special thanks to the City of Atlanta and the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for their support of this lecture.

Send Tree Greetings!

Oaks Installed on BeltLine

O

ur Holiday Tree Greetings are the perfect solution for all sorts of holiday gifting needs – for friends, family, colleagues, and business associates. The Tree Greetings let your recipients know that you’re thinking of them AND their city. How thoughtful of you!

For each $25 Tree Greeting – available from mid-November through the end of the year – we’ll plant a year-old tree in honor of your designated recipient. For multiple recipients, send us multiples of $25. The trees not only add to the beauty of our city and add much needed shade in the summer, but they improve the health of our environment as well by helping to clean the air we breathe.

We can send the specially designed cards to you, so you can fill them out – adding your name as the donor and the recipient’s name as the honoree – and address them personally. Or, you can give us a list of your recipients and we’ll carefully fill out the cards and address the envelopes according to your instructions – by hand, for a personal touch.

So plan ahead and check out treesatlanta.org in midNovember for Tree Greeting information. Or, you can contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

G

eorgia is the state with the most native oaks.

Furthermore, we have more varieties of oaks than of any other native genus, so Trees Atlanta feels it’s an important goal to plant all of Georgia’s native oak varieties on the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum.

This spring and summer, we’ve installed 28 of the 33 native varieties on the Eastern Trail near City Hall East. The Isdell Family Foundation funded a portion of the oak installation.

As Dr. Douglas Tallamy will explain in his September 17 lecture, oaks are essential to the environment in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

The Trees Atlanta arborists are now searching state nurseries for the five remaining varieties to complete the project.

Stay tuned for details to come.

Learn • Do • Give

Trees Atlanta’s Learn • Do • Give campaign kicks off in Fall 2014. The goal is to help residents of Metro Atlanta understand the benefits of urban trees and to explore the many ways they can help support our urban canopy.

Our aim is to educate our current members and volunteers and to recruit new ones in order to strengthen our team. We’re dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating.

• • •

Learn more about trees through our speaker series, workshops, and Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum tours.

Do something good for our urban canopy by volunteering to plant trees this upcoming planting season.

Give your time or contribute financially to help support a cleaner, greener city.

Keep an eye on our website and social media for more ways you can participate in Learn • Do • Give in the coming months.

Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-881-4890.

Project Updates: Trees at New Museum

P

W

rior to the recent opening of Atlanta’s newest museum, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Trees Atlanta planted 45 trees – Nuttall oaks, black tupelos, hawthorns, hornbeams, white fringe trees, and a saucer magnolia – in the greenspace opposite the museum.

orking in partnership with the Longleaf Alliance, Trees Atlanta has planted 56 longleaf pine trees on Georgia Power property bordering the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail near Monroe Drive. The planting will serve as a demonstration site to educate the public about the importance of the species and show the development of a Piedmont longleaf pine understory.

The NCCHR is dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and human rights initiatives around the world. Located in downtown Atlanta at 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., the museum opened to the public on June 23, 2014. The handsome structure sits at the north end of Centennial Park, a stone’s throw from the Coca-Cola Museum.

The trees beautify the area and provide crucial shade for visitors in Atlanta’s hot summers. The planting was funded in part by the Center itself and with additional support from The Home Depot Foundation.

New Champions Crowned

E

Check out the 2014 list on our website: treesatlanta.org/our-programs/ atlantas-champion-trees

Longleaf pine forests once covered more than 90 million acres stretched across the South. Only four percent of that historic range still exists. The dramatic depletion is due to land clearing for development and agriculture.

Longleaf pines are Nature’s “wonder trees,” in that they require fire to thrive! They’re drought- and beetle-resistant; they tolerate hurricane-force winds; they thrive in hot climates; and they attract an incredible diversity of species. They protect understory plantings that grow beneath them, providing food and shelter for wildlife species – specifically gopher, tortoise, and indigo snakes.

Millions of dollars in federal grants have been distributed to restore longleaf forests and promote species recovery.

Thanks to a grant from the Cherokee Garden Community Fund, Trees Atlanta will install understory plantings – including fire-adapted shrubs such as dwarf sumac and Elliot’s blueberry, and native grasses such as purple wiregrass and splitbeard bluestem – within the longleaf pine demonstration area.

ach year, Trees Atlanta announces a list of the city’s finest specimens, the Atlanta Champion Trees. The 2014 list is now official.

A Champion Tree is determined based on measurements of its trunk circumference, its height, and the average spread of its crown. Trees Atlanta accepts nominations from the public, then a TA staff member takes measurements on all the finalists and the largest are then crowned Champion Trees. These trees represent some of the oldest, heartiest, and most beautiful trees our city has to offer.

Longleaf Pine Project

Trees Atlanta’s Longleaf Pine Project will add yet another dimension to the BeltLine Arboretum. Be sure to watch as the project develops.

Photo above by Peter Essick.

State Champion Cherrybark Oak at Our Lady of Perpetual Help beside Turner Field in Atlanta. This tree is 23 feet in circumference, 102 feet tall, and has a crown spread of 130 feet!

Meet Alex Beasley and Karla Vazquez

T

wo of our valued part-timers have now joined the Trees Atlanta full-time staff. Both were prompted to pursue positions here after seeing our “Another Planting

by Trees Atlanta” signs around town.

Alex Beasley began working at Trees Atlanta in March of 2013, and then joined the full-time staff in July 2014 as a NeighborWoods Coordinator. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2011 with a degree in landscape architecture. His mom Stacy, a long-time Trees Atlanta volunteer, inspired his career choice and his enthusiasm for “all things outdoors.” Alex describes his mother, an avid gardener, in the words of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Bilbo Baggins, saying that, like hobbits, she “shares a love of things that grow.”

