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A huge thank you to Sarah Towle and Anton Flores-Maisonet and Casa Alterna AND Eagle Eye Books for a great discussion about Immigrant Justice in the US at the recent Arabia Reads at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House in Decatur. Please read Sarah and Anton’s books or think about volunteering at Casa Alterna. Our next Arabia Reads is THIS WEDNESDAY, November 4 at 6pm featuring Nic Stone and her new book Dasia (Forever) at the Stonecrest Library: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-dasia-forever-by-nic-stone-tickets-2002469189250 #ArabiaReads #ArabiaMountain

We’re excited to welcome back Atlanta-based #1 NYT Bestselling Author Nic Stone for another Arabia Reads, this time to talk about her new middle grade book Dasia (Forever). This book is about a thirteen-year-old girl navigating cancer, family challenges, and newfound friendship—and discovering hope in the most unexpected places. 🗓️ Wednesday, November 4, 6-7:30pm 📍 Stonecrest Library 3123 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 Impossible Moon Bookshop will be with us selling copies of Dasia (Forever). More info / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-dasia-forever-by-nic-stone-tickets-2002469189250 #ArabiaReads #ArabiaMountain

Our full talk from this year’s Decatur Book Festival is up on our YouTube page! Hear “Images of America: Arabia Mountain NHA” co-authors Jeff Dingler and Brigette Jones discuss the Heritage Area as part of the Landscapes That Shaped the South panel with “Pat Conroy’s Lowcountry” author Lynn Seldon. The panel was held at the Decatur Marriott on October 3, 2026. Watch: https://youtu.be/wj47P5NJ2nY #DecaturBookFestival #ArabiaMountain

TOMORROW! Join us for another Arabia Reads for a thoughtful discussion about immigration and detention in the US with authors Sarah Towle and Anton Flores-Maisonet, in partnership with Casa Alterna. Towle will discuss the second edition of her book Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, and Casa Alterna founder Flores-Maisonet will talk about his book Welcome, Friends: Stories of hope and hospitality with immigrants. Eagle Eye Books will be onsite selling copies of the authors’ books. 🗓️ Tuesday, October 20, 6-7:30pm 📍 Atlanta Friends Meeting House 701 W Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030 More info / registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-immigrant-justice-with-sarah-towle-and-anton-flores-maisonet-tickets-2002602783835 #arabiamountain

It’s Banned Book Week, so we’re putting some authors who have been banned in our Little Free Library as well as some authors whose books stirred the pot (in a good way). Stop by our Little Free Library at Vaughters’ Farm this week for more banned book titles! #ArabiaMountain

Join us at the next Arabia Reads for a thoughtful discussion about immigration and detention in the US with authors Sarah Towle and Anton Flores-Maisonet, in partnership with Casa Alterna. Towle will discuss the second edition of her book Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, and Casa Alterna founder Flores-Maisonet will talk about his book Welcome, Friends: Stories of hope and hospitality with immigrants. Eagle Eye Books will be onsite selling copies of the authors’ books. 🗓️ Tuesday, October 20, 6-7:30pm 📍 Atlanta Friends Meeting House 701 W Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030 More info / registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-immigrant-justice-with-sarah-towle-and-anton-flores-maisonet-tickets-2002602783835 #ArabiaMountain

The Decatur Book Festival is TOMORROW! Alliance members and authors Jeff Dingler and Brigette Jones will be presenting our new book, Images of America: Arabia Mountain NHA, alongside Lynn Seldon and his book, Pat Conroy’s Lowcountry, as part of “Landscapes That Shaped the South,” a panel discussing landscapes, cultures, and communities that formed the South. See the panel at 10am at Decatur Marriott, Henry Oliver Room. More info: https://www.decaturbookfestival.com/event-details/landscapes-that-shaped-the-south The Arabia Alliance will also be selling and signing our book, as well as our backlog of books from past Arabia Reads events, at Booth 18. We can’t wait to see you! #DecaturBookFestival #ArabiaMountain

