Grant Park Conservancy

Grant Park Conservancy We are committed to the restoration, beautification and maintenance of historic Grant Park.
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If you'd like to support our mission, visit: https://www.gpconservancy.org/get-involved/support/ The Grant Park Conservancy (GPC) began as a group of concerned Atlanta residents who recognized the need to protect Grant Park, Atlanta's oldest city park, from the demands of growing use and declining maintenance. During an updated master plan process commissioned by the city of Atlanta Bureau of Park

s, Recreation and Cultural Affairs this group realized that the impetus to implement the new plan would come only from concerned citizens. The Conservancy was formed and now works to raise funds to carry out its mission and provide an enjoyable greenspace for families, visitors and residents of nearby neighborhoods.

♻ Our new recycling program at the Summer Shade Festival was a success! 💚 The aluminum recycling program in partnership ...
09/03/2026

♻ Our new recycling program at the Summer Shade Festival was a success! 💚 The aluminum recycling program in partnership with Peace of Mind Recycling saved 6,000 aluminum cans from going to the landfill. Meanwhile, the water towers located at key spots around the festival's footprint provided ice-cold water all weekend, allowing visitors to refill their reusable water bottles or use the provided compostable cups. 🗑 With this, we helped divert 40 pounds of waste. 💦

Our Grant Park plant this week is the deciduous, fast-growing, weeping willow (Salix babylonica). Native to northern Chi...
09/02/2026

Our Grant Park plant this week is the deciduous, fast-growing, weeping willow (Salix babylonica). Native to northern China and cultivated for millennia, this familiar and graceful tree is a fixture in many a southeastern landscape. With its slender leaves and sweeping branches, it provides nesting sites for birds, and forage for woodland creatures, such as rabbits. There are a few stunning weeping willows in the park, one of them a central feature at Loomis Plaza, and another one just north of the pool.

😎 Long before the first visitors arrive, and long after the last ones head home, our tireless festival organizers, staff...
09/01/2026

😎 Long before the first visitors arrive, and long after the last ones head home, our tireless festival organizers, staff, and volunteers are working behind the scenes to make the Summer Shade Festival happen. 💪 From supporting our vendors and artists to keeping our bands and visitors taken care of, they do it all with a smile, creating the warm, inviting spirit that makes Summer Shade so special. 💖 😎

✨ To our incredible Summer Shade team: thank you for your time, hard work, and heart. 💕 We couldn’t do it without you! 🙏🏼

📣 A huge shoutout to the incredible Atlanta Community ToolBank ! 😎 Not only do they support the Summer Shade Festival by...
08/31/2026

📣 A huge shoutout to the incredible Atlanta Community ToolBank ! 😎 Not only do they support the Summer Shade Festival by providing the equipment we need, including chairs, tables, extension cords, safety gear, work lights, 🌬 and fans to keep everyone cool, but they also provide the tools that power our volunteer workdays all year round! 🙏Thank you, Atlanta ToolBank! 💚🌳

😎 Don’t you wish we could do it all over again this weekend?! 💚 Over 20K people came out for the 24th Annual Summer Shad...
08/28/2026

😎 Don’t you wish we could do it all over again this weekend?! 💚 Over 20K people came out for the 24th Annual Summer Shade Festival benefitting the Grant Park Conservancy, and we’re still feeling the love! 💗 Two days of live music, amazing food, beer and drinks, artists and vintage markets, wrestling, yoga, a Kids Village, bike valet, and so much more. 🎶🍻🌳 We loved seeing people fill the park all weekend long! 🙏Thank you all for coming out and supporting Atlanta's oldest park! 🌳 💚 We’re already counting down to next year! ☀️

"🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 Summer Shade Festival Juried Artist winners! ✨🥇1st Place: John Lundy Sculpture 🥈2nd Place...
08/27/2026

"🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 Summer Shade Festival Juried Artist winners! ✨

🥇1st Place: John Lundy Sculpture
🥈2nd Place: From the Heart Wood Designs
🥉3rd Place: Majira Wilds


John Lundy From The Heart Wood Designs Majira Wilds

08/26/2026

✨ SURPRISE! ✨ The fence is down, and the Abana Courtyard is open! ✨ For more than 50 years, this beautiful spot behind the Erskine Fountain was closed to the public, fenced off and deteriorating. The Grant Park Conservancy has restored it and given it new life! ✨Next, we'll spruce the area up and add the finishing touches so that everyone can enjoy this peaceful gathering space! 🌳💚

♻ HAPPENING IN THE PARK: Zoo Atlanta is hosting their third annual Electronics Recycling Event on Saturday 29, from 9 a....
08/25/2026

♻ HAPPENING IN THE PARK: Zoo Atlanta is hosting their third annual Electronics Recycling Event on Saturday 29, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Bring your small electronics, including cell phones, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, digital cameras, and cords and cables! Proceeds from small electronics recycling support the Gorilla SAFE (Saving Animals from Extinction) Program. Check here for accepted larger electronics and more info: https://zooatlanta.org/event/electronics-recycling/

08/23/2026

🎶 😎There’s still time to enjoy some Summer Shade vibes! Come on out!

📆 Sunday, Aug 23 (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
🌳 Grant Park
📍574 Cherokee Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312

08/23/2026

📣 It’s a beautiful Sunday at the Summer Shade Festival! Come out and enjoy 🎶 live music on two stages, 🌮 🍢 food trucks and vendors, 🍺 drinks and beers, artist and vintage markets, 🤼 wrestling, 🚲 bike valet, a multi-age Kids Village, and more! ✨This is a free event, benefitting Atlanta’s oldest park. 💚🌳

📆 Sunday, Aug 23 (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
🌳 Grant Park
📍574 Cherokee Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312

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289 Little Street SE
Atlanta, GA
30315

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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