2024-11-23T08:26:09-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150251414/swa-group-helps-plant-300-blooming-trees-in-tribute-to-late-congressman-john-lewis-in-atlanta Sean Joyner 2021-02-23T12:31:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a6/a66752c975496c720a471c79d077728a.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Through its master planning effort for Atlanta&rsquo;s Freedom Park,&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/swagroup" target="_blank">SWA Group</a>&nbsp;is participating in "Flowering Forest &ndash; A Tree Tribute to Civil Rights Leader John Lewis," a collaborative, living memorial to the late Congressman and Civil Rights leader, to be located in the park. John Lewis was instrumental in establishing Freedom Park, which is located at the heart of where the national Civil Rights movement was born.</p> <p>The living memorial to Lewis is the culmination of a three-day volunteer planting project that took in mid-February in which 300 blooming trees were planted at his namesake plaza in Atlanta. The Freedom Park Conservancy, Trees Atlanta, and The National Center for Civil and Human Rights all participated in the event.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/26/2677d19aded82bc0da8d969186c82bda.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/26/2677d19aded82bc0da8d969186c82bda.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Freedom Park Master Plan. 1. John Lewis Plaza; 2. Lake Lewis; 3. &ldquo;Flowering Forest&rdquo; Tree Tribute; 4. John Lewis Freedom Parkway Garden. Courtesy SWA Group.</figcaption></figure></figure><p>SWA assisted with the overall vision of the tribute. Landscape architects at SWA also assisted with the selec...</p>