Give-Back-to-our-Parks Morning at beautiful Briarlake Forest

We hope you can join our Atlanta Outdoor Club volunteer "subgroup" for about 3 hours this Saturday morning for a "give-back-to-our parks" work session in this beautiful DeKalb County park.  Our objective will be to help beautify and improve the forest by working with other volunteers to remove invasive vegetation, planting flowers & shrubs, ensuring proper trail drainage, spreading mulch, etc. We'll check in  with our friendly hosts at 9:30 AM on the porch of the old farmhouse beside the free parking area.  No previous experience is necessary and tools, loaner work gloves and expert supervision will be provided.  The forecast expects bright blue skies and temperatures warming to almost 50 degrees by lunchtime..

FEEL FREE to JOIN "FRIENDS of BRIARLAKE FOREST."  Briarlake Forest's 20+ acres of shady old homestead property boasts numerous gigantic Oaks and Beeches, some thought to be perhaps 200 years old. The park's extensive network of hiking trails have been built since 2012 by our neighborhood volunteers and continue to be maintained by our "Friends" group - click the links below for details.  We encourage interested AOC members to pitch in with us as your time permits on our scheduled monthly "work days."  We can easily arrange to have you added to our email roster.

FOR BRIARLAKE FOREST photos & info click:
h ttp://briarlakefop .weebly.com/
http://briarl akecommunityforest.org/
http://briarl akecommunityforest.org/the-forest-and-its-future/

OUR "MEETUP SPOT" for this event is BRIARLAKE FOREST's old farmhouse at 3330 Briarlake Road.  Please carefully follow my written Directions below.
  For a zoomable map & satellite view of this meetup spot click the Blue & Green "LOCATION" icon near the top of this article.  If you use GPS or Maps.Google.com you can  augment my verbal Directions below by entering as your Destination Address the following concise Lat/Lon coordinates:  33.8437,-84.2711

EASY DIRECTIONS from I-85 EXIT #93, "SHALLOWFORD RD" (This I-85 exit is inside I-285, about 2 miles toward downtown from the huge I-85/ 285 "Spaghetti Jcn" interchange in NE metro Atlanta.)
1.  From I-85 Exit #93 take Shallowford Rd eastward about 1 mile to its end at the Briarcliff Road traffic light.
2.  Turn Right onto Briarcliff Rd and go 0.4 mile to the first traffic light at Briarlake Rd.
3.  Turn Left onto Briarlake Rd, go 0.8 mile and look for the old farmhouse in a big shady clearing on your right . (It's about a quarter mile past the woods at the corner of Briarlake Rd & Amberwood Drive.)  Park alongside but NOT DIRECTLY ON the gravel driveways.  We'll meet on the porch of the old house.

ALTERNATE ROUTE for "East-Siders" from the I-285 LaVista Rd Exit:
- If you live on the East or SE side of Atlanta I suggest this easy alternate route:
1. From the I-285 "LaVista" exit (Exit #37 near Northlake Mall) take LaVista Road westward (toward Atlanta) about 1.5 mile to the traffic light at Briarlake Road.  (Note the elementary school on the far side of this corner.)
2. Turn Right onto Briarlake Road, go just 0.4 mile  (northward) and look for the old farmhouse in a big shady clearing on your left (just beyond the corner of Briarlake Rd & Blackwood Drive). Park alongside but NOT DIRECTLY ON the gravel driveways.  We'll meet on the porch of the old farmhouse.

Free Event, with free parking at both of these nice DeKalb County parks.