Fall Festival @ Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve [Sept 26]

Saturday, September 26 

5 - 9 pm 

20th Anniversary Harvest Festival 

at the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve

• music by the Reagor Brothers Band
• crafts and activities for kids
• bonfire and s’mores
• bake sale by Girl Scout Troop 12580
• food available for purchase from the Streatery food truck (100% beef franks, pork, beef, and chicken sausages, & veggie dogs)
• beer from Three Taverns Brewery for those with a CSNP beer glass

To purchase tickets, go to the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve website. Advance tickets are $12.50 for adults (includes beer glass) and $5 for children (no glass, sorry kids!). At the door, it's cash only: $15 for adults, $5 for children.

The  Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve is an urban oasis located at 2580 Pine Bluff Dr., Decatur, GA 30033. It was featured in Hiking Atlanta's Hidden Forests: Intown and Out.

Late summer is a great time to visit and see wildflowers in bloom on the outer loop of the trail. Here are some views from about a week ago.

Seedbox flower...

...and its namesake seed box. Each seed capsule is about 1/4" wide.
Tip the seed box and tiny seeds tumble out of the opening like salt from of a salt shaker. 

Web worm moth on a goldenrod.

Cardinal flower.

A small white morning glory surrounded by joe pie weed.

Asiatic dayflower lasts as long as the name implies.
Also known as mouse ears.

Late in the season, a few jewelweeds are still blooming

Sowing next year's wildflowers...