Keep Pickens Beautiful

Help Us Build A Compost Station!
2025-09-13 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
On Saturday, we will be building a compost system using pallets at the KPB Office Garden, and we’re looking for your help!

We will teach you the importance of composting, how to compost, how to build an inexpensive compost system, and we’ll have fun doing it, together!

These compost bins will be used to collect all of our Edible Pickens garden’s ‘waste’ and turn it into compost that will be put back into our gardens as needed to help them thrive. We will also use them as a location to host composting workshops in the future.

Please join us! We’ll meet at the KPB office at 11am.*No experience necessary.*As always, this event is FREE!

Birds and the Bees And KPB Open House
2026-01-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Georgia
Join us on Tuesday, January 20th for a Birds and the Bees presentation and discussion with Mike Lloyd at The Old Mulehouse starting at 5:30. Mike Lloyd will share his knowledge on Eastern Bluebirds and Bluebird houses, beekeeping, the importance of pollinator gardens and more!

Following the discussion with Mike, stick around for a KPB Open House. Meet our board members, staff, and volunteers. Learn more information about our 2026 programs and projects, and find how you can get more involved. We have something for everyone! Join our KPB Family and do beautiful things for our community.

Eat during this event! You can order food from Pressto! The pop-up restaurant that happens at The Old Mulehouse every Monday and Tuesday night, which includes burgers, hot dogs, milkshakes and more.

Find us in the event room towards the back of the restaurant.

Grow a Garden Workshop Series: Container Gardening
2026-02-08 11:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
LEARN HOW TO CONTAINER GARDEN

KPB recently got lots of seeds donated through a program sponsored by the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, Home Depot, and Ferry Morse Seeds. We are now offering a new educational series to teach you how to grow your own food, with information on soil choices, composting, fertilizing, plant choice, container options, and more. We are applying for grants to fund this program, so as funds are available, we will provide all the materials for your new garden! We received our first grant from the Pickens Community Resource Association, funded by the sales at The Community Thrift Store.

In this workshop, you will learn how to garden in a container. This is an excellent option if you want to grow food but do not have the space. You can garden on a balcony, inside your house, or anywhere you can find the space. We will teach you how to get the most out of each container by using companion planting techniques and how to care for this mini garden. You’ll go home with the containers, soil, seeds, and more to begin growing your own fresh food.

No experience necessary.All ages.This is a FREE EVENT.

Community Seed Swap
2026-02-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Pickens County Library, 100 Library Lane, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
We are hosting a Community Seed Swap at the Pickens County Library for everyone to come out and share their seeds with each other.

Do you save seeds from your plants? Do you have extras from last years garden that you never planted? Did you buy too many and have some left over? Do you have seeds and want to share them? Join us at the seed swap!

Bring seeds, take seeds, and meet other gardeners! Share tips, ask questions, be inspired.

We will provide envelopes to take seeds home with you, with labels to fill out, all you have to do is bring your seeds.

Don’t have seeds but want some? You’re welcome to join as well.

See you there!

Grow A Garden Workshop Series: Build A Raised Bed
2026-02-22 11:00 - 16:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
BUILD A RAISED BED

RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 31ST (DUE TO WEATHER)

KPB recently got lots of seeds donated through a program sponsored by the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, Home Depot, and Ferry Morse Seeds. We are now offering a new educational series to teach you how to grow your own food, with information on soil choices, composting, fertilizing, plant choice, container options, and more. We are applying for grants to fund this program, so as funds are available, we will provide all the materials for your new garden! You’ll go home with the containers, soil, seeds, and more to begin growing your own fresh food. We received our first grant from the Pickens Community Resource Association, funded by the sales at The Community Thrift Store.

For this specific workshop, we will focus on building a new raised garden bed right here at the KPB Office. We will teach you how to fill the new bed with a special “lasagna layering” technique to set up the soil for a productive growing environment, and we will also explain how and where to plant new seeds and seedlings. We will also build a trellis frame on the raised bed (time permitting). You will go home with a seed starter kit to grow your own garden with!

No experience necessary.All ages.This is a FREE EVENT.

