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.
Tomorrow's Greening will be at Merchants Park on Main and Cookman Ave. Spring weeding and mulching will be our foci. May 1, 2024 APESTC Greening 9-11 AM
Saturday's greening will take place at the Rain Garden on Main Street and Springwood Avenue. There's more than one Greening to be done there so we will begin a several days project with our usual energy and humor.
Wednesday's Greening (5/8/24 9-11 AM) will be divided into two parts. Volunteers will gather at the Rain Garden for the first hour of plantain and mugwort pulling. The second hour will be at the City Hall sign where cannas will be removed and new soil and compost manure will be added to the present sandy… Read More »APESTC Greening — Rain Garden and City Hall
Saturday's ESTC Greening (5/11/24 - 9-11 AM) will be a reprise of this past Wednesday's cancelled agenda. Volunteers will begin at the Rain Garden on Main and Springwood Ave to continue mugwort and plantain removal and then move to the electronic sign at City Hall where cannas will be removed, new amendments will be added… Read More »APESTC Greening — Rain Garden and City Hall Sign
The weather forecast for Wednesday (5/15/24 9-11 AM) is a chance of light rain so dress appropriately! The Wednesday Greening will be at the Children's Garden on Lake Ave.
Saturday's greening will begin at the Children's Garden on Lake Avenue, and continue over to the Rainbow Bridge Garden up the road.
The next Greening will be Wednesday (5/22/24 from 9-11 AM) at the 5th and Locust Ave Rain Garden. Get ready to pull out a lot of Mugwort.
The 2024 ESTC Arbor Day theme of "Making Grand Avenue Green and Grand" resumes with Saturday's Greening. The Greening will begin at 8:00 AM instead of 9:00 AM and the hope is we will plant 3 new trees. The DPW as usual will be side by side with us delivering the trees and helping to… Read More »APESTC Greening — Grand Street and 1st Avenue
Saturday's greening will involve mulching and weeding! We'll begin at 8:00 am at Press Plaza, continue on to the Civil War Memorial/Pivinski Park, and finish at the Gratitude Garden by City Hall.
Tuesday's SUG (Spontaneous Urban Gardening) (6/4/24 - 8-10 AM) will be at the Daffodil Garden on Sunset and Bridge Aves. There will be plenty of vetch to kvetch about it.
Wednesday's greening will begin at the Civil War/Pivinski Park Garden, and continue to the Rainbow Bridge Garden on Lake Avenue. Weeding and mulching will be the tasks of the day
Saturday's Greening (6/8/24 8-10 AM) will begin at the Butterfly Garden on 5th Avenue next to Veterans' Park and end at the Rainbow Bridge Garden on Lake Ave at the south end of Kennedy Park. Irises need to be pruned and weeds pulled.