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SUMMARY:An Eco Afternoon
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\nCommunity 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. \n\n\n\nMost 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:\n\n\n\n12:30 PM — The first guided Native Garden Tour with Emily Rauch of Growing Pound Ridge \n\n\n\n2:30 PM — Second guided Native Garden Tour \n\n\n\n3:00 PM — Repair Cafe bicycle tune-ups end — don’t miss your chance for a free tune-up! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPop-Up Recycling/Reuse Stations:\n\n\n\nDon’t toss it—recycle it! Bring your hard-to-recycle items to our specialized collection points: \n\n\n\n\nTextiles & Clothing: The Fox Lane High School Green Team and Helpsy\n\n\n\nSchool & Office Supplies: Pens\, markers\, highlighters\, pencils\, broken crayons\, rulers\, empty glue sticks and glue bottles\, collected by the PRES PTA\n\n\n\nEyeglasses: Collection by the Lions Club/the Market (collection by the ice cream)\n\n\n\nBatteries: Collection by the Library\n\n\n\n\nActivities:\n\n\n\n\nMeet the baby goats from Got Your Goat and learn how they provide natural\, chemical-free land clearing\n\n\n\nEV-Powered Bounce House: A quiet and cleaner alternative to the classic kid-energy burner\n\n\n\nEco-Crafts: Creative\, earth-friendly crafting hosted by Women’s Wolfpack\, Wolf Conservation Center\, Pound Ridge Library\, The Rewilding School\, and more\n\n\n\nGet the green on the green: Learn eco facts while sinking a putt at mini golf\n\n\n\nNative 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.\n\n\n\nBicycle tune-ups: The Repair Cafe is ready to get you moving this spring\n\n\n\nConservation Board Tree + Compost Giveaway: Bring your own bucket\n\n\n\nSeed Library:  “borrow” seeds to plant in your garden\n\n\n\nLive Music from the Jones Factor Jazz Trio\n\n\n\nPRES Compost Captains: Learn about food scrap recycling at PRES. Can you pass the Compost Quiz?\n\n\n\nLounge in style with The Clark\n\n\n\n\nAsk the Experts:\n\n\n\n\nBedford 2030 Energy Coach\, Bob Fischman: Expert guidance on home energy efficiency\n\n\n\nPlan It Wild: Native plant experts and tips to create more ecologically resilient yards\n\n\n\nOrganic Ways and Means: Electric landscaping demonstrations. See a mower and blower in action!\n\n\n\nRenewal By Andersen Westchester – Energy-efficient window and door upgrades\n\n\n\nSunrun Solar & Green Hybrid Energy Solutions – Explore solar and battery backup options for your home\n\n\n\nWolf Conservation Center\n\n\n\nPound Ridge Land Conservancy\n\n\n\nPound Ridge Conservation Board & The Invasives Project\n\n\n\nPound Ridge Sustainability Committee\n\n\n\nPound Ridge Open Space Advisory Committee\n\n\n\nPRES PTA Garden Committee\n\n\n\nWild Ones Lower Hudson Valley\n\n\n\nSustainable Westchester\n\n\n\nPound Ridge Power Yoga\n\n\n\n\nYummy Eco Treats\n\n\n\n\nComplimentary Ice Cream Cones: Courtesy of The Market \n\n\n\nComplimentary Hot Cocoa: Courtesy of Ginnel Real Estate\n\n\n\nFree water refill station: Bring your own bottle\n\n\n\n\nThe Eco Marketplace for sustainable shopping\n\n\n\n\nPRES 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\n\n\n\nLil Waste Refillery: Sustainable home and body care (bring your own containers!) and eco-friendly toys\n\n\n\nPrelove 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\n\n\n\nLocals Closet: Sustainable high-quality secondhand fashion\n\n\n\nPound Ridge Garden Club: Flower bulb sale\n\n\n\nPrimeChime: Upcycled art\, wind chimes\, bird feeders\, sun catchers and more\n\n\n\n\nAnd more!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis 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! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’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!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our event Sponsors:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd our partners:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRain or Shine\, the day goes on 🌎
URL:https://poundridgepartnership.org/event/an-eco-afternoon-2026/
LOCATION:Pound Ridge Square\, 55 Westchester Ave\, Pound Ridge\, NY\, 10576\, United States
CATEGORIES:Eco Event
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