The Decatur Book Festival is this Saturday and we’re extra excited this year as Arabia Alliance staff Jeff Dingler and Brigette Jones are featured authors! Come see their talk about their first book, Images of America: Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. Catch their presentation on Saturday, October 3 @ 10am, Decatur Mariott, Henry Oliver Room. Arabia Mountain will also be selling the book, as well as our Arabia Reads backlog, at a table as part of the festival. Decatur Book Festival: https://www.decaturbookfestival.com #DecaturBookFestival #ArabiaMountain

🌼 TOMORROW! Stop by at the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Center, Saturday, 10-11:30am, for the next Arabia Reads (and Daisy Days)! Two-time Pulitzer nominee, Atlanta-based writer and biologist David George Haskell will discuss his new book, How Flowers Made Our World, followed by a short walk onto the outcrop, where he’ll make connections between his book and the local flowering life (at locations like Arabia and Panola)! We will also be able to see some early Yellow Daisies appearing in bloom. 🗓️ Saturday, September 26, 10-11:30am 📍 Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve 3787 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 Learn more / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-daisy-days-walk-talk-with-david-george-haskell-tickets-1997771987794 #ArabiaReads #ArabiaMountain 🗓️ Saturday, September 26, 10-11:30am 📍 Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve 3787 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 Learn more / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-daisy-days-walk-talk-with-david-george-haskell-tickets-1997771987794 #ArabiaReads #ArabiaMountain

They’re here!! The first yellow daisies, or Porter’s sunflowers (Helianthus porteri), have begun popping up around the boardwalk at the base of Arabia Mountain. Keep an eye out for more of them populating roadsides and solution pits in the area. Learn about flowers and how they impact us by joining Arabia Reads + Daisy Days: Walk & Talk with David George Haskell, sharing which he will present his book, “How Flowers Made Our World,” and lead a walk to see the daisies! THIS SATURDAY, September 26, 10-11:30am at the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Center. Learn more / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-daisy-days-walk-talk-with-david-george-haskell-tickets-1997771987794 #DaisyDays #ArabiaMountain

THIS SATURDAY! Two-time Pulitzer nominee, Atlanta-based writer and biologist David George Haskell will discuss his new book, How Flowers Made Our World, followed by a short walk onto the outcrop, where he’ll make connections between his book and the local flowering life (for the Panola Mountain fans, it is featured prominently in the book)! We may also be able to see some early Yellow Daisies appearing in bloom! 🗓️ Saturday, September 26, 10-11:30am 📍 Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve 3787 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 Learn more / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-daisy-days-walk-talk-with-david-george-haskell-tickets-1997771987794 #ArabiaReads #ArabiaMountain 🗓️ Saturday, September 26, 10-11:30am 📍 Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve 3787 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 Learn more / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-daisy-days-walk-talk-with-david-george-haskell-tickets-1997771987794 #ArabiaReads #ArabiaMountain

We’re half way through September so it’s almost daisy season! Although they aren’t out yet, get into the spirit by attending some upcoming daisy-themed events. • Daisy Days: Guided Panola Mountain Hike (Saturdays, 9/19 & 9/26, 9am-12pm) @ Panola Mountain State Park - Join a ranger-led walk up Panola Mountain to see the daisies and learn about Panola’s unique environment (they will likely be out by the 26th). • Daisy Days: Guided Arabia Mountain Hike (Friday, 9/25, 8-10am) @ Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve - Join for a morning hike as Ranger Robby shows off the signature daisies on Arabia Mountain. • Arabia Reads + Daisy Days: Walk & Talk with David George Haskell (Saturday, 9/26, 10-11:30am) @ Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve - Author and biologist David George Haskell will explore the creative powers of flowering plants with a presentation of his book “How Flowers Made Our World,” followed by a walk & talk to see the daisies. More info / register: arabiaalliance.org/calendar #DaisyDays #ArabiaMountain

