In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day, join the Pound Ridge Partnership for An Eco Afternoon, Saturday April 25th, 2026 at Pound Ridge Square.

Community organizations and sustainable vendors are coming together for our annual celebration to highlight earth-friendly initiatives and provide pop-up recycling opportunities! Fun for the whole family, all while you learn about ways to make your home, garden and lives more sustainable.

Most activities — eco-crafts, bounce house, Ask the Experts, Eco Marketplace, and recycling drop-off — are available all afternoon from 12 to 3:30. But plan around these highlights:

12:30 PM — The first guided Native Garden Tour with Emily Rauch of Growing Pound Ridge

2:30 PM — Second guided Native Garden Tour

3:00 PM — Repair Cafe bicycle tune-ups end — don’t miss your chance for a free tune-up!

Pop-Up Recycling/Reuse Stations:

Don’t toss it—recycle it! Bring your hard-to-recycle items to our specialized collection points:

• Textiles & Clothing: The Fox Lane High School Green Team and Helpsy
• School & Office Supplies: Pens, markers, highlighters, pencils, broken crayons, rulers, empty glue sticks and glue bottles, collected by the PRES PTA
• Eyeglasses: Collection by the Lions Club/the Market (collection by the ice cream)
• Batteries: Collection by the Library

Activities:

• Meet the baby goats from Got Your Goat and learn how they provide natural, chemical-free land clearing
• EV-Powered Bounce House: A quiet and cleaner alternative to the classic kid-energy burner
• Eco-Crafts: Creative, earth-friendly crafting hosted by Women’s Wolfpack, Wolf Conservation Center, Pound Ridge Library, The Rewilding School, and more
• Get the green on the green: Learn eco facts while sinking a putt at mini golf
• Native Garden Tour: Join Emily Rauch of Growing Pound Ridge, for a guided tour of local pollinator gardens right in Scotts Corners. Meet at The Partnership tent at 12:30 and 2:30.
• Bicycle tune-ups: The Repair Cafe is ready to get you moving this spring
• Conservation Board Tree + Compost Giveaway: Bring your own bucket
• Seed Library: “borrow” seeds to plant in your garden
• Live Music from the Jones Factor Jazz Trio
• PRES Compost Captains: Learn about food scrap recycling at PRES. Can you pass the Compost Quiz?
• Lounge in style with The Clark

Ask the Experts:

• Bedford 2030 Energy Coach, Bob Fischman: Expert guidance on home energy efficiency
• Plan It Wild: Native plant experts and tips to create more ecologically resilient yards
• Organic Ways and Means: Electric landscaping demonstrations. See a mower and blower in action!
• Renewal By Andersen Westchester – Energy-efficient window and door upgrades
• Sunrun Solar & Green Hybrid Energy Solutions – Explore solar and battery backup options for your home
• Wolf Conservation Center
• Pound Ridge Land Conservancy
• Pound Ridge Conservation Board
• The Invasives Project – Pound Ridge
• Pound Ridge Sustainability Committee
• Pound Ridge Open Space Advisory Committee
• PRES PTA Garden Committee
• Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley
• Sustainable Westchester
• Pound Ridge Power Yoga

Yummy Eco Treats

• Complimentary Ice Cream Cones: Courtesy of The Market
• Complimentary Hot Cocoa: Courtesy of Ginnel Real Estate
• Complimentary Coffee Courtesy of The Kitchen Table
• Free water refill station (bring your own bottle) and Hot Tea at the Partnership tent

The Eco Marketplace for sustainable shopping

• PRES PTA Re-Book Fair: Support sustainable reading and food scrap recycling at PRES! Browse the collection and give a new-to-you book a second life, while helping to raise funds for composting initiatives at PRES
• Lil Waste Refillery: Sustainable home and body care (bring your own containers!) and eco-friendly toys
• Prelove You: Stylish secondhand fashion for babies to preteen. Join the membership that turns everything your children outgrow into something new for the next family who needs it
• Locals Closet: Sustainable high-quality secondhand fashion
• Pound Ridge Garden Club: Flower bulb sale
• PrimeChime: Upcycled art, wind chimes, bird feeders, sun catchers and more

And more!

This is a low-waste event, please bring reusable water bottles and bags. Vendors have committed to a “no-handouts” policy to reduce paper waste—take photos and use QR codes for info instead!

We’re looking for volunteers to help make our community event a success—join us and make a difference! Would you like to volunteer at the event, sign up now!

Thank you to our event Sponsors:

Our community supporters:

And our partners:

Rain or Shine, the day goes on 🌎