Programs

Programs for Scouts, School Children and Garden Clubs

These programs are available for all ages. Call the office to reserve a date and time, 404-345-1008.

Fees: $6 per scout or student. A materails fee may apply.

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Tour Sharon Beal's beautiful photography exhibition at the Preserve and then hike our trails and gather your own materials to make your very own nest! We will use a self-hardening clay to make birds eggs as well.

This program is available for all ages, reserve a date and time. Class time 90 minutes.

Tour the Preserve and take a scientist's look at our native mushrooms. Gather materials to create a mushroom habitat and sculpt a mushroom from clay to take home.

Class time, 90 minutes.

Come with your water shoes or boots and explore the creek from a bird's eye view! Learn about the Preserve's history from the time of the Native Americans till now. Be an amateur biologist, geologist and archeologist and examine the natural artifacts along the stream bed as we talk about water quality and conservation. Bring a snack or lunch to picnic in the meadow afterwards.

Class time, 90 minutes.

Call the office to book a tour and find out about pricing and touring options: 404-345-1008.

Think about Blue Heron for your Eagle Scout Project or other Scout Projects. We have available sites for:

• Trail Construction
• Animal Habitats
• Observation Platforms
• Boardwalks
• Habitat Gardening
• Arbor Walks

Please contact Blue Heron Nature Preserve for more information on how you can be involved. We have a retired scout master that is able and willing to work with Eagle Scout candidates on possible projects. We need projects and would love to have you work with us! Email us for a scout packet, or contact us.

Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Inc.
4055 Roswell Rd.
Atlanta, Georgia 30342

Speakers are available for garden club presentations on site or a place of your choosing and can include lunch or a tour.

Donation requested.

Don't want to travel? Schedule a time with Naturalist Nancy Jones to visit your school and have an in school program brought to you.

We offer:

• Organic and Edible gardening in your outdoor classroom, plus butterfly gardening, birding, rock gardening and composting with red wiggler worms.
• Cooking with edible plants and flowers, and edible nest making.
• Painting with soils and natural vegetable dyes.

Fees range from $75-$150 per class depending on number of students, and the amount of time. A materials fee may apply.

These Programs are available for school groups, Scouts and more.  Call the office at 404-345-1008, to reserve a date and time.

Learning about Birds Educator Training - Early Childhood Educators (PreK - K, 1, focus ages 2-6)
Sat. April 28th, 9:30-11:30

Birds capture the imagination of our earliest learners. Join Nikki Belmonte, Atlanta Audubon Educational Coordinator, to learn strategies for engaging young children in birding. Participants will learn about common birds, attracting birds and basic birding tips and techniques that can be translated to the young students.

The workshop will encompass learning activities for the classroom inside, playground or outdoor classroom. Participants will receive educational materials to supplement activities and their own backyard bird knowledge.

• Instructor: Nikki Belmonte
• This class qualifies for 2 hours of staff development training for teachers
• Fees: $45 for BHNP/AAS members, $55 for non members

Journaling through Collage: a Visual Language
March 17th from 9am-12pm

In this introductory workshop, you will learn how to collect, present and record natural materials, found objects and beautiful papers for your students to use in making collages. We will explore the use of composition, color theory and texture as you learn this fun and easy technique by making your own creation. The ability to combine different materials by pasting is the key to this art process.

Learn the language of collage for your pre-adult verbal or adult verbal children and speak to them in a whole new way.

Preschool and Elementary Educators
Maximum 20

• Instructor: Diane Evans, Artist and  Reggio inspired Educator
• Fees: $100 for BH members, $125 non-members. Includes materials
• This class qualifies for 3 hours of staff development training for teachers.
  
  

June 25-29th 10-noon everyday
July 16-20th 10-noon everyday

Love nature?? Enjoy being outside everyday as we explore the diverse habitats of the Preserve. Each day we will visit a new area for discovery with an art making experience included. Activities include: walking the creek, hiking the forest, watching birds, bees and butterflies in the meadow plus discovering the secret places of the wetlands. We will also collect natural materials for drawing and painting and dig our own clay from the creek.

Be prepared to get wet and dirty, wear comfortable old clothes and bring your water shoes.

• Ages 5-10
  (Snacks provided, plus a Blue Heron T shirt)
• Fees: $150 per child for the week
• Teacher: Nancy Jones

Saturday, June 2, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Surrounded by urban and suburban development, the Preserve is an enclave of nature. Join Park Ranger and Naturalist Jerry Hightower for a walk through Blue Heron Preserve and enjoy the early summer wildflowers and ferns. 

Jerry is employed by The National Park Service and grew up near by in Sandy Springs. He has been roaming the fields and forests of this area for over half a century and is ready to teach you about the extraordinary diversity of our wildlife and native plants.

Location: Blue Heron Nature Preserve
4055 Roswell Road, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Meet in the parking area at the trail head.

• Facilities: Located in the 4055 building.
• Difficulty: This hike will be leisurely.
• Bring: Dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes suitable for a forest trail, and bring water. You may wish to bring binoculars, hand lens, and camera.

Reservations required. Call the Blue Heron office, 404-345-1008 or send an email to nancyjljones@mindspring.com

Limit:  25

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We offer many different types of programming and tours for scouts, garden clubs, schools and businesses:

Scouting: Tours and programs are $6 per scout and can be tailored to meet badge requirements and any area of study in nature, art, ecology, wildlife, birds, recycling, conservation and more.

Garden Clubs/Businesses: A speaking presentation and or tour is available with a requested donation to the Preserve.

Schools: Staff development is offered in the areas of birding, nature, conservation and art. School programs and tours are available and can be structured to particular areas of learning.

Please contact Nancy Jones at Blue Heron for pricing and appointment options, 404-345-1008.