NOTE: Pre-registration is required. Parking on site is limited. Please email Raina at: sheridan.raina@gmail.com
Field Trip Leader: Raina Singleton
Description: Practice and grow your botanizing skills in a diverse prairie ecosystem within a maintained powerline ROW. We will also be discussing the methods utilized in a pollinator planting and stormwater management project using native plantings. We will see a variety of native grasses including little bluestem, Indiangrass, couch grass and deer muhly grass as well as a variety of asters and other native perennials including coreopsis species, rattlesnake master, narrowleaf sunflower, Indian plantain, wild bergamot, mountain mint and golden aster. As interest and time allows, other areas of the Preserve are open for exploration through mixed hardwood forest, riparian stream areas and wetland meadows. Additionally there is a curated educational garden at the Ecology Center with a beautiful collection of native flowering plants and identifying name plaques.
Location & Directions: Please note there are two entrances to Linwood Nature Preserve! Meeting Location is at 122 Springview Drive, Gainesville, GA. Directions: From Atlanta, take I-985 north to exit 22 at 129 South to Gainesville/Jefferson. Take a left at the light, traveling North on US-129/Hwy 60/Thompson Bridge Road for about 4 miles. After passing a Walmart and Starbucks on the left, continue approximately 0.5 mile and turn left onto Springview Drive. This is a residential road. The park entrance is located at the bottom of the hill at a sharp turn in the road. Parking is available along a gravel road through the entrance as well as along the roadside just outside the gates. Space for parking is limited so please email/register.
Meet At: 122 Springview Drive, Gainesville GA, inside the gate and in front of the Ecology Center building.
Bathroom Facilities: None.
Walking Difficulty: This hike is easy to moderate. We will access most areas easily by well-maintained trails; however, be prepared to walk off-trail on sloped terrain.
Bring: Hat/shade, sunscreen, lunch, snacks, & water. Remember to check the weather and wear comfortable clothes and shoes for walking through tall grass in full sun. You may wish to bring binoculars, hand lens, notebook, and camera.
Contact: Raina Singleton (706) 847-0301; sheridan.raina@gmail.com