Tag: outdoors
Plant Sale: Georgia Native Plant Society Annual Sale
Plants most likely to survive Atlanta’s unpredictable weather extremes are native species, and the place to find the widest selection of them is at the Georgia Native Plant Society’s annual sale.
Best-Kept Secret for Unusual Plants: Maple Ridge Nursery
This East DeKalb nursery offers one of the most wide-ranging selections of hard-to-find Japanese maple cultivars in the Southeast, a collector’s dream of unusual conifer cultivars, and more than 200 hosta varieties.
Do-it-at-Home Garden Tour: Cobb Master Gardeners’ Annual Tour
Tour landscapes designed on a realistic scale—like most gardeners’ actual yards—and meet the green thumbs who grew them at this annual Mother’s Day weekend tour.
Place to Find Garden Art: Raiford Gallery
This gallery offers a Noah’s Ark of ostriches, giraffes, dogs, cats, and other critters that an imaginative Kentucky team crafts from scrap metal.
Meet Up: The Atlanta Outdoor Club
The Atlanta Outdoor Club organizes events every day, at as many as a dozen spots each weekend, from local gems like Sope Creek to bucket-list destinations like the German Alps.
12 Great Georgia Hikes
Georgia's landscape has everything from the rugged Appalachians to granite monadnocks and shady creekside trails. We whittled it down to 12 great hikes, fit for an experienced backpacker, day-tripper, or even an urban crusader (two are ITP!).
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Georgia State Parks
From coastal marshes to mountain forests, Georgia’s 47 state parks and recreation areas showcase the state’s diverse natural beauty and offer unmatched opportunities for outdoor recreation, including hiking, fishing, biking, geocaching, paddling, golf and many more activities.