Community Partners and Collaborators
The garden is thankful for to all of our Community Partners
and volunteers who assist us in maintaining the garden for
the community to enjoy.
Volunteer groups currently working
with the garden:
Shoal Creek Watershed Alliance
A
group of citizens working to protect, appreciate, and educate
residents and others about the Shoal Creek watershed. Meetings
are held at the Oakhurst Garden at 7:00 PM on the third Monday
of each month. Activities at the garden location include
monthly chemical monitoring (testing the water for dissolved
oxygen, settleable solids, ph and temperature); quarterly
biological testing (counting the variety and number of macro
invertebrates in the stream); ongoing monitoring for sedimentation,
erosion, sewer leaks, etc.; and participating in stream clean
ups and ivy pulls.
For more information, please contact Don Lake lakepack@mindspring.com or
Maggie Kelly at mok7@cdc.gov .
Acadame de Oaks
Annie
Sommerville comes on a weekly basis (weather permitting)
with three high school students from Academe de Oaks. They
check the hives, including the mite trays, and record in
the journal what they saw, and what needs to be done.
For more information, please contact ocgp@bellsouth.net,
www.academeatlanta.org
Americorps
Outward Bound A group of
nine students who give one year of their life to serve both
environmental restoration projects and work with the Atlanta
Public School system. Americorps
comes to the garden at least once per month to do all sorts
of work: spreading wood chips, planting, creating habitats,
and other miscellaneous work. The garden is thankful
for this group’s assistance in maintaining the garden
for the community to enjoy.
www.atlantaobc.org
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