Keep Pickens Beautiful

Great American Cleanup
2022-04-01 08:00 - 2022-04-30 17:00 (America/New_York) | Georgia
April is the Great American Cleanup in Pickens County. Join us as we clean up and beautify our community!

The Great American Cleanup is the country’s largest community improvement program that kicks off in more than 20,000 communities each spring. This national program engages 4+ million volunteers who take action in their communities to create positive change and lasting impact.

Watch this calendar and our Facebook page for more events and activities throughout the month.

Learn more about the Great American Cleanup HERE.

Edible Jasper Spring Begins 2022!
2022-04-02 09:00 - 12:00 | Georgia
Spring is in the air! It’s time to get the Edible Jasper gardens started!

April is the Great American Cleanup, so we’re going to start the month’s activities with cleaning up the gardens to prep them for new plants. If the weather cooperates, we may start planting some of our cold tolerant starts. We have kale varieties, swiss chard, boy choy, pac choy, and more that are ready to go in the ground asap! And we have a Serviceberry tree that we’ll plant in front of the Kirby-Quinton cabin.

Watch for updates as we modify the event plans based on the weather.

Join us for part or all of the day’s events. We’ll start in the gardens behind the Kirby-Quinton cabin and in the Pickens Progress parking lot, and will work our way down Main Street.

Come play in the dirt with us! Meet new friends! And have fun while beautifying Main Street!

Let's Clean Up Pickens! part 1
2022-04-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Georgia
Join the Great American Cleanup this April! Help Pickens County contribute to the billions of pieces of trash being removed from neighborhoods, rivers, trails, and parks during Earth Day month.

Keep Pickens Beautiful will spearhead two local cleanups for streets identified as “most littered” by the county. Join one of those clean-up teams or organize your own neighborhood clean-up with your neighbors. KPB will provide supplies to help you in this effort.

Together we can make a stand in April to restore our neighborhoods and make Pickens know as the cleanest, greenest, brightest county in North Georgia.

How can you participate? Join us on the westside on April 9 as we clean up Carver Mill Road!

Meet us at Hinton Milling at 10:00.Pull to the end of their parking lot – do not block their gate please!KPB will have safety vests, pick-up sticks, and gloves. If you have any of these items, please bring them since our supplies are limited.

KPB will also sponsor a cleanup on the eastside on April 30, so come join our clean-up team or let us know what neighborhood you would like to sponsor.

Edible Jasper Spring is Springing!
2022-04-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
The KPB Edible Jasper Team has been growing plants all Winter…. its time to get them in the ground! Join us as we add more than 300 plants to the Edible Jasper gardens! We will focus on the cold-tolerant plants we’ve been growing, including several kale varieties, swiss chard, bok choy, pak choy, and much more!

Come play in the dirt, meet new friends, and have fun while foodscaping Main Street!

Join us for all our part of the day. We’ll begin behind the Kirby-Quinton Cabin. Once that space is filled, we’ll work our way down Main Street until we run out of plants. See you in the garden!!

Earth Day on Main - Community Appreciation Day!
2022-04-23 12:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Thank you Pickens County!

Keep Pickens Beautiful has been working with the Pickens County community since 1989, and we are so thankful to all our volunteers, members, partners, and supporters. Join us as we celebrate so many things! The Great American Cleanup, Earth Day, the growth of KPB over the past couple of years, and much more!

Join us for:Live music and snacksFree plants! – organic, nonGMO tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and moreRafflesEdible Jasper walking adventureand of course updates about all that KPB has been up to

We look forward to meeting you! And if you’re already a friend of KPB, we can’t wait to visit with you!

Let's Clean Up Pickens Part 2!
2022-04-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Georgia
We cleaned up Carver Mill Road on the west side of Pickens County a few weeks ago, and we had so much fun! Join us for our next clean up on the eastside on when we work on….. well, we’re still deciding which is the dirtiest but safest road, so check back for updates!

April is the Great American Cleanup. Come lend a hand, meet new friends, and have the joy of knowing that you’ve made a positive difference in our community!

Retro TV Recycling Day
2022-10-15 09:00 - 13:00 | Georgia
We have received many calls asking where to recycle that old tube-style TV that’s been cluttering up your garage or basement.