Grow A Garden Workshop Series: In-Ground Gardening
2026-02-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Kirby Quinton Historic Cabin (next to the Old Jail at the North end of Main Street), 141 North Main Street, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
LEARN HOW TO GROW A NEW IN-GROUND GARDEN

KPB recently got lots of seeds donated through a program sponsored by the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, Home Depot, and Ferry Morse Seeds. We are now offering a new educational series to teach you how to grow your own food, with information on soil choices, composting, fertilizing, plant choice, container options, and more. We are applying for grants to fund this program, so as funds are available, we will provide all the materials for your new garden! You’ll go home with the containers, soil, seeds, and more to begin growing your own fresh food. We received our first grant from the Pickens Community Resource Association, funded by the sales at The Community Thrift Store.

For this specific workshop, we will focus on building a new in-ground garden. We will show you how to choose the right location, how to remove what’s currently growing there, if needed, how to prep the soil with cardboard, compost, mulch, etc. We will also teach you how to care for this garden and certain plants, as far as watering, feeding, etc.

No experience necessary.All ages.This is a FREE EVENT.

Litter-O-Lympics 2026
2026-03-07 08:00 - 2026-04-18 20:00 | Georgia
This year, Litter-O-Lympics will happen at your own pace during the Greatest American Cleanup & America’s 250th Anniversary Celebration. It kicks off at our first group litter cleanup event on March 7th and runs all the way until April 18th, when we will celebrate Earth Day on Main!

Learn more on the official Litter-O-Lympics webpage

GAC Litter Cleanup
2026-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Georgia
CLEANUP ROUTE

North Main Street from Revolution Church towards Old Philadelphia Road

Please join us for this year’s Great American Cleanup! For America’s 250th Birthday, we will be hosting a litter cleanup event every Saturday in March, focusing on a different area of Pickens County each weekend. If you’ve been curious to volunteer with us, this is a great intro activity! Get some exercise, make some friends, and leave the place more beautiful than you found it. We promise, you will feel great afterward!

This event kicks off the start of the Litter-O-Lympics! Earn extra points towards the competition for attending this, and all group litter cleanups!

Parking instructions: Park at Revolution Church – 689 North Main Street

Clean-up kit will be provided.All ages welcome.No experience needed.Weather permitting.

Register now!

Recycle Your Old TV
2026-03-14 11:00 - 16:00 | pickens county recycle center, 390 Appalachian Court, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
We will be collecting those old CRT TVs that are collecting dust in your basement, CRT TVs – FREE OF CHARGE!

Where are your TVs going? For the past few years, KPB has worked with NOVUS solutions. They have a facility in Marietta that properly and safely recycles those old CRT monitors. We’ll collect them and package them for NOVUS to pick up and safely transport to their facility.

Hard-To-Recycle Items Event
2026-03-14 11:00 - 16:00 | Georgia
Do you wish you could recycle Styrofoam? How about florescent tube lights??? On March 14th, KPB is hosting a “Hard-to-Recycle” items event at the Pickens County Recycle Center (on Appalachian Court) from 11am-4pm where we will collect these hard to recycle items and recycle them for you.

Where are your ‘hard to recycle’ materials going? CHARM is a recycling facility in Atlanta that accepts a wide range of materials, so we will take your items there for you since it’s a bit of a drive from here, to save you the drive. 😁🚚♻️

Items that will be accepted*:

StyrofoamFlorescent tube lights**Corrugated plastic signsShrink wrap(FREE OF CHARGE)

This event will kickoff the Great American Cleanup months of March and April! Check out our Calendar for scheduled events, and keep an eye on our socials for upcoming events to help us celebrate the 2025 Great American Cleanup.

*We will have one truck on site for the materials. We will only accept what will fit; once the truck is full, no more materials will be accepted. Get there early! **tube lights – up to 5 free; additional $0.50 each

GAC Litter Cleanup
2026-03-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Yellow Creek Church, 1276 Yellow Creek Road, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
CLEANUP ROUTE

Yellow Creek Road

Please join us for this year’s Great American Cleanup! For America’s 250th Birthday, we will be hosting a litter cleanup event every Saturday in March, focusing on a different area of Pickens County each weekend. If you’ve been curious to volunteer with us, this is a great intro activity! Get some exercise, make some friends, and leave the place more beautiful than you found it. We promise, you will feel great afterward!

Earn extra points towards the Litter-O-Lympics competition for attending this, and all group litter cleanups!