Alex says that, before joining Trees Atlanta, he would fantasize about starting a “rogue tree-planting organization,” one that would furtively plant trees where they were needed, “like a thief in the night.” Seeing all the Trees Atlanta signs around town led him to apply for a position here, where his tree-planting efforts

are out in the open – and much appreciated. Now he feels he’s in the ideal job: “I go to sleep at night knowing that I’m doing what I want to do, and feeling that what I do is important.”

Karla Vazquez, our new Communications Manager, was born in Mexico but her family moved to Gainesville, Georgia, when she was eight years old, after visiting relatives here during the Olympics. She’s fully bilingual in Spanish and English, and is launching several initiatives to reach out to the Spanishspeaking community on Trees Atlanta’s behalf.

Karla was a Goizueta Scholar for two years at Gainesville State College (now the University of North Georgia) before transferring to Georgia State University, where she earned her B.S. degree with a major in Marketing and a minor in Hospitality. At Georgia State, she worked on a Ray C. Anderson Foundation project to further sustainability efforts, and then undertook an internship in sustainability in the Dominican Republic. These endeavors inspired her to pursue a career with an environmental non-profit.

Arboretum Walking Tours Join one of our newly-trained Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Docents for a free guided walking tour of the Eastside Trail.

You’ll observe the horticultural collections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum and learn about the history of the corridor and the design of the Eastside Trail. The Docents will offer all sorts of information about the species of trees planted along the trail.

As you get some healthy outdoor exercise on a pleasant morning stroll (or roll, if you’re in a wheelchair), you’ll experience firsthand the positive changes the project is having on the communities adjacent to the BeltLine. The tour is appropriate to all – young and old, tree experts and beginners.

Reserve your spot on an upcoming tour at our website treesatlanta.org.

Questions? Contact Kate Baltzell at 404-681-4897, or email kateb@treesatlanta.org.

As a native Atlantan, I love how the Atlanta Beltline is helping make Atlanta a more livable city. The walking opportunities, connectivity, and beautification projects are going to be transformative. I’m especially excited about the linear arboretum, with different species of trees planted in different areas around the loop. The walking tour is a wonderful way to get locals and visitors onto the BeltLine and enjoying the city.

Karla joined us in January 2014 as an intern working on The Root Ball, enabling her to use both her marketing and hospitality skills. Because of the outstanding job she did on the Ball, she was brought on staff full-time. She feels that her job offers her the perfect career combination of her skills and her interests. In their free time, she and her husband like to explore the city and discover its “hidden gems.”

~ Martha Wilber, MD, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia

NeighborWoods Re-Inventory

Donor Spotlight: Cub Scout Pack 17

In the summer of 2014, a group of 17 Trees Atlanta volunteers and six Georgia Tech students took part in a national community tree planting study. Because we had previously collected data for trees we planted between 2009 and 2011, the Bloomington Urban Forest Research Group invited Trees Atlanta to participate in a NeighborWoods re-inventory.

Cub Scout Pack 17 of Haygood United Methodist Church in Morningside raised $2,500 for Trees Atlanta by selling their “Sure to Get a Kiss” mistletoe kits during the holiday season. The scouts ordered fresh mistletoe from a seller in Monroe, Georgia, then they packaged it in a kit with a string, pushpin, and two breath mints – “to help people experience the magic.” They sold the mistletoe door-to-door, to friends and family, in the church’s Christmas tree lot, and at the Morningside Farmer’s Market.

New in the Summer of 2014:

The scouts and their families also participated in a tree planting, making Trees Atlanta their civic donation and hands-on project for the year. They look forward to participating in another tree planting in the spring. To order your holiday mistletoe, contact Cub Master Pierce J. Pape at Pack17Scouting@gmail.com.

Education Coordinator Lauren Sandoval and the Trees Atlanta education department developed the Junior TreeKeepers program.

Each session offered five days of the following interactive and hands-on activities:

After completing a full day of training to learn how to properly use the research protocol, the team provided on-the-ground data collection on the health and growth of trees we had planted in previous years, The project goals were to evaluate the success of trees planted by urban nonprofit tree-planting programs, and to determine whether tree-planting programs have social effects on neighborhoods and individuals.

The Tech students were enrolled in The Urban Forest, a course taught by Dr. Monica Halka, in which students explore the nature of the interactions among people, trees, pavement, smog, storm water, wildlife, and other elements of a city’s arbor system.

Junior TreeKeepers Camp Trees Atlanta launched its inaugural Junior TreeKeepers Summer Camps in June and July of 2014, offering two sessions – one for elementary school students and the other for those in middle school. More sessions will be added summer 2015.

• Environmental science • Orienteering and GPS mapping • Critical thinking • Community service • Teamwork, and much more

The campers also began a new research project, Canopy Cooling Effect, which aims to highlight and study the effect of tree canopy growth on surface temperatures and humidity along the paved sections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum. Other sites visited as part of the camp experience included Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Fernbank Forest, and Stone Mountain.

Trees Atlanta

Speaker Series What:

“Let It Be an Oak” When:

Wednesday, September 17 7:30 AM: Coffee & pastries 8:00 AM: Presentation, followed by book sale & signing (ISA and ASLA CEU hours available)

Who:

Douglas W. Tallamy, Ph.D. Where:

Kendeda Center Dr. Douglas Tallamy is passionately pro-oak, as you’ll learn at his free Speakers Series lecture, “Let It Be an Oak.” He’ll compare the role of oaks to that of other popular shade trees in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

Dr. Tallamy, professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, has stimulated a national discussion about the need to share our living and working spaces with the biodiversity that runs our ecosystems. His book, Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers Association.

Copies of Bringing Nature Home will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture. (Credit cards accepted.) Those who can’t make it to the Wednesday morning lecture should plan to attend Dr. Tallamy’s free lecture “A Case for Native Plants” at The Atlanta Botanical Garden on Tuesday evening, September 16. See www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org for details.

