Mountain Way Common

Have you ever wondered what the bluebirds in the park eat? Wonder no more: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DKWcHDaou/?mibextid=wwXIfr

"To Support Nesting Eastern Bluebirds, Plant Native" by Dr. Ashley Kennedy, Affiliated Faculty, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware. https://nestwatch.org/blog/to-support-nesting-eastern-bluebirds-plant-native/

Have you noticed the native plants at Mountain Way Common and along the new stretch of Path400? Look for the spice bush and dogwoods on your next walk.

A happy North Buckhead came out to celebrate SPRING in Garden 684 & Mountain Way Common park yesterday. Thanks to Livable Buckhead & the North Buckhead Civic Association, sponsors and partners, the day was indeed festive. Here’s a glimpse.

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It's that time again! Below is a list of spring plant sales and native plant nurseries within an hour of Downtown Atlanta. Most of these are dedicated to native plants, but a few have a mix; research your choices carefully to know what you’re getting. Check websites to confirm details.

Trees Atlanta Native Plant Sale
Online Sale: March 6th – 23th
In-Person Sale: April 4th, 8 am – 1 pm, The Carter Center, Atlanta

Blue Heron Nature Preserve Blooms & Bargains
March 7th, 9 am – 2 pm
Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta, GA

Chattahoochee Nature Center Native Plant Sale
March 27th – 28th and April 3rd – 4th, 9 am – 5 pm
Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell

Wylde Center Spring Plant Festival
April 3rd and 4th, 10 am – 4 pm
Oakhurst Community Garden, Decatur

Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm Spring Fling
April 12th, 9 am – 2 pm
Beech Hollow Farms, Scottdale

Friends of Herbert Taylor Park & Daniel Johnson Park Spring Native Plant Sale
April 25th, 8 – 11:30 am
Morningside Farmers Market, Atlanta

Fernbank Science Center Native Plant Sale
April 25th, 8 am – 2 pm
Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta

Atlanta Area Native Plant Nurseries:
Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm
Scottdale, GA

Botany Yards
Georgia and US native seeds. Online.

Cottage Garden Natives
Lithonia, GA

The Gilmore Guys - Native Plant Nursery
Marietta, GA

Nearly Native Nursery/Native Oasis Botanical Garden
Fayetteville, GA

North Georgia Native Plant Nursery, LLC
Canton, GA

Swallowtail Center
Decatur, GA

Wild Roots Native Nursery
Online orders with pickup by appointment. Check website for pop-up sales.

Nearby GNPS Chapter Plant Sales:
Georgia Native Plant Society - North Metro Atlanta Chapter
April 11th, 9 am – 4 pm
The Grove at Wills Park, Alpharetta, GA

Georgia Native Plant Society - West Georgia Chapter
April 18th, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Carroll County Agricultural Education Center, Carrollton, GA

Athens-East Piedmont Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society
May 2nd
Sunrise Nursery, Winterville, GA

Does this warm weather have you thinking about spring?

Our friends at Blue Heron Nature Preserve are hosting Blooms & Bargains, a native plant and yard sale including native plants, like goldenrods and coneflowers, that will attract local pollinators to your yard. If gardening isn’t your thing, grab a bag of craft supplies from to leap into a new hobby as spring rolls in.

ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT SALE

SATURDAY MARCH 7 10:00 to 2:00

Pictured below is a three year old native Coral Honeysuckle from a sale several years ago. Hummingbirds love them.

It’s exciting to see this above-the-fold article about the the Park Pride Grant for the Creekside Connector Trail in the Neighbor Newspapers! We’re so grateful for the funding , and for the support of the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation and Livable Buckhead. This project would not be possible without them. Work will begin in the late spring. See the article for more about the project: https://www.fultonneighbor.com/news/north/livable-buckhead-receives-160k-grant-for-path400-park-project/article_e9fa2dcc-b9ae-44ce-8257-5acdb72ca9e7.html

Exciting news for Mountain Way Common! A new Park Pride grant to be matched by the City will help fund the construction of new and improved connections within the park and to the wooden pedestrian bridge.

Today's the day! 🎉 Ready to get started with your Great Backyard Bird Count?? 🐦️ Here's how to do it:

Step 1: Download the eBird and Merlin apps. eBird helps you keep a list of the birds you notice, and Merlin helps you identify birds by sight and sound.

Step 2: Pick a spot to go birding. It could be your backyard or a park... anywhere with birds!

Step 3: Start counting! For 15 minutes or more, identify and count as many birds as you can (you can submit multiple checklists during the four day count)

Step 4: Submit your observations through eBird or Merlin. If you're already using these apps, your regular submissions during these four days automatically count toward the GBBC.

Share your best GBBC photos with us and tag us at in your eBird checklists!

Whether you spot two species or twenty, you're contributing to critical conservation science! 🔎

Want to bird with fellow enthusiasts? Sign up for our field trips to Murphey Candler Park (Feb. 14) or Constitution Lakes (Feb. 15) ➡️ https://www.birdsgeorgia.org/field-trips.html

Happy birding!

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Photos: Trail section with towering, treetop bridge officially arrives Last major PATH400 segment to be built creates three connected miles of greenway through Buckhead

So exciting! The newly opened PATH at Mountain Way Common is fantastic. The ribbon cutting ceremony and fall festival were a blast, with more than 350 friends, neighbors, community and civic leaders joining in to celebrate this terrific new asset for our neighborhood and city. What a joy to see people from all aspects of developing and implementing this project come together to mark the official opening, literally representing the vast, interconnected web of vision, skill, persistence, political and civic will it takes to accomplish a project of this scale. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DJerxuEpc/?mibextid=wwXIfrnd