Come and join us!
Help promote a healthy plant community and a sustainable forest in Connally Family Cemetery. Your work will improve habitat for humans who use the greenspace for recreation and wildlife that call it home. Activities include hand-pulling and cutting invasive plants such as English ivy, Chinese privet, and kudzu in a densely wooded area off trail. Physical activity such as bending, pulling, lifting, and kneeling is required. Please wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, and closed toe shoes or boots you don't mind getting dirty! Forest restoration can be physically strenuous - be ready to break a sweat and get dirty and learn a lot while doing it!
What to wear and bring with you
Gloves: Bring your own work gloves.
Recommended clothing: Long pants and long sleeves are recommended as you will be in close contact with plants that could scratch your skin. All volunteers need closed-toed shoes or boots, clothes that can get dirty.
Tools: Trees Atlanta provides necessary tools, but if you'd like to bring your own, any of the following tools would be helpful: hand pruners, hand saw.
Drinking water: We strongly recommend you bring drinking water in reusable containers. No one-time-use plastic bottles, please.
Allergy medication: If you've experienced life-threatening allergic reactions to insects, please come prepared with your own emergency medicine, such as an auto-injector or oral medication. Please notify the coordinator of your need for medication in the case of an allergic attack.
You may also want: Sunscreen and bug spray as needed, snacks as needed (Trees Atlanta will not provide any of these items).
To sign up, also go to : Tree Atlanta
In forested areas we sometimes encounter poison ivy, mosquitoes, and throughout the months of July-November we encounter a higher volume of yellow jackets. Your coordinator will help you learn to identify any plants or animals of concern and notify you if they see any present in the area.
Schedule
Bus will arrive in front of Forty
The bus will leave a 9:35am
The waiting time is of 10 minutes starting at 9:25am
The ride will be of approximately 25 minutes
If you are running a late or are driving to the site, please email your site supervisor: Christelle Poteau (cpotea20@scad.student.edu)
