Keep Pickens Beautiful

Kirby Quinton and Progress Garden Projects
2024-04-06 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | GA
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.

March Miles Week 4
2024-03-22 11:00 - 15:00 | GA
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

march miles week 3
2024-03-15 11:00 - 15:00 | GA
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 2
2024-03-08 11:00 - 15:00 | GA
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 1
2024-03-01 11:00 - 15:00 | GA
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.

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

Make Your Own Stepping Stone
2023-09-30 10:00 - 14:00 | GA
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

Retro TV Recycling Day
2023-08-19 09:00 - 13:00 | GA
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.

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!

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! 🙂

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!

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!

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.

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
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!

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.

Retro TV Recycling Day
2022-10-15 09:00 - 13:00 | GA
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.

Let's Clean Up Pickens Part 2!
2022-04-30 10:00 - 12:00 | GA
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!

Earth Day on Main - Community Appreciation Day!
2022-04-23 12:00 - 15:00 | GA
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!

Edible Jasper Spring is Springing!
2022-04-20 11:00 - 15:00 | GA
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!!

Let's Clean Up Pickens! part 1
2022-04-09 10:00 - 12:00 | GA
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 Begins 2022!
2022-04-02 09:00 - 12:00 | GA
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!

Great American Cleanup
2022-04-01 08:00 - 2022-04-30 17:00 | GA
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 Fall Planting and Cleanup
2021-12-12 12:00 - 18:00 | GA
Join us for our final Fall Edible Jasper workshop!

Come for the full time, or for part! We’ll take all the helping hands we can get!

We have been growing lots and lots of baby plant starts over the past couple of months, and some of them are ready to go in the ground! We know that it’s late in the season so we’re hoping for the best, so now is the time!!

Join us on Main Street as we plant creeping thyme, cabbage, bok choy, swiss chard, and more!

We will start in the garden at the Kirby Quinton cabin, and plan to add plants to the garden spaces along Main Street.

In addition to planting, we have some cleanup in the garden spaces in the Pickens Progress parking lot.

There’s a lot to do! We need YOU!

Come lend a hand, meet new friends, and have fun with the Edible Jasper Team!

KPB Monthly Board Meeting
2021-11-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Pickens Recycling Center, 390 Appalachian Ct, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
The Keep Pickens Beautiful Board of Directors meets monthly, on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30.
Currently, we meet at the Pickens Recycling Center on Appalachian Court. However, this will shift in the winter months.
The community is invited to join us! If you’d like to attend, please complete our Contact form and let us know why you’re interested in KPB.
(note: image is not of our Board, but of Pickens County’s hard-working recycling team and their Green Ribbon Award)

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Edible Jasper - Quinton Cabin garden prep
2021-11-06 15:30 - 18:30 | Edible Jasper – Kirby Quinton Cabin herb garden, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
Join us as we start the new herb garden behind the historic Kirby Quinton Cabin!
This project is kid-friendly since the garden spaces are away from traffic.
Come for all or part of our workshop! Your helping hands are appreciated for whatever amount of time you’re available.
Edible Jasper is adding another garden! This herb garden will be located behind the cabin, and we will focus on including herbs and other plants for use by the local restaurants. We have surveyed them to find which herbs they use in their kitchens, and since this location is away from traffic and storm run-off, it’s the perfect location!
Come learn how to prep a grassy, impacted space! The location for the garden has been home to grasses and other ‘weeds’ for decades, and the soil is extremely impacted. On this date, we will begin prepping the space for the herb garden. And depending on how quickly we progress, we’ll hopefully even get some plants in the ground!
What does ‘prepping’ mean? All the grass needs to be removed since we want to get this garden started now; digging will be needed by those who can. Then we will amend the soil to improve it so we’ll have happy herbs and other plants. So come get your hands dirty. Get some exercise. Meet new friends. And have fun as we help Edible Jasper grow!
Due to Covid safety protocols, places are limited and we will be keeping space between our volunteers. If we get a large team, we may split into two groups because there is a bit more work to be done on the gardens in the Pickens Progress parking lot.
Learn more about the historic Quinton cabin HERE from the Marble Valley Historical Society.
Note: Complete one registration form per household. If you are bringing friends, please contact KPB to let us know how many people you are bringing.