Unfortunately, since they contain toxic metals, they must be handled by a company with the appropriate certifications.

Join KPB on Saturday, October 15 from 9:00 – 1:00 at the Pickens County Recycling Center for a ONE DAY ONLY event!

This is an event hosted by KPB. This is the ONLY time that you can bring your old TVs to the recycling center. KPB is coordinating with a company from Atlanta who can properly and responsibly recycle them.

Mushroom Logs
2023-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Edible Jasper is adding Mushrooms to the Menu!

Join us as we learn how to inoculate logs to grow edible mushrooms!

Our instructor for the day, Gabrielle, will teach us the technique, the types of trees to use, the best time to inoculate your logs, and will answer all your mushroom questions.

This is an all-ages program, but kids (younger than 15) must have a parent present. We will be using hammers and hot wax, so we want to keep everyone safe.

Space is limited, so reserve your spot today! If all available log-spots are filled, you’re welcome to come listen and learn.

Learn more about Gabrielle and the programs she offers at Earthbound Skills.

Edible Jasper Spring Planting
2023-04-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Spring is here! It’s time to get our hands dirty in the Edible Jasper gardens!

We have been growing lots of cold-tolerant plants to get started – pak choi, chamomile, dill, swiss chard, cabbage, and more.

For this first Edible Jasper workshop of the season, we’re going to start at our office. We recently cleared out the shrubs from under the arbors, so now they’re ready for some plants! We have pak choi, chamomile, swiss chard, dill, hyssop, blueberries, and hardy kiwi to get started. We will also relocate some of the plants from the road-side garden to under the arbors.

Come learn about sustainable plant selection, how to split and relocate existing mature plants, and we’ll explore the effects of this winter’s freeze on some of our plants (like our big mama rosemary) and how we plan to help them recover (if possible).

This is a drop-in event, so if you can’t come for the entire time, that’s fine! There’s plenty to do so come help when you can.

See you in the garden!

April is KPB’s Great American Cleanup month – We’ll have workshops and activities each weekend in April, so come lend a hand, improve our community, meet new friends, and have fun!

Pick-Up Pickens - Jasper
2023-04-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Roadside trash is a constant and growing challenge in Pickens County. While our Adopt-A-Road volunteers and county employees do all they can, we all see the mess as we walk or drive our streets.

Join us for this first roadside cleanup for the 2023 Great American Cleanup!

We will begin at our office and will head down Spring Street and A.W. Lawson Blvd to the sheriff’s office.

Come get some exercise, meet new friends, and help our community!

Edible Jasper Spring Planting 02
2023-04-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Kirby Quinton Historic Cabin, 141 North Main Street, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
Come play in the dirt with us for this second Great American Cleanup Edible Jasper workshop!

We are going to focus on the gardens behind the Kirby-Quinton Cabin and in the Pickens County Progress parking lot. We’re going to start behind the cabin, so meet us there.

Those gardens are happily growing, and we’re going to add a lot more to them! We have been growing lots of cold-tolerant plants that will be ready to get into the ground.

After our workshop, stroll up Main Street, grab a snack or a drink, and head to the Master Gardners for their symposium on How to Grow a Sustainable Garden. More details are HERE.

Earth Day on Main!
2023-04-22 10:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Join us for the 2nd Annual Earth Day on Main!

The details are still being finalized, so check back regularly for updates.

We look forward to celebrating Earth Day with you!

Pick-Up Pickens - Jasper 02
2023-04-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Our first Pick-Up Pickens of 2023 focused on the south end of town…. help us clean up north of town!

As we know, roadside trash is a constant and growing challenge in Pickens County. While our Adopt-A-Road volunteers and county employees do all they can, we all see the mess as we walk or drive our streets.

Join us for this second roadside cleanup for the 2023 Great American Cleanup!

We will begin at our office and will head north on Main Street to Old Philadelphia Road, and will hopefully make it all the way to the Walmart shopping center.

Come get some exercise, meet new friends, and help our community!

