Volunteers gather on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, from 9:00am until 11:00am. We announce which garden we’ll be working on the day before each gathering, so check this page to see where we will be meeting.
It's been a while since we've tended either of our rain gardens in town. On Tuesday, volunteers will meet at the rain garden at the corner of Locust and Bridge. There will be mulching, weeding and pruning!
On Saturday morning, we'll be weeding, mulching and planting at Owen's Garden, located at 5th Avenue and Emory Street. Volunteers are also encouraged to join us at 5:00pm for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Library Square Park Monuments Project on Grand Avenue between Asbury Avenue and 1st Avenue.
Join us for a ribbon cutting ceremony, celebrating the Library Square Park Monuments Project. Long-time ESTC volunteer, Owen Mumma Berman, discovered a collection of monuments in Library Square Park, neglected and hidden beneath overgrown shrubbery. With the help of his dads, Jim and Matt, they worked to reclaim the monuments and establish a place where… Read More »Library Square Monuments Project – Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Wednesday morning's greening will begin at the Butterfly Garden (we'll mostly be weeding!). After that, the team will move over to the Civil War Garden on Grand and Cookman Avenue.
On Saturday morning, we'll descend upon Merchants' Park, and do a thorough cleaning and weeding, weather permitting!
We'll gather at the Rainbow Bridge Garden on Lake Avenue and Grand. There will be weeding, planting and mulching!
On Saturday morning we'll continue weeding the Gratitude Garden, and spread a new layer of mulch. NOTE: Greening will begin an hour earlier, at 8:00am, for the rest of the summer. Cold water and Gatorade will be provide to all volunteers who come out and brave the heat!
We'll begin at the new Kite Garden, east of the Children's Garden on Lake Ave and will move westward toward the Pollinator Garden. Though a pallet (75 bags) of mulch arrived at the DPW yesterday, thankfully the Lake Ave gardens only need superficial weeding and in true fashion some mulching as well.
Saturday's ESTC Greening will be reminiscent of a childhood game called "Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Mo" but which means "Gratitude, Merchants, Civil War, Kite" or "G,M,C,K"...all of which need some extra mulch to keep our weed population under control. Volunteers will begin at Gratitude at 8:00 AM and finish up at Kite at 10:00 AM. Since… Read More »APESTC Greening — Gratitude AND MORE
Saturday's Greening will begin the "deadheading" of roses and other perennials and we will begin at the AP Garden on Lake and Emory St. and hopefully get to the Civil War Garden as well. Since the heat continues, volunteers will begin at 8:00 AM and end at 10:00 AM. Cold drinks will be provided throughout… Read More »APESTC Greening – AP Roses
Saturday's ESTC Greening will be your summer opportunity to release your frustration and discontent with the current climate madness we are experiencing. The Rain Garden on Main and Springwood is in need of a Mugwort Massacre and with every noxious Mugwort weed you pull, the sweet sense of calm will begin to invade your spirit… Read More »APESTC Greening — Rain Garden
Greening will begin at the Pollinator Garden on Lake and Heck Ave and move eastward. The usual summer tasks will be front and center....weeding and pruning.