Come enjoy a stroll through an old growth forest in the middle of Sandy Springs! Katherine Coppedge, a North Fulton Master Gardener, presents an overview of The John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Preserve. The Preserve is the legacy of John Forbes, the foremost preservationist of the great outdoors in the southeast. Once a plantation along Roswell Road, the 30-acre forest is awash with native trees, shrubs, and wildflower meadows planted and maintained by North Fulton Master Gardeners. Deer, raccoon, fox, opossum and the resident raptors, red tail, sharp-shinned, coopers hawks abound. Powers Branch Creek is alive with salamanders, crawfish, and minnows. Our mission is “to preserve and protect this urban forest while linking community learning, health, and well-being to the natural environment”. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7Z1-DVFWS16gd4v8WBFCGw