We are honored to have Dr. Tallamy join our Speaker Series. Seating is limited so please reserve your place at the lecture at: treesatlanta.org. Contact Kate Baltzell at kateb@treesatlanta.org or call her at 404-681-4897 with questions. Special thanks to the City of Atlanta and the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for their support of this lecture.

Send Tree Greetings!

Oaks Installed on BeltLine

O

ur Holiday Tree Greetings are the perfect solution for all sorts of holiday gifting needs – for friends, family, colleagues, and business associates. The Tree Greetings let your recipients know that you’re thinking of them AND their city. How thoughtful of you!

For each $25 Tree Greeting – available from mid-November through the end of the year – we’ll plant a year-old tree in honor of your designated recipient. For multiple recipients, send us multiples of $25. The trees not only add to the beauty of our city and add much needed shade in the summer, but they improve the health of our environment as well by helping to clean the air we breathe.

We can send the specially designed cards to you, so you can fill them out – adding your name as the donor and the recipient’s name as the honoree – and address them personally. Or, you can give us a list of your recipients and we’ll carefully fill out the cards and address the envelopes according to your instructions – by hand, for a personal touch.

So plan ahead and check out treesatlanta.org in midNovember for Tree Greeting information. Or, you can contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

G

eorgia is the state with the most native oaks.

Furthermore, we have more varieties of oaks than of any other native genus, so Trees Atlanta feels it’s an important goal to plant all of Georgia’s native oak varieties on the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum.

This spring and summer, we’ve installed 28 of the 33 native varieties on the Eastern Trail near City Hall East. The Isdell Family Foundation funded a portion of the oak installation.

As Dr. Douglas Tallamy will explain in his September 17 lecture, oaks are essential to the environment in their ability to support animal diversity, protect watersheds, sequester carbon dioxide, and restore lost plant communities.

The Trees Atlanta arborists are now searching state nurseries for the five remaining varieties to complete the project.

Stay tuned for details to come.

Learn • Do • Give

Trees Atlanta’s Learn • Do • Give campaign kicks off in Fall 2014. The goal is to help residents of Metro Atlanta understand the benefits of urban trees and to explore the many ways they can help support our urban canopy.

Our aim is to educate our current members and volunteers and to recruit new ones in order to strengthen our team. We’re dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating.

• • •

Learn more about trees through our speaker series, workshops, and Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum tours.

Do something good for our urban canopy by volunteering to plant trees this upcoming planting season.

Give your time or contribute financially to help support a cleaner, greener city.

Keep an eye on our website and social media for more ways you can participate in Learn • Do • Give in the coming months.

Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-881-4890.

The Atlanta Treebune Fall 2014 Semi-annual Newsletter

Trees Atlanta Donors

225 Chester Avenue, SE Atlanta, GA 30316

January 20, 2014 – July 21, 2014 Platinum Sponsors $50,000 and above

Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, Inc. City of Atlanta City of Dunwoody

Gold Sponsors $25,000 and above

American Forests Atlanta Beltline, Inc. Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm Inc. The UPS Foundation

Silver Sponsors $10,000 and above

Atlanta Hawks National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Five Star Grant Program Parker Hudson Rainier & Dobbs, LLP Wells Fargo

Bronze Sponsors $5,000 and above

Mr. Chad M. Dittmer and Ms. Pamela Sohn EarthShare of Georgia Google IBM National Center for Civil & Human Rights National Environmental Education Foundation Mr. John C. Portman Jr., FAIA Regions Business Capital Turner Broadcasting System Inc. WABE

Sponsors/White Oak Memberships $1,000 and above

Accenture Alternative Apparel Arbor Day Foundation Arbormedics Austin Avenue Albert LLC Adrian Babich Ms. Marcia Dew Bansley Ms. Diane H. Bartlett Bartlett Tree Experts Bold Spring Nursery, Inc. Boutte Tree Service Boy Scouts of America, Pack 17 Brookwood Hills Community Club Inc. Bryans Foundation Inc. Mrs. Lucinda W. Bunnen Carter Ms. Janet M. Chapman Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Chick-Fil-A The Coca-Cola Foundation Cox Enterprises Mr. and Mrs C. Edward Dobbs Martha and Bill Dobes Mr. Gordon Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Rick Downey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edmondson Equifax Foundation

Dedicated to protecting Atlanta’s urban forest through planting, conserving, and educating

p: 404.522.4097 f: 404.681.4909

Frazier & Deeter LLC Friends of Inman Park Inc. Ms. Tricia Gulizia Mr. David Hautau Mr. Jeff Hawthorne and Ms. Sue Lin Yee Mr. Randolph H. Henning and Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Mr. Henry Howell Interface Mr. and Mrs. Laine Kenan Mr. Jeff Kinsey Catherine and Conrad Lautenbacher Ledbetter Wanamaker Glass LLP Ed & Liz Lohr MailChimp Manheim MedQuest Associates Mid Georgia Nursery Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Morgens Mr. Ben Morris Newfields Perkins + Will Michael Phillips Mr. and Mrs. David Ratcliffe Chris and Mary Reasoner Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Robinson Rob Schreiner MD and Ms. Pattie Simone Mr. Jay Severa and Ms. Erica Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Shufeldt SparksGrove Sprinkles Cupcakes Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Stephenson III Tapestry Community Towers Watson Trishanda and Derrick Treadwell Triage Consulting Group U.S. Micro Mr. Robert Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Wanamaker Michelle and William Wells Wesley International Academy PTSA Mr. & Mrs. Pat Whitehead

Beech Memberships $500 and above

The 737 LLC Anonymous Mr. David D. Baird Ms. Valicia Beasley Mr. Robert S. Burns Mr. Joel H. Cowan City of Decatur Mr. and Mrs. Lance Disley Mr. and Mrs. Russ Furman Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Gay Jr. Ms. Sandra Givelber Givingmart Ms. Amy Glennon Ms. Ellen Hauck and Mr. Markham H. Smith Mr. Chris Hrubesh Impressionista Films Inc. Mr. Edward H. Inman Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. A. Tom Jones

While all donations are important to us, our space limitations allow us to list only donations of $250 or more.

