Brooms and rakes? Check. Plastic bags and gloves? Check. Comfy shoes, canned goods, and an appetite for breakfast goodies? Check, check, and check! Ladies and gentlemen of Wallingford, Earth Day is fast approaching, and that means it’s time once again to clean up our beloved neighborhood.
Everyone is welcome to attend and lend a helping hand (or two) for the third annual “Operation Beautification Wallingford” which takes place on Saturday, April 20 from 9:30AM – 1:00PM at Wallingford Center.
From the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce:
There will be four teams: Two teams from the Boys and Girls Club, a neighborhood team and the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce team. All team members will meet at Wallingford Center.
The event will kick off with a Earth Day styled presentation from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. by Wallingford’s very own Anita Elder, on Orchard Mason Bees.
After the speaker, teams will fan out all over Wallingford and get to ‘cleaning-up.’ Meanwhile, FamilyWorks and their guests, The Wallingford Greenhouse, will offer ongoing Earth Day activities throughout the day, such as ‘How to plant your first starter plant.’
The Wallingford Greenhouse is a volunteer program in its fifth year involved in growing organic veggie starts for the 65 Giving Gardens in Seattle that produced over 26,000 pounds of produce for local food banks last year. It is a 8′ x12′ backyard greenhouse near Gas Works Park and about 30 volunteers rotate through the greenhouse sowing germination trays and transplanting seedlings which get delivered when ready.