The Arabia Mountain NHA 20th Anniversary Celebration is THIS SUNDAY, 2-6pm at Vaughters’ Meadow! Meet us for a good time with the community! We will also be opening up the barn for an exclusive look inside and a special exhibit. Join us for BBQ, live blues and bluegrass music, plus FREE ICE CREAM and MOKIPOPs, AWARE animal ambassadors, guided nature hikes, a pop-up museum in historic Vaughters’ Barn. 🗓️ Sunday, October 11, 2-6pm 📍 Vaughters’ Farm & Meadow 3366 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 More info / registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-anniversary-celebration-arabia-mountain-national-heritage-area-tickets-1997999420050 #ArabiaMountain

A Joro spider? Nope, it’s the native yellow garden spider (Argiope auranita)! Often mistaken for a Joro due to their similar appearance, this non-invasive counterpart is widespread across the US and is viewed as a highly beneficial pest manager that captures common garden pests. Like the Joro, the yellow garden spider is in the orb-weaver family Araneidae, named for the circular shape of their webs. You can tell it apart from the Joro via their thicker, more rounded abdomen, brown-black legs as opposed to the Joro’s yellow-black legs, a not-gold web and a “zipper” pattern on the web that yellow garden spiders are known to make as stabilization. #YellowGardenSpider #ArabiaMountain

On Thursday, September 10, 6:30-8:30pm, unwind with us on a peaceful, ranger-led sunset walk at Arabia Mountain. We’ll begin at the Nature Center before heading out for a gentle 1.5-mile walk to watch the sunset over the granite landscape. Along the way, we’ll explore Arabia’s unique ecosystems, wildlife, and seasonal wonders. Your guide will be Ranger Rachel Roberts, the DeKalb County Park Naturalist at Arabia Mountain. Where to meet: Arabia Mountain Nature Center (3787 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038) Walking distance: Easy-moderate – Approx. 1.5 miles total on a mix of gravel, rock, and paved surfaces. Suitable for most fitness levels. More info / registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-walk-to-the-peak-tickets-1998424572693 #ArabiaMountain

We’ve got a special something coming pertaining to the co-founders of the Arabia Mountain NHA! Come to the NHA Founders Coffee event at Panola Mountain State Park on Friday, October 30 at 10:30am to find out and meet co-founders Kelly Jordan and Becky Kelley. More info / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-mountain-nha-founders-coffee-tickets-2001250633517 #ArabiaMountain

16 eastern wild turkeys were seen near Lyon Farm. Turkeys are in fact very social! They frequently live and travel in flocks for increased odds of survival by working together in food searches and even parental responsibilities. They even have social hierarchy, or pecking order, with dominant alphas and distinctive lower ranks. #EasternWildTurkey #ArabiaMountain

Tomorrow’s the big day, and it looks like the rain has cleared out for us! The Arabia Mountain NHA 20th Anniversary Celebration is Sunday, October 11, 2-6pm at Vaughters’ Meadow! Music, bounce house, hayrides, food trucks, historic exhibits and more! Join us for BBQ, live blues and bluegrass music, plus FREE ICE CREAM and MOKIPOPs, AWARE animal ambassadors, guided nature hikes, a pop-up museum in historic Vaughters’ Barn. 🗓️ Sunday, October 11, 2-6pm 📍 Vaughters’ Farm & Meadow 3366 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 More info / registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-anniversary-celebration-arabia-mountain-national-heritage-area-tickets-1997999420050 #ArabiaMountain

Thanks to a search by Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve Rangers, we now have access to some photos of graffiti cleanup on the mountain from the early 2000s when it was a popular party spot! Take a look back at this restoration effort and learn about its main player, retired US Forest Service engineer and volunteer Thomas Smith, who came up with his own method of graffiti removal from the rock in the new Field Note. Read: https://arabiaalliance.org/field-notes/uncovered-images-a-photographic-recap-of-graffiti-cleanup-at-arabia/ #ArabiaMountain