King of Pops Mr. and Mrs. Bob Koch Ms. Terri M. Lee Mr. Greg G. Levine Carolyn and John Malone Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mann Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Gara Mr. Phillip J. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sanchez David and Sharon Schachter Sabrina and Scott Serafin Smith Dalia Architects Mrs. Lindsey Sosebee Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stokes Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Ms. Laura Thompson Time Warner Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Vinciquerra Mr. and Mrs. John E. Webster Ms. Pamela S. Woodley and Mr. Perry Mitchell

Cedar Memberships $250 and above

Mr. Jim Abbot and Ms. Jeanne LaSala Alliance for Community Trees Mr. & Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Arborguard Tree Specialists, Inc. Danielle Arellano and Robby Astrove Mrs. William B. Astrop AT&T Atlanta Community Food Bank Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Attkisson Mrs. Susan Bain Gaylen and Jeffrey Baxter Mr. Michael Beach Ellen and Duncan Beard The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mrs. Barbara Bikoff Mr. and Mrs. David Bikoff Bixler Consulting Ms. and Mr. Ruby Bock Mr. and Mrs. William Bolling Brookwood Tree Consulting Mrs. Liza Bryan Mr. Kevin Burke Mr. and Mrs. James J. Bynum III Mr. Steve Carlin and Mr. Sid Ward Mr. John C. Chambliss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Childers Kris and George Christy Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coffin Dr. Patrick Coleman Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Copeland Ms. Ann Q. Curry Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Daugherty Ms. Jaime Duguay Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dupree Ms. Francine Dykes and Mr. Richard H. Delay Mr. Brian Ego Ms. Martha Eskew and Mr. Chet Tisdale Mrs. Peggy B. Farris

Mr. Ryan Gainey Mr. John W. Gamwell Mr. and Mrs. John Gregg Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hastings Ms. Patricia Hernandez Mr. Frazier Hollis Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hood Ms. Mary B. James Mr. Lewis Jeffries and Mr. Paul Donahue Mr. John Johnson Mrs. Carolyn O. Jordan-White Ms. Emily Katt Ms. Elisabeth Koehnemann Mr. George H. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. Todd W. Latz Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. Edward Levine Mr. and Mrs. Scott MacKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Jett A. Marks Ms. Lila McAlpin Ms. Jessica A. Merriman Ms. Deborah Mook and Mr. John Painter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morgan Chris and Beth Nelson Park Pride Mr. and Mrs. E. Fay Pearce, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Steve Provost Quality Transportation Ms. Denise Quarles Margaret and Robert Reiser Mr. John M. Rittelmeyer Jr. Ms. Lisa Rogers Mrs. Deen D. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Schultz Ms. Sarah Sewell Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Silvermintz Mr. Alex Smith Ms. Susan Soper and Mr. Bo Holland Mr. Bruce Spengler Marjy and John Stagmeier Mr. David Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Brian Stone Jr. Ms. Carol Kranig, M.D. and Mr. W. Kevin Thomas, M.D. Mr. Frank A. Thomas Jr Mr. Randolph W. Thrower Ms. Kathleen Turaski Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Turner III Mr. Chris Van Beneden Yvonne and Jim Wade Ms. Alwilda L. Wallace Mr. Jonathan Wortham Yeah! Burger Pat and Chuck Young

www.treesatlanta.org

As the Leaves Turn

A publication of Trees Atlanta Co-Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer: Connie Veates Co-Executive Director & Chief Program Officer: Greg Levine

15th Annual Tree Sale & Jamboree: In a New Location!

T

his year, Trees Atlanta’s Annual Tree Sale – its fifteenth! – will be held at The Carter Center.

Editor: Karla Vazquez Designer: Brandshake Creative

The new venue offers more space for the more than 1500 plants available for sale, as well as much more available parking.

In the first week of November, Atlanta’s trees put on a vivid display. So mark your calendar and plan a leisurely stroll along the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum – or through Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Storza Woods, or Grant Park.

If you’re looking for a new leafpeeping destination, check out Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests by Jonah McDonald – with input from our own Eli Dickerson! You can find Jonah’s book online at hikingatlanta.com or at local independent bookstores.

This great guide leads you to urban forests you probably didn’t even know existed. And they’re all within 30 miles of downtown Atlanta!

Chastain Park

Member’s Woodland

C

ome party with Trees Atlanta on Friday, September 12, at our “Tailgate for Trees,” a casual get-together and fundraiser to kickoff our fall planting season.

We’ll have yummy food-truck fare, accompanied by plenty of liquid refreshment. Tickets are $50; patron-level tickets – with additional benefits – begin at $125. (If you haven’t already received an invitation letter, please let us know.)

Festivities will include a silent auction of rare and unusual trees and plants, as well as woodcrafts and art pieces from local artisans and street artists. You can plan and purchase your fall plantings or get a head start on some holiday shopping.

All proceeds will benefit our educational programs, in addition to our tree planting projects. This year, we celebrated the milestone of 100,000 trees planted across Atlanta. Now we’re busy planning the next 100,000! And our new Youth Education served more than 5,000 children in the last year.

So come to our tailgate party. Eat, drink, and merrily peruse our silent auction for rare and unusual plants, trees, art, and crafts! You’ll have a great time as you support our efforts to keep Atlanta green for generations to come.

For more information, contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

Tailgate for Trees Friday, September 12, 2014 7:00 PM Trees Atlanta’s Kendeda Center

P

lans are underway for a Members’ Woodland to be part of the new playground and path projects in Chastain Park. Trees Atlanta successfully undertook a similar Members’ Woodland in Piedmont Park. The Chastain grove of 200 native specimen trees – including oaks, elms, and dogwoods– will honor those generous and forward-thinking people who contribute to Trees Atlanta’s efforts to preserve and expand Atlanta’s tree canopy.

