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.
Wednesday's ESTC Greening (4/17/24 9-11 AM) will begin at the Civil War Garden on Grand and Cookman Avenues where we can admire the beauty of the tulips and daffodils we planted last autumn and the begin the removal of springtime weeds (chickweed and purple dead nettle). The weather promises to be amenable but there can… Read More »APESTC Greening — Civil War Garden
Despite the possibility of rain on Saturday morning, Volunteers will be 'singing in the rain' as we plant 6 Sentry Linden trees along Grand Ave beginning at the Civil War Garden on Grand and Cookman Avenues. Saturday 4/20/24 9-11 AM
Spring weeds are popping up all over so we will meet at the Gratitude Garden on Bangs Avenue at the side entrance of City Hall from 9-11 AM.
Saturday's Greening (4/27/24 - 9-11 AM) will begin at the Atkins Avenue Garden (between Springwood and Heck Ave)where a rescued Rose of Sharon and a donated Keria will be planted. Afterwards, Volunteers will return to the Gratitude Garden to complete the weeding project and begin mulching the garden.
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