The Friends of Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission

APESTC Greening -- Seagull, Pollinator and Civil War gardens
2024-08-03 08:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Seagull Garden, 372 Lake Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s (August 3rd) greening will begin at the Seagull Garden on Lake Avenue. From there, we’ll continue our weeding and pruning at the Pollinator Garden (also on Lake Avenue) and finish at the Civil War Garden (on Grand Avenue).

APESTC Greening -- Civil War Garden
2024-08-07 08:00 - 10:00 | Pivinski Park, Grand Ave & Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening (8/7/24; 8:00am to 10:00am), we will be meeting at the Civil War Garden and possibly the Rainbow Bridge Garden afterwards.

APESTC Greening -- JFK Garden
2024-08-10 08:00 - 10:00
Saturday’s greening will take place in a new garden for our group (our 26th!) — we are taking over the care and maintenance of the garden at the corner of Cookman and Grand Avenue.

APESTC Greening -- Children's Garden
2024-08-14 08:00 - 10:00 | Children’s Garden, 372 Lake Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s ESTC Greening (8/14/24 – 8-10 AM) will begin on Lake Ave next to the Children’s Garden replacing dying or dead perennials.

APESTC Greening -- Lake Avenue East of Paddle Boats
2024-08-17 08:00 - 10:00
Saturday’s Greening (8/17, 8:00am) will take place in the green area east of the Paddle Boat launch on Lake Avenue. We’ll be clearing tall weeds from existing shrubbery, and planting new perennials in their place.

APESTC Greening -- Lake Avenue, west of Paddle Boats
2024-08-21 08:00 - 10:00
Wednesday’s APESTC greening (8/21, 8:00 am – 10:00 am) will be similar to what we did on Saturday. We’ll be clearing the area west of the Paddle Boat launch of weeds, and preparing it for new plantings.

APESTC Greening -- Gratitude Garden
2024-08-28 08:00 - 10:00 | Gratitude Garden, 829-861 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s Greening will begin at the Gratitude Garden and move eastward beginning at 8:00 AM.

NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival
2024-08-31 12:00 - 18:00, 2024-08-31 13:00 - 20:00
Come visit the Asbury Park Enviornmental Shade Tree Commission’s table at this year’s Friends of Clearwater Festival. We’ll be giving away tree saplings, making pine cone bird feeders with kids, and sharing information about our gardens throughout town. The festival takes place in Sunset Park, and our booth can be found near the corner of Bond Street and 5th Avenue

APESTC Greening -- Gratitude Garden
2024-09-04 08:00 - 10:00 | Gratitude Garden, 829-861 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s ESTC Greening will begin with fun in the mulch at the Gratitude Garden from 8-10 AM.

Spreading mulch can be a messy job — be sure to wear clothes that can afford to be stained.

APESTC Greening -- Daffodil garden and Locust Ave Rain Garden
2024-09-07 08:00 - 10:00 | The Daffodil Garden on Sunset Avenue, Bridge Street & Sunset Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (9/7 at 8:00am) will begin at the Daffodil garden on Sunset Avenue, and then continue to the Locust Avenue rain garden. We’ll be weeding and dead-heading — everyone’s favorite!

APESTC Greening -- Merchants' Park
2024-09-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Merchant’s Park, 172 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s ESTC Greening (9/11/24 from 9-11 AM) will be at Merchants Park on Cookman and Main St). Final weeding and mulching will be the task du jour. Note the start time is 9:00am, NOT 8:00am.

APESTC Greening -- Rain Garden on Main Street
2024-09-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening (9/18 at 9:00 am) will be a weed pulling extravaganza, at the Rain Garden on Main Street and Springwood Avenue

APESTC Greening -- Atkins Avenue Garden
2024-09-21 09:00 - 11:00 | Atkins Street Art Park, 1208 Springwood Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s Greening from 9-11 AM will be at the Atkins Ave Garden where decayed wooden boxes will be dismantled, plants will be removed to be replanted elsewhere, and three Dogwood Trees will be planted.

APESTC Greening -- Lake Avenue Shade Gardens
2024-09-25 09:00 - 11:00
Wednesday’s greening (9/24, at 9:00am) will be a revisit to the two shade gardens on Lake Avenue (next to the Swan Boat launch). We will be weeding and removing knot weed.

APESTC Greening -- Lake Avenue Friendship Garden
2024-09-28 09:00 - 11:00
Saturday’s Greening (9/28/24 – 9-11 AM) will continue on Lake Avenue beginning at the Friendship Garden and eastward.

