In August, we shared about a new field trip opportunity for MGEVs. This Friday is the big day! On September 26, 2025, from 9 AM to 2 PM, a free field trip open to all MGEVs and worth four hours of continuing education will be hosted by UGA Extension Gwinnett and the Gwinnett Department of Water Resources personnel. Transportation for up to fifteen MGEVs will be provided via bus from the Gwinnett Water Resources office (684 Winder Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30045) to the field trip sites. Additional MGEVs are welcome to carshare and caravan along with the bus.
Three bioengineered sites will be visited in this field trip, located in a city and county park and on the grounds of a high school. Participants will see and explore plenty of greenspace with biofilters, wetlands, bioretention cells; plus stream restoration sites, stormwater regeneration features, and more! This education packed day will allow for a bring your own brown bag lunch at a park pavilion. Though provided transportation is limited to fifteen, MGEVs are encouraged to caravan along to see some fantastic horticultural and environmental engineering in action! Learn more and sign up for this field trip by contacting Lisa Klein with UGA Extension Gwinnett at lisa.klein@gwinnettcounty.com or call 678-377-4010. A schedule and site details are included below.
Parkview High School: 998 Cole Dr, Lilburn 30047: No need to check in with the school. The bus will park on a driveway apron on the side of the road (no traffic implications), Attendees can also park in the lot that is the first right after entering from Cole Road or the soccer fields across from the school. We will then walk to the project area.
Lilburn City Park: 76 Main St, Lilburn 30047.The maps and navigators usually take people to the entrance over by the railroad tracks which is where we will start, we will then walk down to the bigger pavilion behind the playground. Afterwards we will eat lunch at the pavilion.
Ronald Reagan Park: 2777 Five Forks Trickum Rd, Lawrenceville 30044. Once participants park, look for the big group up front. We will then walk through the middle of the Park and down behind the dog park to the creek.
If there are questions or you are lost, please call the UGA Extension Gwinnett office at 678-377-4010.
