April 3
Essential Herb Gardening
10 am.-noon at the William G. Long Senior Center extension, 223 Arnold Mill Road. Join Cherokee County UGA Extension Agent Josh Fuder to learn how to grow and incorporate common and unique culinary herbs into the garden, deck and landscape. Registration required.
April 11
Discovering Disc Golf
in Woodstock
The Woodstock Parks and Recreation Agency has planned activities for area families to enjoy. For more information, contact Jamey Snyder at jsnyder@woodstockga.gov. Register for the following events at www.WoodstockParksandRec.com. Aroundabout Local Media would love to see photos from your outdoor excursions! Let us know how you’re spending time around Woodstock with your family. Send your favorite pictures to candi@aroundaboutmagazines.com to be considered for future photo features.
April
Visit the Towne Lake Pass Trail during April for Trailstory, which combines the healthy activities of walking and reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. Created by Sequoyah Regional Library System and Woodstock Parks and Recreation, TrailStory is a project aimed at giving elementary school aged children and their families a fun, active and socially safe way to enjoy reading and Woodstock’s trails. Along the trail from Woofstock Park toward Woodstock High School, 15 signs will feature pages from the book on one side, and interactive/QR code questions about the book on the other side. Children and their families can enjoy reading those pages and the trail at their own pace, anytime, as many times as they like throughout the month.
2-3:30 p.m. at Prodigy Par 2 Disc Golf Course in Dupree Park. Participants will learn a basic level of the sport of disc golf so they can walk away from the class and be able to play a fun round. Each session of Discovering Disc Golf will cover the basics and, in addition, April’s session will focus on the technique for tee shots and long drives. Equipment for the class is provided. In addition to learning what equipment is necessary, participants will learn stance, throwing and scoring. The official rules also will be discussed. Registration required.
April 17
Discovering Gold Panning, 1-3 p.m., at the William G. Long Senior Center extension, 223 Arnold Mill Road. Led by Woodstock resident Rob Kelly, a longtime recreational gold panner, and his team from Allatoona Gold Panners Association, this activity will be a historical and functional introduction to panning for gold. Participants will learn about the history of the Georgia Gold Rush, the geological origin and properties of gold, the gold mines of Georgia, and how to locate an authorized gold creek that may be in your backyard. Also discussed will be how to “read” a gold creek to spot potential pay streaks and, finally, the steps of panning the gravel for flakes of Georgia’s 23-karat, placer gold, some of the purist in the world. Participants will be panning in troughs salted with gold in order to practice the skills required for panning in authorized creeks in North Georgia. Registration required.
April 23
Discover Rucking
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6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater. Learn about rucking (walking with weight). Participants wear a weighted backpack (or better yet, a rucksack) and hike a course. Discovering Rucking is an introductory ruck led by an instructor in a Woodstock Park or on a Woodstock Trail to help participants learn the basics of rucking and its health and social benefits. With a goal of a 20-minute mile, the ruck will include a few light physical training components to get the sweat flowing. Your weighted rucksack (backpack) should be between 10 and 20 pounds. Weighted rucksacks are encouraged, but a limited number will be made available. Bringing your own reflective clothing and safety lights are encouraged as well. Registration required.
