CNC donates 340 lbs. to local food pantry
ATLANTA, Ga. – Nature keeps on growing, and Unity Garden at the Chattahoochee Nature Center is no different. The newest crop of produce — lettuces, kale, turnips — was dropped off April 3 at the food pantry of North Fulton Community Charities. According to CNC’s Manager of Gardens and Horticulture, Julie Hollingsworth-Hogg, this trip yielded […]
Timber Ridge ES gets visit from Kingfisher, Northside’s Sammy Stork
The Chattahoochee Nature Center would not be able to care for its injured wildlife, educate thousands of schoolchildren, or hold exciting programming without community support. Recently, the community at Timber Ridge Elementary School, in Cobb County just down the road from CNC, showed CNC just how much they care for our work. The students collected […]
Visitors, Northside Hospital make for successful wildlife baby shower at CNC
ROSWELL, GA. – Visitors to the Chattahoochee Nature Center on February 29 played exciting baby-themed games, such as matching pictures of baby animals to their adults, or guess the animal scat in the diaper. Fun! The day was to support the CNC Wildlife Department’s efforts in rehabilitating injured animals. Check out some photos […]
CNC Partners with Center for Puppetry Arts on Bat Program
ATLANTA, GA. – The Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) and the Center for Puppetry Arts have partnered to present an exciting bat program to the Atlanta public. CNC has provided its “Bats Incredible” program to the Center for Puppetry Arts to enhance educational opportunities around the world-premiere puppet show adaptation of the book Stellaluna by Janell […]
CNC recognized for highway pollinator garden
ROSWELL, GA – The Chattahoochee Nature Center was recently recognized by the Federal Highway Administration for efforts as part of building The Ray, “the sustainable road of the future.” The director of horticulture for CNC, Henning von Schmeling, received the 2019 Environmental Excellence Award on behalf of CNC January 6. This award was given to […]
Local Girl Scouts complete projects
ROSWELL, GA. – Several local Girl Scouts have completed projects at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, enhancing the visitor experience. Kyra Bard, Chloe Enderle, and Irene Palacios-Rodriguez of Troop 11763 selected CNC as the benefactor for their Silver Award Project. They created a Little Free Library inside CNC and filled it with books. The girls designed, […]
Membership goes digital
CNC is getting even greener By Farah McIntyre, Member and Donor Services Coordinator If you have visited CNC at all this summer, you have seen how green it is outside. The trees, the grass, shrubs, you get the idea. But what you may not see are the internal efforts we have been working on to […]
International tree frog returns to Georgia after trip to Canada
ROSWELL, GA. – An international traveler recently came to the Chattahoochee Nature Center, in Roswell, Ga.. A Cope’s Gray Treefrog from Georgia went on a trip to Toronto, Canada, and back. The treefrog was found by a truck driver from Sandersville, Georgia, near Milledgeville, who had crossed the border into Canada, arriving at Mississauga. The […]
Celebrate 20 years of butterflies with CNC
Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival returns June 1-2, 2019 For Immediate Release: May 20, 2019 Editors: for photos please see Dropbox or email marketing@chattnaturecenter.org. For more info on these and other events, please visit www.chattnaturecenter.org ROSWELL, GA – Have you seen butterflies sleep? They hang upside down under leaves and branches during the night. When the […]
Chattahoochee Nature Center partners with Fulton schools for farming initiative
ROSWELL, GA. – As one generation goes, another comes. Over 50 percent of America’s farmer’s today are 55 and older. The organization formerly known as the Future Farmers of America (now going as FFA) is a youth organization that prepares young people to take on careers in farming, whether that’s the technology, science or business […]
Chattahoochee Nature Center gains two 10under40 nods
Roswell, Ga – Two of Roswell Magazine’s top 10 leaders under 40 are associated with Roswell’s Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC), a leader in environmental education. Roswell Magazine announced the 10 winners of its inaugural 10Under40 recognitions, dubbed its “Roswell Millennials Project,” in early March. This is the publication’s first time honoring local young professionals under […]