Clean-up kit will be provided.Meet at Yellow Creek Church at 10:00 – 1276 Yellow Creek Road.All ages welcome.No experience needed.Weather permitting.

Register now!

GAC Litter Cleanup
2026-03-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Georgia
CLEANUP ROUTE

Jerusalem Church Road

Please join us for this year’s Great American Cleanup! For America’s 250th Birthday, we will be hosting a litter cleanup event every Saturday in March, focusing on a different area of Pickens County each weekend. If you’ve been curious to volunteer with us, this is a great intro activity! Get some exercise, make some friends, and leave the place more beautiful than you found it. We promise, you will feel great afterward!

Earn extra points towards the Litter-O-Lympics competition for attending this, and all group litter cleanups!

Clean-up kit will be provided.Parking instructions will be announced before event.All ages welcome.No experience needed.Weather permitting.

Register now!

Edible Pickens Garden Planting - Cabin & Peace Park
2026-04-04 11:00 - 14:00 | Kirby Quinton Historic Cabin (next to the Old Jail at the North end of Main Street), 141 North Main Street, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
Volunteer in our Edible Pickens Gardens every weekend in April as part of the Greatest American Cleanup For America’s 250th!

Our first Edible Pickens workshop in April will happen in the historic Kirby-Quinton Cabin garden and the Peace Park garden at the north end of Main Street in downtown Jasper. We will do some garden maintenance, like weeding, pruning and fertilizing existing plants, while also adding new seeds and some new plant babies in each garden. Adding a fresh layer of mulch at the end will not only make these gardens look cleaned up, but will also help hold in moisture and nutrients to help the garden thrive!

No experience necessary.All ages, bring the family!Tools and water will be provided.Just show up and have some fun with us!Parking is best on Mark Whitfield St. next to the Natural Marketplace

Edible Pickens Garden Planting - Lee Newton Memorial Garden
2026-04-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Lee Newton Memorial Park, Jasper, Ga, 599 Stegall Dr, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
Volunteer in our Edible Pickens Gardens every weekend in April as part of the Greatest American Cleanup For America’s 250th!

Our second Edible Pickens workshop in April will happen at the Lee Newton Park Memorial Garden near the Chamber of Commerce Building. We will do some garden maintenance, like weeding, pruning and fertilizing existing plants, while also adding new seeds and some new plant babies in each garden. Adding a fresh layer of mulch at the end will not only make these gardens look cleaned up, but will also help hold in moisture and nutrients to help the garden thrive!

No experience necessary.All ages, bring the family!Tools and water will be provided.Just show up and have some fun with us!Parking is easy! Park anywhere in the parking lot and walk over past the Chamber of Commerce building.

Edible Pickens Garden Planting - Progress Garden
2026-04-18 11:00 - 14:00 | Pickens Progress Edible Pickens Garden, 94 Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
Volunteer in our Edible Pickens Gardens every weekend in April as part of the Greatest American Cleanup For America’s 250th!

Our third Edible Pickens workshop in April will happen at the Pickens Progress gardens in the Pickens County Progress parking lot. We will do some garden maintenance, like weeding, pruning and fertilizing existing plants, while also adding new seeds and some new plant babies in each garden. Adding a fresh layer of mulch at the end will not only make these gardens look cleaned up, but will also help hold in moisture and nutrients to help the garden thrive!

No experience necessary.All ages, bring the family!Tools and water will be provided.Just show up and have some fun with us!Park anywhere in the Progress parking lot.

Earth Day On Main
2026-04-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Georgia
Join us for the 4th annual Earth Day on Main celebration! This year, we will be celebrating right in the parking lot at the KPB Office. Each year this event is a little different depending on our current focuses and programs. This year we will not be including vendors, and will focus on eco-friendly activities and educational workshops for the whole family!

We are also curating a local plant swap, just dig one up from your yard and swap it with one you might not have from someone else in the community! We will also be celebrating the efforts of all of the Litter-O-Lympics participants with medals and prizes for who collected the most litter in the competition. Help us celebrate their amazing efforts! (It’s not too late to participate if you want to join in the fun, the competition ends April 18th.)

If you are interested in teaching the community something special or maybe have a fun eco-friendly craft you’d like to include, please contact us!