APESTC Greening -- Lake Avenue
2024-10-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Children’s Garden, 372 Lake Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening (10/2, 9-11AM) will continue weeding on Lake Avenue east of the Children’s Garden.

APESTC Greening -- Sunset Lake Tree Planting
2024-10-05 09:00 - 11:00
Saturday’s greening (10/5, 9-11am) will take place on Sunset Lake. Locations will be at various spots around the lake, so look for our truck and the swarm of volunteers digging holes!

APESTC Greening -- Lake Avenue followed by Sunset Lake
2024-10-09 09:00 - 11:00 | Children’s Garden, 372 Lake Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s Greening (10/9, 9-11am) will begin at Bill’s Garden – (2 benches, next to the Children’s Garden on Lake Avenue) — and end on Sunset Lake to plant Hemerocalis

APESTC Greening -- Street Tree Planting
2024-10-12 09:00 - 11:00
Saturday’s greening (October 12, 9-11am) will be focused on planting 6 new street trees. We will be moving from tree to tree, in this order:

1. 407 Seventh Ave

2. 1515 Park Ave

3. Sixth Ave corner at Park Ave NW side

4. 703 Sixth Ave

5. 3rd Ave near corner with Grand (in front of Baptist church)

6. 415 Second Ave

APESTC Greening -- Civil War Garden/Pivinski Park
2024-10-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Pivinski Park, Grand Ave & Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (October 27th, 9-11am) will be at the Civil War Garden on Cookman and Grand Avenues. We will be trimming back perennials and beginning our fall clean-up.

APESTC Greening -- City Hall
2024-11-02 09:00 - 11:00 | City Hall Garden (surrounding City Hall), 1 Municipal Plaza, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (November 2nd, 9-11am) will take place at City Hall. We’ll continue cleaning out the garden beds, trimming back perennials, and other end-of-season tasks.

Arbor Day (Part 2) Tree Planting
2025-05-03 09:00 - 11:00
Arbor Day (Part 2) will be celebrated on Saturday, May 3rd from 9-11am at the Boys and Girls Club at 1201 Monroe Avenue. Shade Tree volunteers and friends are invited to plant 12 new trees.

APESTC Greening -- Owen's Garden 5th and Emory
2025-05-07 09:00 - 11:00 | Emory Street Bridge Garden, 5th Avenue and Emory Street, Asbury park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening session will take place at Owen’s Garden, at 5th Avenue and Emory. Volunteers will be weeding the flower bed, and the strip that leads up to the Emory Street bridge.

APESTC Greening -- City Hall
2025-05-10 09:00 - 11:00 | City Hall Garden (surrounding City Hall), 1 Municipal Plaza, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (5/9, starting at 9:00am) will take place in front of city hall. We’ll weed the garden bed around the sign board, and continue with weeding and mulching the gardens in front of the building.

APESTC Greening -- Pollinator Garden on Lake Avenue
2025-05-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Pollinator Garden, Heck Street & lake ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s Greening (5/17; 9-11am) will begin at the Pollinator Garden on Lake Avenue (at the foot of the bridge to Ocean Grove). We will weed and mulch that garden, then proceed eastward to do the same for the other gardens.

APESTC Greening -- Main Street Rain Garden
2025-05-24 09:00 - 11:00 | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s Greening (5/23 – 9-11am) will be clearing out some stubborn cup plants to give more space for the sunflower garden flowers to bloom later this summer.

APESTC Greening -- NJ Pride Float Decoration
2025-05-31 09:00 - 11:00
Our group will be participating in the NJ Pride Parade on Sunday, June 1. We will use our regularly scheduled greening time on Saturday morning (5/31 – 9-11am) to decorate our float. Volunteers are asked to show up at the Department of Public Works building on Main Street (near the border to Ocean Grove). If you have any greenery (branches, grasses, etc.) that we can use to help beautify our float, please bring them with you!

APESTC Greening -- Butterfly Garden
2025-06-14 08:00 - 10:00 | Garden of Tears and Hope (Butterfly Garden) (5th Avenue), 301-399 Fifth Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Our Saturday greening will begin at the Butterfly Garden (5th Avenue near Veteran’s Park) and continue to the adjacent Rotary Garden, and Owen’s Garden at the footbridge on Emory Street.

APESTC Greening -- Rainbow Bridge
2025-06-28 08:00 - 10:00 | Rainbow Bridge Garden, 104 Grand Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Our Saturday greening (6/28 8-10am) will begin at the Rainbow Bridge garden (on Lake Avenue, inside Kennedy Park). Weeding will be on the agenda!
