At last night’s Decatur City Commission meeting, Commissioner Patti Garrett announced that she had just received word that Trees Atlanta will be planting 100 trees in Oakhurst to commemorate the neighborhood’s 100th birthday.

According to Ms. Garrett, Trees Atlanta will begin by planting 50 trees at the Oakhurst Birthday celebration on October 30th from 9a-12p.  Trees will be planted in memory of Oakhurst Community Garden founder Sally Wylde, so fittingly planting will begin at the corner of Oakview Road and 5th Avenue, where the first Oakhurst Community Garden plot was located.

Jack Krost sends along this announcement…

It’s time to celebrate in Decatur’s Oakhurst neighborhood. The neighborhood is 100 years old. Oakhurst was founded as its own town back in 1910, at a time when it was a small streetcar suburb of Atlanta. It was later annexed by the city of Decatur.

To mark the occasion, a host of free activities are being planned for Saturday, October 30, around Harmony Park at Oakview Road and East Lake Drive, south of College Avenue.

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