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Contact Us
Piedmont Park Conservancy
P.O. Box 7795
Atlanta, GA 30357-0795
404.875.7275 (PARK)
404.875.0530 fax
info@piedmontpark.org
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Seeing Change in Piedmont Park
In 2006, Atlanta City Council approved a revised master plan for Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Included in the plans was the redrawing of Atlanta Botanical Garden’s lease line that incorporates one acre of a hillside in exchange for three acres of the Storza woods, which will return to Parkland.
The Conservancy is utilizing the returned three acres of woodlands to access the northern part of Piedmont Park and now is in the process of expanding the Park by 53 acres, a 40 percent increase in useable green space. View the "Breaking New Ground" video: standard-bandwidth, high-bandwidth.
This fall, Atlanta Botanical Garden will begin executing its master plan, which includes the addition of a new visitor’s center, a canopy walk and an 800-space parking facility that will built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards.
Atlanta Botanical Gardens recently notified the Conservancy that it has filed a permit with the City of Atlanta to begin impacted tree removal for their planned additions. As stated in the application, of the trees impacted by the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s plan, 147 will be removed and of these, 26 are determined to be dead, dying or diseased. Another 27 are being retained, but may experience some root zone disturbance and the Garden is including these in their replacement totals and will replace 174 trees.
Piedmont Park "Now & Then"
The transformation is nothing short of remarkable. To learn
more about a specific restoration project, click
on a "Now
& Then" photo set below.
Piedmont Park is greener than ever before.
Learn more about the Conservancy and how YOU can support
Piedmont Park.
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Great parks are an essential ingredient in great cities.
Piedmont Park is the green heart of Atlanta,
and our city is blessed to have it. We must commit to
being good stewards of its preservation.
Arthur M. Blank
Park Update and Tour
Take a tour of the future 53-acres of Parkland that will change the way Atlantans experience Piedmont Park.
For more information, email Salimah.
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