In addition to honoring Trees Atlanta’s contributors, the Chastain Park Members’ Woodland will offer opportunities for Atlanta’s children – of this and future generations – to learn about native trees.

During this special campaign, Trees Atlanta invited the community to give specifically to the Chastain project.

Our goal was to plant 200 trees for 200 gifts. Donors will be invited to be a part of the grand installation at a special volunteer project to be scheduled this winter. You can still

contribute toward the woodland – and we will reserve your shovel for the planting project. Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-6814890 for further information or to contribute.

When you’re doing your fall leaf walk – so much better than a drive!

– take along your field guide and you’ll be able to identify the species that are blazing with your favorite shades of yellow, orange, or red.

Some of the most colorful local trees include ginkgo, red maple, black tupelo, hickory, sourwood, sassafras, and sweetgum. You’ll appreciate the amazing trees our region has to offer while enjoying some healthy outdoor exercise.

The Tree Sale & Jamboree, held rain or shine, will offer trees, shrubs, perennials, and tree-safe vines for sale. It’s the best selection in town, including over 200 native and exotic species.

The whole family will enjoy music, cooking demonstrations, face painting, eco-crafts, and tree planting demos.

Don’t forget to pick up some of Atlanta’s finest compost for your new trees from CompostWheels while you’re there. You will also have the opportunity to take one of our curated shoppers’ tours that will focus on native, pollinator and shade trees available for purchase on site.

Saturday, October 4, 2014 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Freedom Farmers’ Market at The Carter Center 453 Freedom Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30307 For more information call 404-522-4097 or visit www.treesatlanta.org.

The Atlanta Treebune Fall 2014 Semi-annual Newsletter

Trees Atlanta Donors

225 Chester Avenue, SE Atlanta, GA 30316

January 20, 2014 – July 21, 2014 Platinum Sponsors $50,000 and above

Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, Inc. City of Atlanta City of Dunwoody

Gold Sponsors $25,000 and above

American Forests Atlanta Beltline, Inc. Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm Inc. The UPS Foundation

Silver Sponsors $10,000 and above

Atlanta Hawks National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Five Star Grant Program Parker Hudson Rainier & Dobbs, LLP Wells Fargo

Bronze Sponsors $5,000 and above

Mr. Chad M. Dittmer and Ms. Pamela Sohn EarthShare of Georgia Google IBM National Center for Civil & Human Rights National Environmental Education Foundation Mr. John C. Portman Jr., FAIA Regions Business Capital Turner Broadcasting System Inc. WABE

Sponsors/White Oak Memberships $1,000 and above

Accenture Alternative Apparel Arbor Day Foundation Arbormedics Austin Avenue Albert LLC Adrian Babich Ms. Marcia Dew Bansley Ms. Diane H. Bartlett Bartlett Tree Experts Bold Spring Nursery, Inc. Boutte Tree Service Boy Scouts of America, Pack 17 Brookwood Hills Community Club Inc. Bryans Foundation Inc. Mrs. Lucinda W. Bunnen Carter Ms. Janet M. Chapman Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Chick-Fil-A The Coca-Cola Foundation Cox Enterprises Mr. and Mrs C. Edward Dobbs Martha and Bill Dobes Mr. Gordon Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Rick Downey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edmondson Equifax Foundation

Dedicated to protecting Atlanta’s urban forest through planting, conserving, and educating

p: 404.522.4097 f: 404.681.4909

Frazier & Deeter LLC Friends of Inman Park Inc. Ms. Tricia Gulizia Mr. David Hautau Mr. Jeff Hawthorne and Ms. Sue Lin Yee Mr. Randolph H. Henning and Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Mr. Henry Howell Interface Mr. and Mrs. Laine Kenan Mr. Jeff Kinsey Catherine and Conrad Lautenbacher Ledbetter Wanamaker Glass LLP Ed & Liz Lohr MailChimp Manheim MedQuest Associates Mid Georgia Nursery Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Morgens Mr. Ben Morris Newfields Perkins + Will Michael Phillips Mr. and Mrs. David Ratcliffe Chris and Mary Reasoner Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Robinson Rob Schreiner MD and Ms. Pattie Simone Mr. Jay Severa and Ms. Erica Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Shufeldt SparksGrove Sprinkles Cupcakes Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Stephenson III Tapestry Community Towers Watson Trishanda and Derrick Treadwell Triage Consulting Group U.S. Micro Mr. Robert Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Wanamaker Michelle and William Wells Wesley International Academy PTSA Mr. & Mrs. Pat Whitehead

Beech Memberships $500 and above

The 737 LLC Anonymous Mr. David D. Baird Ms. Valicia Beasley Mr. Robert S. Burns Mr. Joel H. Cowan City of Decatur Mr. and Mrs. Lance Disley Mr. and Mrs. Russ Furman Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Gay Jr. Ms. Sandra Givelber Givingmart Ms. Amy Glennon Ms. Ellen Hauck and Mr. Markham H. Smith Mr. Chris Hrubesh Impressionista Films Inc. Mr. Edward H. Inman Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. A. Tom Jones

While all donations are important to us, our space limitations allow us to list only donations of $250 or more.

