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Celebrate Earth Day 2019 with Go Green Garland (Garland)

April 20, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

| Free

Go Green Garland will team up with local vendors to help residents celebrate Earth Day. Festivities included animal encounters, toilet races and live music at Garland’s Recycling Center.

Recycling center tours, a native wildflower planting, and other educational activities will encourage attendees to become better stewards of our community and environment.

Special recycling collections for TVs and other electronics will occur during the event. Free paper shredding will also be provided: four box limit per family, Garland residents only.

Competitions will be held for GISD students and Garland residents:
– Kindergarten – 6th grade: Recycled Art
– 7th – 12th grade: Eco-Apparel
– Adults 18 and up: Upcycling

For more information contact GoGreenGarland@GarlandTx.gov

Also on Saturday, April 20 starting at 8 a.m., Residents are invited to participate in the City’s Trash-Off, sponsored by Keep Garland Beautiful. The Trash-Off is the single largest one-day cleanup event in the state and serves as Texas’s signature event for the Great American Cleanup, the nation’s largest community improvement program. Contact KeepGarlandBeautiful@gmail.com for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Details

Date:
April 20, 2019
Time:
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.garlandtx.gov/programs/green/earth_day.asp

Venue

1426 Commerce Street
1426 Commerce Street
Garland, Texas 75040
Phone:
972-205-2000
Website:
www.garlandtx.gov