Close to Home for Jan. 6-7

Canton Christmas tree recycling

Canton Christmas tree recycling. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. through January (except Sundays and Jan. 15 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day). Free. Canton City Collection Site, 2525 Ridge Road, Canton. Drop-off your live tree without lights or decorations. 770-704-1544, michelle.poole@canton-georgia.com.

‘Bring One for the Chipper’ in Roswell

“Bring One for the Chipper” event by Keep Roswell Beautiful. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Roswell residents are invited to bring their Christmas trees to one of the two Home Depot locations in Roswell:

• 1580 Holcomb Bridge Road, Holcomb Woods Shopping Center.
• 870 Woodstock Road across from Publix.

Trees will be chipped into mulch and available for delivery to the public by Davey Tree. Residents are asked not to drop off trees before Saturday. Participants also will receive a special gift while supplies last. Keep Roswell Beautiful has joined with sponsors The Home Depot, 11 Alive, The Davey Tree Expert Company and the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation to sponsor the Bring One for the Chipper program as a part of a statewide effort to reuse Christmas trees. Vicki Culbreth at 770-641-3742 or vculbreth@RoswellGov.com.

Christmas tree recycling in Cobb

Christmas tree recycling. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Select Home Depot locations throughout Cobb and at these county parks:

• Noonday Creek Park, 489 Hawkins Store Road, Kennesaw.
• Lost Mountain Park, 4845 Dallas Highway, Powder Springs.
• Fullers Park, 3499 Robinson Road, Marietta.

Home Depot locations are:

• 3355 Cobb Parkway, Acworth
• 1200 East-West Connector, Austell
• 2350 Dallas Highway, Marietta
• 4101 Roswell Road, Marietta
• 449 Roberts Court, Kennesaw
• 3605 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta
• 1062 Richard Sailors Parkway, Powder Springs
• 1655 Shiloh Road, Kennesaw
• 2450 Cumberland Parkway, Atlanta

No trees will be accepted with decorations still attached. Free mulch will be available. 770-528-1135, KeepCobbBeautiful@CobbCounty.org, KeepCobbBeautiful.org.

Woodstock Christmas tree recycling

Woodstock Christmas tree recycling. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Free, including tree seedlings, coffee and donuts. Rope Mill Park, 690 Olde Rope Mill Park Road, Woodstock. No decorations, stands or flocked trees will be accepted since flocked and painted trees are poisonous to the river and animals in the park. This Bring One for the Chipper event is sponsored by the Keep Georgia Beautiful campaign and the city of Woodstock Stormwater Department. Through Jan. 15, bring a shovel to Rope Mill Park anytime from 8 a.m. to dusk to “dip” into the free mulch at Christmas Tree Chip n Dip. Marybeth Stockdale at 770-592-6000 ext. 1952. WoodstockGa.gov.

Christmas tree recycling at CHaRM

Christmas tree recycling by Live Thrive Atlanta’s CHaRM. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Tuesday, Jan. 11 and 13. Center for Hard to Recycle Materials, 1110 Hill St. SE. All trees must be free of lights and ornaments. 404-600-6386.

Christmas tree recycling in Atlanta

Christmas tree recycling by Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. All trees must be free of lights and ornaments. 404-865-8743.

• Home Depot - Buckhead, 2525 Piedmont Road NE
• Home Depot - Midtown, 650 Ponce de Leon Place NE
• Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM), 1110 Hill St.
• Home Depot – Cascade, 1032 Research Center Drive

Avondale Estates Christmas tree recycling

Avondale Estates Christmas tree recycling. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Old compost area by Lake Avondale near Wiltshire Drive and Berkeley Road. Signs posted by the lake will mark the drop-off location. Also, Avondale Estates residents may place their Christmas trees by the curb for pick up on their sanitation schedule. KeepGeorgiaBeautiful.org/bring_one_for_chipper.asp.

Historical Hunting in Lawrenceville

Historical “Sovereign Scavenger” Hunting. All of January: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Gwinnett Historic Courthouse, 185 W. Crogan St., Lawrenceville. Pick up your list of historical items throughout the Historic Courthouse property to begin your scavenger hunt and get to know the history of Gwinnett County along the way. 770-822-5450, GwinnettParks.com.

Christmas tree recycling in Atlanta

Christmas tree recycling by Keep South Fulton Beautiful. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Cascade Home Depot, Research Center off Cascade, 1032 Research Center Drive SW, Atlanta. All trees must be free of lights and ornaments. 404-906-9875.

Chess Club for Kids in Cumming

Chess Club for Kids. 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday and Feb. 3, March 3 and April 7. Free. Cumming Library, 585 Dahlonega St., Cumming. Learn the basics of the game through instruction and playing time with Chess Master Xiao Cheng. Ages 9 to 14. 770-781-9840, forsythpl.org.

Kennesaw Mountain events

January events. Free. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, Kennesaw. These events may be cancelled due to inclement weather. 770-427-4686 ext. 0 or nps.gov/kemo.

• "Guided Mountaintop Hike." 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Join a ranger for a strenuous guided hike of about two miles to the top of Big Kennesaw Mountain, focusing on local and Civil War history and some of the area's ecology.
• "Atlanta Campaign." 11-11:30 a.m. Sunday. This ranger-led program will focus on the 1864 Atlanta Campaign and how the Union and Confederate forces moved through the North Georgia countryside to the city of Atlanta. This program also will use the interpretive maps and signs within the Visitor Center.

Hike, campfire, s’mores in Dunwoody

“New Year, New Beginnings.” 1-2 p.m. Saturday. Free. Dunwoody Nature Center, 5343 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody. Join in a family-friendly Winter Hike and “Bowl Burning” ceremony. After the hike, gather by the campfire to write down your burdens from 2017, throw them in the fire and watch them burn away. Move on from 2017 and make new resolutions for 2018 and celebrate the New Year with s‘mores by the campfire. DunwoodyNature.org.