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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.

APESTC Greening — Butterfly Garden

Garden of Tears and Hope (Butterfly Garden) (5th Avenue) 301-399 Fifth Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Rain on Wednesday kept us from being able to tend this garden on 5th avenue, so we'll descend on it this Saturday. We'll be weeding and deadheading. See you there!

APESTC GREENING – Kite Garden

Children’s Garden 372 Lake Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

On Wednesday morning, we'll begin at the Kite Garden on Lake Avenue, and then continue over to the Rain Garden on the corner of Main Street and Springwood. Weeding will be the task of the day!

APESTC Greening — Rain Garden

Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street) 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Greening on Saturday will be at the Rain Garden on Main and Springwood Ave. There will be weeds to be pulled and perennials to be planted.

APESTC Greening — Pollinator Garden

Pollinator Garden Heck Street & lake ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Wednesday's greening will begin at the Pollinator Garden on Heck and Lake Ave and end at the Rain Garden on Main and Springwood Ave. We will be weeding, planting and mulching,oh my, like "Lions, Tigers and Bears, oh my!"

APESTC Greening — Rain Garden

Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street) 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Saturday’s ESTC Greening will find us once again at the Rain Garden on Main and Springwood Ave. Jerusalem Artichokes aka Sun Chokes ( whose roots are edible)  need removal, along with Cup plants which are deceptively attractive but in time invasive. 

APESTC Greening — Gratitude Garden

Gratitude Garden 829-861 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Wednesday's ESTC Greening will begin and probably end at Gratitude Garden on Bangs Ave next to the side entrance of City Hall. Our usual late season motif of weeding will endure.

APESTC Greening — Rain Garden

Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street) 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Wednesday's ESTC Greening (9/13/23 - 8-10 AM) will continue at the Rain Garden on Main Street. Tomorrow at the Rain Garden, it will be two hours of pulling Mugwort and removing Rocks. 

APESTC Greening — Atkins Avenue Garden

Atkins Street Art Park 1208 Springwood Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Sea Hear Now will be filling up the east end of the city tomorrow and we will be avoiding that crush by working at the west end's Atkins Avenue Garden just off Springwood Avenue. Its patrons, Donna and Judge Ron Troppoli, will be there to assist us in cleaning, weeding and planting. 

APESTC Greening — Library Garden

Library Garden (Grand Street AP Public Library) 500 1st Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Wednesday's ESTC Greening (9/27/23 from 9-11 AM) will begin at the pocket garden at the Library on Grand Ave for a minor weeding. Then volunteers will move to the Pollinator Garden on Lake and Heck Ave and move eastward. The ground will be especially amenable to weeding which will be the focus of the Greening.… Read More »APESTC Greening — Library Garden

APESTC Greening — Gratitude Garden

Gratitude Garden 829-861 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Tomorrow's Greening from 9-11 AM will begin at the Gratitude Garden and move onto City Hall. Most likely we will be cleaning up after the torrential rain and, of course, weeding.

APESTC Greening — Canceled

Pivinski Park Grand Ave & Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Today's rain is peripatetic and to lessen the chance of getting caught in it, the ESTC Greening is cancelled.

APESTC Greening — Rotary Garden

Rotary Garden (Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the AP Rotary Club) (5th avenue) 301-399 Fifth Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

Today's Greening will begin at the Rotary Garden on 5th Ave and move westward to continue pruning and weeding before winter sets in.