Edible Jasper at the Community Thrift Store!
2023-06-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Pickens Community Thrift Store, 110 Samaritan Drive, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Edible Jasper Grows Again!Join us as we install a new Edible Jasper garden around the Community Thrift Store’s new sign.We will show you how lasagne-style garden-building works. The soil around the sign is terrible – it’s impacted, mostly clay, and full of well-established grass. We’ll build a thick barrier from recycled cardboard, and then will add layers of leaf litter, soil with compost, and mulch.Plants to be added include rosemary, lavender, various thymes, bee balm, kale, and more!Come help beautify our community with another sustainable, edible garden, meet new friends, learn new things, and get your hands dirty! It’s good for you and for everyone else too! 🙂

Plant Talk - Trash Walk
2023-06-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Join us on June 10 from 10:00-2:00ish as we learn about the useful, beneficial, and native plants growing on our roadsides while we help clean up our community.

Our friend and local herbalist, Crystal Rhys, will lead our plant walk from our office (the little green cabin at 56 South Main Street – across from 61 Main) to the sheriff’s office. Spring Street -> AW Lawson

Along the way, we’ll clean up the roadside trash to help beautify our community.

We are sure you’ll be amazed at all the amazing plants we’ll learn about that you probably didn’t realize are growing on the roads we travel daily!

Come learn new things, meet new friends, get some exercise, and do good things!

Retro TV Recycling Day
2023-08-19 09:00 - 13:00 | Georgia
We have received many calls asking where to recycle that old tube-style TV that’s been cluttering up your garage or basement.

Unfortunately, since they contain toxic metals, they must be handled by a company with the appropriate certifications.

Join KPB on Saturday, August 19 from 9:00 – 1:00 at the Pickens County Recycling Center for a ONE DAY ONLY event!

This is an event hosted by KPB. This is the ONLY time that you can bring your old TVs to the recycling center. KPB is coordinating with a company from Atlanta who can properly and responsibly recycle them.

Small – up to 50 pounds – $10.00

Medium – 50-100 pounds – $15.00

Large – 100-200 pounds – $20.00

Extra Large – more than 200 pounds – $40.00

TVs and monitors must be complete and intact. Broken units will not be accepted.

Make Your Own Stepping Stone
2023-09-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Georgia
We’re adding stepping stones to the Memorial Garden pathway near the County Chambers office using recycled glass from the Pickens County Recycling Center. We invite you to come make your very own, custom stepping stone(s) to add to the garden! We need to make around 100 stepping stones, so bring your family and friends and help us accomplish our goal.

Event will be held at the Pickens County Recycling Center located at 3090 Appalachian Court in Jasper.

Come anytime between 10am and 2pm and make as many as you’d like!

Stepping stones will be installed during SERVE Pickens Community Event (October 21st) so keep an eye out for that event as well!

Registration is not required but we do appreciate early sign up so we can make sure to have enough supplies ready.

Event is FREE

Serve Pickens - Edible Pickens
2023-10-21 08:00 - 14:00 | Memorial & Edible Pickens Gardens in Lee Newton Park, 500 Stegall Drive, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
On this day of service throughout Pickens County, join us as we install the pavers we made at September 30th’s workshop. We also have plant starts growing, so we’ll add some Fall plants to the gardens. We’ll be doing lots of things in our Edible Pickens and Memorial Gardens near the Chamber – come lend a hand!

You MUST register through the SERVE Pickens website to participate. Register HERE

MARCH MILES Week 1
2024-03-01 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Join us as we clean up from our office, down AW Lawson, and to the Sheriff’s office.

March 1st was rained out and walk rescheduled for March 4th.

MARCH miles week 2
2024-03-08 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
If you haven’t been down Old Talking Rock Hwy, you’re in for a treat! This beautiful road rolls through fields and across creeks. Help clean it up!

march miles week 3
2024-03-15 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Salem Church Road is one of the prettiest and most traveled roads in our county. But it definitely needs some cleaning….

March 15 rained out, rescheduled for March 18th

March Miles Week 4
2024-03-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Join us for our final March Miles KPB pick-up as we clean up Yellow Creek Road from Hwy 53 to the county line.

Parking instructions:Yellow Creek Church parking lot96 Old Dodson Road

Kirby Quinton and Progress Garden Projects
2024-04-06 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Join us as we prep the Kirby Quinton and Pickens Progress Edible Gardens for the season. We will be doing some weeding, pruning, fertilizing, adding new plants, and giving the garden a fresh layer of mulch to revive the garden after a cold winter.