King of Pops Mr. and Mrs. Bob Koch Ms. Terri M. Lee Mr. Greg G. Levine Carolyn and John Malone Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mann Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Gara Mr. Phillip J. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sanchez David and Sharon Schachter Sabrina and Scott Serafin Smith Dalia Architects Mrs. Lindsey Sosebee Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stokes Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Ms. Laura Thompson Time Warner Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Vinciquerra Mr. and Mrs. John E. Webster Ms. Pamela S. Woodley and Mr. Perry Mitchell

Cedar Memberships $250 and above

Mr. Jim Abbot and Ms. Jeanne LaSala Alliance for Community Trees Mr. & Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Arborguard Tree Specialists, Inc. Danielle Arellano and Robby Astrove Mrs. William B. Astrop AT&T Atlanta Community Food Bank Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Attkisson Mrs. Susan Bain Gaylen and Jeffrey Baxter Mr. Michael Beach Ellen and Duncan Beard The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mrs. Barbara Bikoff Mr. and Mrs. David Bikoff Bixler Consulting Ms. and Mr. Ruby Bock Mr. and Mrs. William Bolling Brookwood Tree Consulting Mrs. Liza Bryan Mr. Kevin Burke Mr. and Mrs. James J. Bynum III Mr. Steve Carlin and Mr. Sid Ward Mr. John C. Chambliss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Childers Kris and George Christy Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coffin Dr. Patrick Coleman Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Copeland Ms. Ann Q. Curry Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Daugherty Ms. Jaime Duguay Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dupree Ms. Francine Dykes and Mr. Richard H. Delay Mr. Brian Ego Ms. Martha Eskew and Mr. Chet Tisdale Mrs. Peggy B. Farris

Mr. Ryan Gainey Mr. John W. Gamwell Mr. and Mrs. John Gregg Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hastings Ms. Patricia Hernandez Mr. Frazier Hollis Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hood Ms. Mary B. James Mr. Lewis Jeffries and Mr. Paul Donahue Mr. John Johnson Mrs. Carolyn O. Jordan-White Ms. Emily Katt Ms. Elisabeth Koehnemann Mr. George H. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. Todd W. Latz Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. Edward Levine Mr. and Mrs. Scott MacKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Jett A. Marks Ms. Lila McAlpin Ms. Jessica A. Merriman Ms. Deborah Mook and Mr. John Painter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morgan Chris and Beth Nelson Park Pride Mr. and Mrs. E. Fay Pearce, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Steve Provost Quality Transportation Ms. Denise Quarles Margaret and Robert Reiser Mr. John M. Rittelmeyer Jr. Ms. Lisa Rogers Mrs. Deen D. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Schultz Ms. Sarah Sewell Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Silvermintz Mr. Alex Smith Ms. Susan Soper and Mr. Bo Holland Mr. Bruce Spengler Marjy and John Stagmeier Mr. David Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Brian Stone Jr. Ms. Carol Kranig, M.D. and Mr. W. Kevin Thomas, M.D. Mr. Frank A. Thomas Jr Mr. Randolph W. Thrower Ms. Kathleen Turaski Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Turner III Mr. Chris Van Beneden Yvonne and Jim Wade Ms. Alwilda L. Wallace Mr. Jonathan Wortham Yeah! Burger Pat and Chuck Young

www.treesatlanta.org

As the Leaves Turn

A publication of Trees Atlanta Co-Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer: Connie Veates Co-Executive Director & Chief Program Officer: Greg Levine

15th Annual Tree Sale & Jamboree: In a New Location!

T

his year, Trees Atlanta’s Annual Tree Sale – its fifteenth! – will be held at The Carter Center.

Editor: Karla Vazquez Designer: Brandshake Creative

The new venue offers more space for the more than 1500 plants available for sale, as well as much more available parking.

In the first week of November, Atlanta’s trees put on a vivid display. So mark your calendar and plan a leisurely stroll along the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum – or through Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Storza Woods, or Grant Park.

If you’re looking for a new leafpeeping destination, check out Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests by Jonah McDonald – with input from our own Eli Dickerson! You can find Jonah’s book online at hikingatlanta.com or at local independent bookstores.

This great guide leads you to urban forests you probably didn’t even know existed. And they’re all within 30 miles of downtown Atlanta!

Chastain Park

Member’s Woodland

C

ome party with Trees Atlanta on Friday, September 12, at our “Tailgate for Trees,” a casual get-together and fundraiser to kickoff our fall planting season.

We’ll have yummy food-truck fare, accompanied by plenty of liquid refreshment. Tickets are $50; patron-level tickets – with additional benefits – begin at $125. (If you haven’t already received an invitation letter, please let us know.)

Festivities will include a silent auction of rare and unusual trees and plants, as well as woodcrafts and art pieces from local artisans and street artists. You can plan and purchase your fall plantings or get a head start on some holiday shopping.

All proceeds will benefit our educational programs, in addition to our tree planting projects. This year, we celebrated the milestone of 100,000 trees planted across Atlanta. Now we’re busy planning the next 100,000! And our new Youth Education served more than 5,000 children in the last year.

So come to our tailgate party. Eat, drink, and merrily peruse our silent auction for rare and unusual plants, trees, art, and crafts! You’ll have a great time as you support our efforts to keep Atlanta green for generations to come.

For more information, contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

Tailgate for Trees Friday, September 12, 2014 7:00 PM Trees Atlanta’s Kendeda Center

P

lans are underway for a Members’ Woodland to be part of the new playground and path projects in Chastain Park. Trees Atlanta successfully undertook a similar Members’ Woodland in Piedmont Park. The Chastain grove of 200 native specimen trees – including oaks, elms, and dogwoods– will honor those generous and forward-thinking people who contribute to Trees Atlanta’s efforts to preserve and expand Atlanta’s tree canopy.

In addition to honoring Trees Atlanta’s contributors, the Chastain Park Members’ Woodland will offer opportunities for Atlanta’s children – of this and future generations – to learn about native trees.

During this special campaign, Trees Atlanta invited the community to give specifically to the Chastain project.

Our goal was to plant 200 trees for 200 gifts. Donors will be invited to be a part of the grand installation at a special volunteer project to be scheduled this winter. You can still

contribute toward the woodland – and we will reserve your shovel for the planting project. Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-6814890 for further information or to contribute.

When you’re doing your fall leaf walk – so much better than a drive!

– take along your field guide and you’ll be able to identify the species that are blazing with your favorite shades of yellow, orange, or red.

Some of the most colorful local trees include ginkgo, red maple, black tupelo, hickory, sourwood, sassafras, and sweetgum. You’ll appreciate the amazing trees our region has to offer while enjoying some healthy outdoor exercise.

