Keep Pickens Beautiful

Litter-O-Lympics 2026
2026-03-07 08:00 - 2026-04-18 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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

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!

Community Pickup & LOL Launch - Old Talking Rock Hwy
2026-06-27 09:00 - 23:00 | 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!

Meet us at 60 Creek Lane, Talking Rock, GA 30175 – We’ll park there and will head up Old Talking Rock Highway

If you want to participate in the Litter-O-Lympics, this is the launch of the 2026/2027 competition. Learn more and register here: https://keeppickensbeautiful.org/events/litter-o-lympics/

But you don’t need to be a LOL Trashlete to join us for this lovely stroll up Talking Rock Highway as we clean up one of the prettiest roads in our county. We’re going to host a monthly pickup, so join us for the first of the season.

Group Litter Cleanup - AW Lawson
2026-07-25 08:00 - 10:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Join us for our next Litter Cleanup on AW Lawson. Meet us at the KPB Office at 8:00 – we know it’s early but we want to beat the heat! We’ll head down Spring Street to AW Lawson. We’ll head towards Camp Road, cleaning up this road that faces constant litter challenges. Get some exercise. Meet new friends. Do good for our community. Be happy!

Garden Cleanup - Pickens Recycling Center
2026-07-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Pickens Recycling Center, 390 Appalachian Ct, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
The garden at the Pickens Recycling Center needs some TLC. Join us as we do a cleanup to save the flowers, blueberries, and more from the grasses that are trying to take over.

Garden Cleanup - CARES Garden of Giving
2026-08-01 09:00 - 11:00 | CARES For Pickens, 89 Cares Drive, Jasper, GA, 39143
The CARES Garden of Giving has been amazing fruitful this year! Now it’s time for an end-of-Summer cleanup to prepare for Fall.

With all the recent rain, the mulch in the paths has completely broken down and needs to be topped with fresh mulch. Plus there’s some weeding and other general cleanup. Join us to help get the garden ready for another season of giving.

If you’re able to join us and you have any of these tools, please bring them: wheel barrow, rakes, pitch forks, shovels, and anything else that can help move or spread mulch.

Check out how much produce the garden has grown! All produce grown is given to the community members that CARES serves. Click HERE to view the harvest app.

Group Litter Cleanup - Location TBD
2026-08-29 09:00 - 11:00 | Georgia
We’re hosting a monthly litter pickup on the 4th Saturday of each month. We’re not sure which road we’re going to clean in August – let us know if you have any suggestions. Watch this event for updates.
