Stekoa Creek Park
Park History and Features
History: Built in 2015 and donated to the City of Clayton by the Chattooga Conservancy, a local non-profit organization that is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the environment and cultural heritage of the Chattooga River watershed.
Created by restoring a former construction dumping site, to demonstrate the potential for more projects that could benefit the community, while helping to clean up Stekoa Creek.
Features include:
- Timber frame/Georgia granite pavilion (based on a design used by the CCC for 1930s-era picnic shelters)
- Rain garden to intercept/clean storm water discharge from Highway 441 before it flows into Stekoa Creek
- Trail system landscaped with over 100 species of native trees, shrubs and wildflowers, many rare
- Replica of a Native American ceremonial mound, created from a mound of fill dirt on the site
- A stairway and path to the top of the mound lead to a raised bed wildflower garden and a timber frame
Headwaters Master Gardeners are helping to revive this small, neglected park on the outskirts of downtown Clayton.
We are currently working as a team with Clayton Rotary, Boy Scouts, Chattooga Conservancy, and others to remove invasive species from the park and maintain the planter beds there, using mostly native plants such as Blazing Star, Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflowers.
We are proud that we’ve been instrumental in bringing attention and community resources to this little jewel and look forward to seeing it “get its shine back!”
Project Leader: Maggie Waggoner