Come have fun!Tools and gloves will be provided.No experience required.

CARES Community Garden Project
2024-04-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Georgia
CARES and KPB are teaming up to build a huge garden to help provide fresh, healthy produce to the community!

Join us on this day to help us kickoff the project. Our main goal for the day is to build 16 raised beds with a trellised archway and lay down mulch in the walkways.

This will establish the infrastructure for the garden and we will be hosting another event in May to plant all of the vegetables and flowers.

Project Details:

Problem: Residents in Pickens County have a challenge accessing affordable, fresh produce. Most of the donated items that CARES distributes are canned and packaged. Fresh produce donations often are not edible upon delivery due to freezing and other challenges.

Proposed Solution: CARES and Keep Pickens Beautiful will partner to develop on-site gardens producing an abundance of fresh, organic produce for free distribution to the community. KPB will help design and install the gardens. They’ll provide many/most/all of the plants and will assist with educating the CARES volunteers on care and maintenance. CARES volunteers will manage the daily care. KPB will offer workshops, quarterly cleanups, and ongoing support.

Infrastructure Available: CARES has a flat space (50’ x 15’) that receives full sun at their facility. Water and power are already present at the garden site.

Food to be Grown: The focus, at least initially, will be on vegetables and fruits that the community is already familiar with. These will include, but aren’t limited to, tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, lettuces and other greens, squash, eggplant, and zucchini.

Concept: Raised beds will be installed in rows with a central aisle. Cattle panels will be installed in an arch over this central aisle. Full-sunplants will be planted on the outside, shade-friendly plants will be planted in the middle, and trelising plants will cover the tunnel to optimize the output of the growing space by gardening vertically.

KPB Office Garden Project
2024-04-16 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Join us as we prep the KPB Office Edible Garden for the season. We will be doing some weeding, pruning, fertilizing, adding new plants, and giving the garden a fresh layer of mulch to revive the garden after a cold winter.

Come have fun!Tools and gloves will be provided.No experience required.

Earth Day on Main
2024-04-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Join us for our 3rd Annual Earth Day on Main!

This year, we’re moving across the intersection to Perrow Park because there’s so much more we want to do!

We have some exciting things planned for the day! We will have live music, eco-minded vendors, upcycling crafts for kids and adults, plant giveaways, a raffle, workshops and sustainability education. Keep an eye out for more details as we finalize the details.

Learn more on the Earth Day on Main page HERE.

Are You Interested in Participating in our Event?

We’re looking for eco-minded vendors, ie. local honey suppliers, upcycled art, natural beauty products, local produce, etc.

Would you like to play music for the crowd? We’re keeping it low key and possibly acoustic!

Educators welcome! We’d like to host a fun workshop to educate the community on topics such as gardening, composting, recycling, eco-crafting, etc.

Please Contact Us to Participate in Earth Day On Main

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Pickens County Library Pizza Garden Event
2024-04-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
KPB is partnering with the Pickens County Library to foodscape their parking lot with a Pizza themed garden! Help us build the foundation of the garden to prep for the pizza-veggies we will plant in May.

Lee Newton Edible Garden Clean up
2024-04-30 11:00 - 15:00 | Georgia
Join us as we prep the Lee Newton Edible Garden for the season. We will be doing some weeding, pruning, fertilizing, adding new plants, and giving the garden a fresh layer of mulch to revive the garden after a cold winter.

Come have fun!Tools and gloves will be provided.No experience required.

Garden Clean-up: Lee Newton Park
2024-06-11 12:00 - 14:00 | Lee Newton Memorial Park, Jasper, Ga, 599 Stegall Dr, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
It’s time to clean up the Lee Newton Park Edible Pickens Garden. We will be doing some weeding, fertilizing, planting and mulching in the garden and we would love it if you could come join us!

Tools provided.No experience required.FREE

Garden Clean-Up: Edible Pickens Progress Garden
2024-06-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Pickens Progress Edible Pickens Garden, 94 Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
Did you know there was a garden in the Pickens Progress Parking Lot? We have garden beds around each light post and it’s time to clean up this edible garden. We will be doing some weeding, fertilizing, planting and mulching in the garden and we would love it if you could come join us!

Tools provided.No experience required.FREE
