Yard Sale Saturday to Benefit Mary Scott Nature Park

The sale begins at 8 a.m.

Park Pride Gives Grants to 2 Area Parks

Little Creek Farm and Mary Scott Nature Park were among the 16 parks to get grants.

Park Pride recently announced that it is giving monetary grants to 16 parks throughout the metro Atlanta area, including two in North Druid Hills-Briarcliff. The Little Creek Farm was given $5,000 to help renovate their horse arena. The Mary Scott Nature Park got $10,000 for help in controlling invasive species of plants and landscaping. Other grants for area parks are earmarked for things like playground improvements, dog parks, fixing graffiti, water fountains and water play structures. Park Pride is a nonprofit that is dedicated to improving parks in Atlanta. They help governments, foundations, corporations, other nonprofits and Friends of the Park groups to create more and better parks throughout the city.

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Want to Help Mary Scott Nature Park?

The park is hosting a yard sale Saturday, and all of the proceeds will go toward park improvements.

Mary Scott Nature Park has some work to do, and it's looking to supporters this weekend to help out. Want to help out? Show up on Saturday. Here's a note from the park's Facebook page: Mary Scott Nature Park will be holding a yard sale this Saturday, August 25, from 8am-noon, with 100% of proceeds to benefit the park and to help fund big projects like the transformation of the entrance and the ongoing battle to eliminate invasive plants. We still need a few volunteers to help. Please contact friendsofmsnp@gmail.com if you are interested. And please.. tell your friends and neighbors about the sale! Here's a story about the park when it debuted in May 2011:

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Mary Scott Nature Park to Host Walks Winter Through Spring

The free walks will focus on subjects ranging from local Civil War history, meditative benefits of walking and native plants.

Just found this on Commissioner Jeff Rader's site: There are more of the popular “Walks in Mary Scott Nature Park” coming in early 2012. The walks are at 10 am on the last Saturday of the month at 4150 Briarcliff Road (just north of the intersection with Shallowford Road.) Walks are FREE, offered rain or shine, and last approximately one hour in length.      Walks in the (MSNP) Park – 2012 Jan. 28 – Historical Walk (Local Civil War History) – Shane Griffin, Landscape Architect   Feb. 25 – Meditative Aspects of Nature Walk – Dr. Jeff Pendergrast,   March 31 – Native Plant Walk – Beth Nathan, Georgia Native Plant Society   April 29 – Exercise for Fitness Walk – Kurt Gillon, Fitness Trainer   There will be more theme walks in following months…

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Joni Zeccola

2:55 pm on Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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