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, at Pound Ridge Square, to highlight earth-friendly initiatives and provide pop-up recycling opportunities! Fun for the whole family, all while you learn about ways to can make your home, garden and lives more sustainable.

Pop-Up Recycling 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/Market
• Batteries: Collection by the Library

Activities:

• PRES / 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.
• Got Your Goat: Meet the baby goats and learn how they provide natural, chemical-free land clearing
• EV-Powered Bounce House: A quiet and cleaner alternative to getting those jumps in
• Eco-Crafts: Creative, earth-friendly crafting hosted by Women’s Wolfpack, Pound Ridge Library, The Rewilding School
• 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
• 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

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!
• Wolf Conservation Center
• Pound Ridge Land Conservancy
• The Invasives Project
• Pound Ridge Conservation Board
• Sustainability Committee
• Open Space Advisory Committee
• Sunrun Solar & Green Hybrid Energy Solutions – Explore clean energy options for your home
• Renewal By Andersen – Energy-efficient window and door upgrades
• PRES Compost Captains: Learn about food scrap recycling at PRES

The Eco Marketplace

• Lil Waste Refillery: Sustainable home and body care (bring your own containers!)
• Pre Love You: Stylish secondhand fashion for babies to preteen
• Local Closet: Sustainable high-quality secondhand fashion
• Lil Beans Toy Shop: Eco-friendly toys
• Garden Club: Flower bulb Sale

Delicious Eco Eats (no loud stinkin’ generators here!)

• Brooklyn Organic Kitchen: Fresh traditional and vegan food and refreshments from an electric Food truck!
• 123 Dough & Albano’s: Hot organic ancient grain sourdough pizza
• Complimentary Ice Cream Cones: Courtesy of The Market
• Free water refill station: Bring your own bottle

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!

Would you like to volunteer at the event, sign up now!

Would you like to participate as a vendor, or help sponsor the event? Reach out.

Thank you to our event Sponsors: