Athens Community Tree Council

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The Athens CTC is thrilled to have presented Laura Hall and Royal Landscape Design (owned by Hall Roberts) with our Tree Steward Awards this year at the Green Life Expo!

Laura Hall has worked as a land conservation professional in Athens for more than 20 years. She is the Conservation Director with the Oconee River Land Trust and a Landscape Architect. Laura Hall and Rachel Hopkins founded the Piedmont Preserve, a 50 acre urban oasis in the heart of Athens, Georgia. Laura is the Director of Wild Earth Camp, located at the Piedmont Preserve. There children are encouraged to connect to the natural environment through exploration, earth skills, tracking, crafting, storytelling and studying birds and native plants. She has dedicated her life to the conservation of land, sharing her passion, knowledge and skills with the Athens community.

Royal Landscape & Gardens is a full service landscape design and build firm. However, the term landscaper doesn’t speak to all that they are. Royal Landscape & Gardens considers themselves land managers, designers, project managers, gardeners, visionaries, and conservationists.Small scale to large scale, Royal wants to provide solutions to blend the human and natural landscape.

We had a great time celebrating Arbor Day last month at ! Perfect venue to gather, share our mission and give away tulip poplar and dogwood saplings!

Our Forest Bathing event at Sandy Creek led by Tina Tinsley was a success- “It was a tranquil, healing experience and a beautiful morning. We started with an introduction, then did a slow walk to connect and calm our minds. Then we found individual sit spots and sat on the ground for 15 minutes connecting to the forest.” Our Education Committee works hard to create meaningful events for the public that help connect us all to the urban forest, with the ultimate goal of bringing awareness to the mission of preserving and enhancing the forest canopy in Athens. We hope you’ll join us sometime. Thank you, Tina!