The Tree Sale & Jamboree, held rain or shine, will offer trees, shrubs, perennials, and tree-safe vines for sale. It’s the best selection in town, including over 200 native and exotic species.

The whole family will enjoy music, cooking demonstrations, face painting, eco-crafts, and tree planting demos.

Don’t forget to pick up some of Atlanta’s finest compost for your new trees from CompostWheels while you’re there. You will also have the opportunity to take one of our curated shoppers’ tours that will focus on native, pollinator and shade trees available for purchase on site.

Saturday, October 4, 2014 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Freedom Farmers’ Market at The Carter Center 453 Freedom Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30307 For more information call 404-522-4097 or visit www.treesatlanta.org.

The Atlanta Treebune Fall 2014 Semi-annual Newsletter

Trees Atlanta Donors

225 Chester Avenue, SE Atlanta, GA 30316

January 20, 2014 – July 21, 2014 Platinum Sponsors $50,000 and above

Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, Inc. City of Atlanta City of Dunwoody

Gold Sponsors $25,000 and above

American Forests Atlanta Beltline, Inc. Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm Inc. The UPS Foundation

Silver Sponsors $10,000 and above

Atlanta Hawks National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Five Star Grant Program Parker Hudson Rainier & Dobbs, LLP Wells Fargo

Bronze Sponsors $5,000 and above

Mr. Chad M. Dittmer and Ms. Pamela Sohn EarthShare of Georgia Google IBM National Center for Civil & Human Rights National Environmental Education Foundation Mr. John C. Portman Jr., FAIA Regions Business Capital Turner Broadcasting System Inc. WABE

Sponsors/White Oak Memberships $1,000 and above

Accenture Alternative Apparel Arbor Day Foundation Arbormedics Austin Avenue Albert LLC Adrian Babich Ms. Marcia Dew Bansley Ms. Diane H. Bartlett Bartlett Tree Experts Bold Spring Nursery, Inc. Boutte Tree Service Boy Scouts of America, Pack 17 Brookwood Hills Community Club Inc. Bryans Foundation Inc. Mrs. Lucinda W. Bunnen Carter Ms. Janet M. Chapman Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Chick-Fil-A The Coca-Cola Foundation Cox Enterprises Mr. and Mrs C. Edward Dobbs Martha and Bill Dobes Mr. Gordon Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Rick Downey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edmondson Equifax Foundation

Dedicated to protecting Atlanta’s urban forest through planting, conserving, and educating

p: 404.522.4097 f: 404.681.4909

Frazier & Deeter LLC Friends of Inman Park Inc. Ms. Tricia Gulizia Mr. David Hautau Mr. Jeff Hawthorne and Ms. Sue Lin Yee Mr. Randolph H. Henning and Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Mr. Henry Howell Interface Mr. and Mrs. Laine Kenan Mr. Jeff Kinsey Catherine and Conrad Lautenbacher Ledbetter Wanamaker Glass LLP Ed & Liz Lohr MailChimp Manheim MedQuest Associates Mid Georgia Nursery Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Morgens Mr. Ben Morris Newfields Perkins + Will Michael Phillips Mr. and Mrs. David Ratcliffe Chris and Mary Reasoner Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Robinson Rob Schreiner MD and Ms. Pattie Simone Mr. Jay Severa and Ms. Erica Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Shufeldt SparksGrove Sprinkles Cupcakes Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Stephenson III Tapestry Community Towers Watson Trishanda and Derrick Treadwell Triage Consulting Group U.S. Micro Mr. Robert Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Wanamaker Michelle and William Wells Wesley International Academy PTSA Mr. & Mrs. Pat Whitehead

Beech Memberships $500 and above

The 737 LLC Anonymous Mr. David D. Baird Ms. Valicia Beasley Mr. Robert S. Burns Mr. Joel H. Cowan City of Decatur Mr. and Mrs. Lance Disley Mr. and Mrs. Russ Furman Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Gay Jr. Ms. Sandra Givelber Givingmart Ms. Amy Glennon Ms. Ellen Hauck and Mr. Markham H. Smith Mr. Chris Hrubesh Impressionista Films Inc. Mr. Edward H. Inman Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. A. Tom Jones

While all donations are important to us, our space limitations allow us to list only donations of $250 or more.

King of Pops Mr. and Mrs. Bob Koch Ms. Terri M. Lee Mr. Greg G. Levine Carolyn and John Malone Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mann Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Gara Mr. Phillip J. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sanchez David and Sharon Schachter Sabrina and Scott Serafin Smith Dalia Architects Mrs. Lindsey Sosebee Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stokes Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Ms. Laura Thompson Time Warner Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Vinciquerra Mr. and Mrs. John E. Webster Ms. Pamela S. Woodley and Mr. Perry Mitchell

Cedar Memberships $250 and above

Mr. Jim Abbot and Ms. Jeanne LaSala Alliance for Community Trees Mr. & Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Arborguard Tree Specialists, Inc. Danielle Arellano and Robby Astrove Mrs. William B. Astrop AT&T Atlanta Community Food Bank Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Attkisson Mrs. Susan Bain Gaylen and Jeffrey Baxter Mr. Michael Beach Ellen and Duncan Beard The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mrs. Barbara Bikoff Mr. and Mrs. David Bikoff Bixler Consulting Ms. and Mr. Ruby Bock Mr. and Mrs. William Bolling Brookwood Tree Consulting Mrs. Liza Bryan Mr. Kevin Burke Mr. and Mrs. James J. Bynum III Mr. Steve Carlin and Mr. Sid Ward Mr. John C. Chambliss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Childers Kris and George Christy Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coffin Dr. Patrick Coleman Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Copeland Ms. Ann Q. Curry Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Daugherty Ms. Jaime Duguay Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dupree Ms. Francine Dykes and Mr. Richard H. Delay Mr. Brian Ego Ms. Martha Eskew and Mr. Chet Tisdale Mrs. Peggy B. Farris