🎂 Join us as we celebrate 20 amazing years of the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area - Fun for the whole family! The Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is turning 20, and to celebrate, we’re throwing a big 20th Birthday & Community Thank You Party at Vaughters’ Barn and Meadow. Join us for BBQ, live blues and bluegrass music, plus FREE ICE CREAM and MOKIPOPs, AWARE animal ambassadors, guided nature hikes, a pop-up museum in historic Vaughters’ Barn and MORE! So come out, grab a bite to eat, dance a little, and meet some of our fantastic partners who will also be there celebrating with us: AWARE Wildlife Center, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Panola Mountain State Park, South River Watershed Alliance. 🗓️ Sunday, October 11, 2-6pm 📍 Vaughters’ Barn and Meadow 3366 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 More info / registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-anniversary-celebration-arabia-mountain-national-heritage-area-tickets-1997999420050 #ArabiaMountain

This Friday, join Birds Georgia’s Habitat Team at Wilburn Farm for a workshop on how to support monarchs through habitat management. Birds Georgia is working with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to improve native habitat across Georgia for monarchs and this workshop will explain how. We will also talk about how you can implement these management techniques in your pollinator garden. 🗓️ Friday, September 4, 9am-12pm 📍 Wilburn Farm 3899 North Goddard Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 Register: https://birdsgeorgia.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F52735 The Fall Flyway Festival is a month-long series of events highlighting the vital role native plants play in supporting birds and other wildlife. Learn more and find more events here: https://www.birdsgeorgia.org/fall-flyway-festival.html #BirdsGeorgia #ArabiaMountain

Photos from Saturday’s Sunset Fishing with the Arabia Alliance! Thanks to Keon for the great instruction. Two fish were also caught (both by the same fisher-person), good job! #ArabiaMountain

TOMORROW! Stop by the DeKalb History Center on Wednesday, October 14, 12-1pm to hear cultural landscape specialist and story coach Andrew Kohr and author and journalist Jeff Dingler talk about historic cemeteries in the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, which contains at least two-dozen graveyards, ranging from early slave cemeteries that became burial grounds for freed communities to mysterious private family plots surrounded surrounded by thick walls of local granite. Join us for an insightful lecture about how Kohr surveyed and studied these disparate cemeteries and how locals can volunteer with the Arabia Alliance to help maintain many of these historic burial places that are imperiled or neglected. Bring a lunch and enjoy! 📍 DeKalb History Center 101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030 More info / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dekalb-history-center-lunch-learn-cemeteries-of-arabia-mountain-nha-tickets-1981376147394 #ArabiaMountain

🙏 Thursday, August 27: Thankful Thursday - Today we celebrated with a volunteer session at the boiler room ruins in the woods behind the Nature Center, the largest ruins in the Nature Preserve. Overgrown with vines, privet and saplings, the crew worked to clear the site and even dug up some of the stone brick foundation. Together we can strive to preserve and revitalize these special remnants of the past! #NationalParksWeek #NPSWeek #ArabiaMountain

Arabia Reads is thrilled to welcome two-time Pulitzer nominee David George Haskell, an Atlanta-based writer and biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world, for a special Daisy Days-themed Walk & Talk at the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve! Haskell will discuss his new book, How Flowers Made Our World, followed by a short walk onto the outcrop, where he’ll make connections between his book and the local flowering life at Arabia, including the famous Porter’s sunflower (aka the daisies), which will be in full bloom! 🗓️ Saturday, September 26, 10-11:30am 📍 Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve 3787 Klondike Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038 Learn more / register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabia-reads-daisy-days-walk-talk-with-david-george-haskell-tickets-1997771987794 #ArabiaReads #ArabiaMountain

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Arabia Reads is thrilled to welcome two-time Pulitzer nominee David George Haskell, an Atlanta-based writer and biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world, for a special Daisy Days-themed Walk & Talk at the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve!