Help promote a healthy plant community and a sustainable forest in Lake Claire Park. Your work will improve habitat for people 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. Please wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, and closed-toe shoes or boots you don't mind getting dirty! Physical activity such as bending, pulling, lifting, and kneeling is required. 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
Recommended clothing:Long pants and long sleeves are advised 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: shovels, hand trucks, mattocks, and hand cultivators.
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.
Please Be Advised
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.
To reserve your spot, please sign up at : Treesatlanta
Schedule
SCAD will provide a bus for transportation. While taking the bus is optional, those who choose to ride with SCAD Serve must also return by bus.
The bus will be located at the Breezeway (Main building /1600 Peachtree st).
The bus leaves at 8:40 a.m. and the event starts at 9 a.m.
The ride is approximately 20 minutes.