Mr. Ryan Gainey Mr. John W. Gamwell Mr. and Mrs. John Gregg Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hastings Ms. Patricia Hernandez Mr. Frazier Hollis Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hood Ms. Mary B. James Mr. Lewis Jeffries and Mr. Paul Donahue Mr. John Johnson Mrs. Carolyn O. Jordan-White Ms. Emily Katt Ms. Elisabeth Koehnemann Mr. George H. Lanier Mr. and Mrs. Todd W. Latz Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. Edward Levine Mr. and Mrs. Scott MacKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Jett A. Marks Ms. Lila McAlpin Ms. Jessica A. Merriman Ms. Deborah Mook and Mr. John Painter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morgan Chris and Beth Nelson Park Pride Mr. and Mrs. E. Fay Pearce, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Steve Provost Quality Transportation Ms. Denise Quarles Margaret and Robert Reiser Mr. John M. Rittelmeyer Jr. Ms. Lisa Rogers Mrs. Deen D. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Schultz Ms. Sarah Sewell Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Silvermintz Mr. Alex Smith Ms. Susan Soper and Mr. Bo Holland Mr. Bruce Spengler Marjy and John Stagmeier Mr. David Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Brian Stone Jr. Ms. Carol Kranig, M.D. and Mr. W. Kevin Thomas, M.D. Mr. Frank A. Thomas Jr Mr. Randolph W. Thrower Ms. Kathleen Turaski Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Turner III Mr. Chris Van Beneden Yvonne and Jim Wade Ms. Alwilda L. Wallace Mr. Jonathan Wortham Yeah! Burger Pat and Chuck Young

www.treesatlanta.org

As the Leaves Turn

A publication of Trees Atlanta Co-Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer: Connie Veates Co-Executive Director & Chief Program Officer: Greg Levine

15th Annual Tree Sale & Jamboree: In a New Location!

T

his year, Trees Atlanta’s Annual Tree Sale – its fifteenth! – will be held at The Carter Center.

Editor: Karla Vazquez Designer: Brandshake Creative

The new venue offers more space for the more than 1500 plants available for sale, as well as much more available parking.

In the first week of November, Atlanta’s trees put on a vivid display. So mark your calendar and plan a leisurely stroll along the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum – or through Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Storza Woods, or Grant Park.

If you’re looking for a new leafpeeping destination, check out Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests by Jonah McDonald – with input from our own Eli Dickerson! You can find Jonah’s book online at hikingatlanta.com or at local independent bookstores.

This great guide leads you to urban forests you probably didn’t even know existed. And they’re all within 30 miles of downtown Atlanta!

Chastain Park

Member’s Woodland

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ome party with Trees Atlanta on Friday, September 12, at our “Tailgate for Trees,” a casual get-together and fundraiser to kickoff our fall planting season.

We’ll have yummy food-truck fare, accompanied by plenty of liquid refreshment. Tickets are $50; patron-level tickets – with additional benefits – begin at $125. (If you haven’t already received an invitation letter, please let us know.)

Festivities will include a silent auction of rare and unusual trees and plants, as well as woodcrafts and art pieces from local artisans and street artists. You can plan and purchase your fall plantings or get a head start on some holiday shopping.

All proceeds will benefit our educational programs, in addition to our tree planting projects. This year, we celebrated the milestone of 100,000 trees planted across Atlanta. Now we’re busy planning the next 100,000! And our new Youth Education served more than 5,000 children in the last year.

So come to our tailgate party. Eat, drink, and merrily peruse our silent auction for rare and unusual plants, trees, art, and crafts! You’ll have a great time as you support our efforts to keep Atlanta green for generations to come.

For more information, contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4890.

Tailgate for Trees Friday, September 12, 2014 7:00 PM Trees Atlanta’s Kendeda Center

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lans are underway for a Members’ Woodland to be part of the new playground and path projects in Chastain Park. Trees Atlanta successfully undertook a similar Members’ Woodland in Piedmont Park. The Chastain grove of 200 native specimen trees – including oaks, elms, and dogwoods– will honor those generous and forward-thinking people who contribute to Trees Atlanta’s efforts to preserve and expand Atlanta’s tree canopy.

In addition to honoring Trees Atlanta’s contributors, the Chastain Park Members’ Woodland will offer opportunities for Atlanta’s children – of this and future generations – to learn about native trees.

During this special campaign, Trees Atlanta invited the community to give specifically to the Chastain project.

Our goal was to plant 200 trees for 200 gifts. Donors will be invited to be a part of the grand installation at a special volunteer project to be scheduled this winter. You can still

contribute toward the woodland – and we will reserve your shovel for the planting project. Contact Eli Dickerson at eli@treesatlanta.org or 404-6814890 for further information or to contribute.

When you’re doing your fall leaf walk – so much better than a drive!

– take along your field guide and you’ll be able to identify the species that are blazing with your favorite shades of yellow, orange, or red.

Some of the most colorful local trees include ginkgo, red maple, black tupelo, hickory, sourwood, sassafras, and sweetgum. You’ll appreciate the amazing trees our region has to offer while enjoying some healthy outdoor exercise.

The Tree Sale & Jamboree, held rain or shine, will offer trees, shrubs, perennials, and tree-safe vines for sale. It’s the best selection in town, including over 200 native and exotic species.

The whole family will enjoy music, cooking demonstrations, face painting, eco-crafts, and tree planting demos.

Don’t forget to pick up some of Atlanta’s finest compost for your new trees from CompostWheels while you’re there. You will also have the opportunity to take one of our curated shoppers’ tours that will focus on native, pollinator and shade trees available for purchase on site.

Saturday, October 4, 2014 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Freedom Farmers’ Market at The Carter Center 453 Freedom Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30307 For more information call 404-522-4097 or visit www.treesatlanta.org.