Tree Tour
Fourteen champion and heritage trees, including one that is the sole executed element of a 1998 streetscape plan.
14 stopsAbout 40 minutes
The canopy is the oldest continuously maintained public asset in Notcross, and the only one that improved during every administration regardless of what else happened.
Fourteen stops, all within the downtown district. The route is shaded end to end, which is the argument.
The Route
Stop 1: The Depot Oak
Thrasher Street at the rail alignment
A water oak of approximately 140 years, predating the freight house beside it. County champion for the species since 2016.
Stop 2: The Thrasher Willow Oaks
Thrasher Park
Eleven willow oaks planted in a single season in 1954, now forming a continuous canopy over the eastern half of the lawn.
Stop 3: The 1998 Crape Myrtle
College Street at S Peachtree Street
Planted under the 1998 College Street Streetscape Plan.
It is the only element of that plan that was executed. It is a healthy tree and is now twenty-eight years old. The rest of the plan advanced to the conceptual phase in 2024.
Stop 4: The Carlisle Magnolias
Park Drive
Two southern magnolias flanking the Carlisle House, planted at the time of construction in 1897. Both were pruned and cabled during the 2026 stabilisation.
Stop 5: Peachtree Ginkgo Row
S Peachtree Street, 20–60 block
Nine ginkgos planted in 1987. All nine drop within about seventy-two hours of each other, an event the Welcome Center is asked about every autumn and cannot schedule.
Stop 6: The Overlook Hickories
Chattahoochee Overlook
A stand of shagbark hickory on the descent below the overlook deck, the largest remaining in the county.
Stop 7: The Woman's Club Elm
94 Thrasher Street
An American elm of approximately ninety years, surviving through a combination of isolation and luck. Inspected annually.
Stop 8: Skin Alley Redbuds
Skin Alley
Seven redbuds planted along the alley in 2020 as part of the mural-wall programme. Intended as a two-week event each spring; they have delivered it six times.
Stop 9: The Diner Sycamore
12 College Street
A sycamore of uncertain age growing through a gap in the pavement it was not planted in. The City has declined three recommendations to remove it.
Stop 10: Depot Green Bald Cypress
Depot Green
Five bald cypress planted along the low edge of the green in 2011, selected for the standing water the site takes after heavy rain.
Stop 11: The Holcomb Bridge Oaks
Holcomb Bridge Road at S Peachtree Street
An avenue of eighteen water oaks on both shoulders, planted 1961 and thinned twice since.
Stop 12: Magnolia Street Magnolias
Magnolia Street
Planted in 1974 to justify the street name, which predated them by sixty years.
Stop 13: The Buchanan Pecan
Buchanan Street
A single pecan on the verge, producing heavily in alternate years. The nuts are public.
Stop 14: The Splash Pad Shade Trees
Thrasher Park
Six willow oaks planted in 2019 over what was then a drawing of a splash pad.
They were planted first, on the reasoning that shade takes longer than plumbing. When the splash pad opened in 2026 the trees were seven years established, which is the one piece of Old Notcross planning that worked exactly as intended.