RAIN BARRELS
GBG donated rain barrels to downtown businesses including the Atlantic Hotel.
Planning and Zoning Director Chuck Ward up to his ears in making rain barrels for Berlin residents.
The painted rain barrel project is the result of students who needed to fill their service learning requirement for graduation. The Dolphin Team decided to do something environmentally friendly, which provided them an opportunity to develop an appreciation for the environment, and an understanding of how their individual choices have an impact on the Earth.
A rain barrel at the Globe Theatre in Berlin used to water thirsty roses.
John Colley demonstrates how to use a rain barrel at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin.
SCHOOLS
BERLIN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Steve Farr and Sandi Smith demonstrate rain barrels at BIS.
Berlin Intermediate School's painted rain barrels at their 2010 "Lights On After School" event.
Berlin Intermediate School TerraCycling, "Save the Wrappers" contest winners.
Berlin Intermediate School's 2011 Earth Day Event
Berlin Intermediate School's After-School Garden Club
BIS After-School Garden Club Volunteers
Berlin Intermediate School Garden
Debbi Dean-Colley; Grow Berlin Green Project Manager
educates students about the effects of stormwater and proper rain barrel usage
at Berlin Intermediate Schools, 2011"Lights On After School" event.
BUCKINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GBG and Master Gardener, Ginny Rosenkrantz facilitating the Buckingham Elementary School
After-School Garden Program
Jenni Whitehead, Educator at BES and Ginny Rosenkrantz helping the students.
parent involvement
and a great turn-out of guardian volunteers!
4-H Instructor, Jeanne Davis helps students at BES Summer school identify plants.
4-H - BES Summer School helping to care for the gardens.
4-H display of bees and their hives and the process of pollination.
Students observing and identifying native plants.
GARDENS
DEMONSTRATION GARDEN INSTALLED AT THE
ASSATEAGUE COASTAL TRUST HOUSE/OFFICE
Heirloom tomatoes planted demonstrating sustainability.
A Demonstration Garden was installed by a local landscaper;
John Colley at the ACT House/Office displaying indigenous and native plants.
RAIN GARDENS
GBG Director Steve Farr and Worcester County's GIS Analyst Keota Silaphone complete a rain garden.
Volunteers hard at work installing a rain garden at Germantown Heritage center.
Volunteers installing a rain garden at Stephen Decatur Park.
Berlin Mayor Gee Williams joins GBG and town employees to
dedicate interpretive rain garden sign at Stephen Decatur Park.
before......... and after the rain garden was installed.
Berlin Church of Christ rain garden
Germantown rain garden
Stephen Decatur Park rain garden
RECYCLING
Berlin Mayor Gee Williams joins Town staff, downtown business owners and GBG staff to dedicate recycling container for new business recycling program.
MISCELLANEOUS
You never know where a GBG reusable bag will show up.
Grow Berlin Green's TerraCycle volunteers, Kathy and Tom Winte.
Accepting the Main Street, Grow Berlin Green Award
pictured from left to right, Steve Farr, Kathy Phillips, Michael Day,
Debbi Dean-Colley, Sandi Smith, Kate Patton and Mayor Gee Williams.
Supporting Farm to Table, and keeping it local at the Berlin Farmer's Market,
Wednesdays from 2-6pm and Fridays from 10-3.
COMMUNITY CLEAN UP
Oh the treasures you'll find when you're cleaning a ditch :(
Take Pride in Berlin Spring Clean-Up Day.
Super Fun Eco Tours donated their kayaks to the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day to assist
in pond restoration and clean-up at Stephen Decatur Park.
Debris and garbage found by volunteers in the Stephen Decatur Park pond at the
3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day.
Mike Gibbons, Public Works Director, organizing the 3rd Annual take
Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day with volunteers.
Volunteers picking up litter at Stephen Decatur Park at the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day.
Brad and Cata Parks, Grow Berlin Green volunteers, help clean up
Hudson Branch for the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day.
Kathy Phillips, Assateague Coastal Trust Coastkeeper picking up trash at Hudson Branch
for the 3rd Annual take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day.
Hudson Branch debris and volunteer help at the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day.
Community involvement for the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day.
PLANTING PROJECTS
BERLIN LIBRARY GARDEN HARVEST 2010
Grow Berlin Green and LESSON combined forces to plant and harvest a garden located at the Berlin Library.
The food was donated to Diakonia, a local crisis shelter located in Ocean City, Maryland.
Pat Pilling hard at work harvesting vegetables for Handmade planter stakes for identification.
Stevenson United Methodist Church in Berlin.
14 lbs. of cabbage and fresh dill harvested Joe Stevenson graciously accepting the harvest.
for Stevenson United Methodist Church.
Sharon Peterson, a committed volunteer harvesting produce at the Berlin Library garden.
BERLIN LIBRARY GARDEN HARVEST 2011
Lots of volunteer participation and alot of produce harvested at the 2011 Berlin Library Garden Harvest.
Purple Plum and Red Bud trees are planted at the Farmer's Market area in Berlin to enhance and beautify the area
and memorial plaques placed by tree donors.
COAST KIDS TREE PLANTING
Coast Kids and Grow Berlin Green planted native trees and shrubs at Stephen Decatur Park.
BERLIN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FIELD TRIP
Patricia Dufendach gives students at Berlin Intermediate School a lesson on invasive and indigenous plants in the area.
The raking crew at Berlin Intermediate School. John Colley teaches the students about native trees.
Student's getting ready to break ground and install native plants and shrubs in the Stephen Decatur Park area.
The plant identification staking crew. Christy Hallman from Grow Berlin Green helps students.
Grow Berlin Green helped 6th grade students at Berlin Intermediate School learn about identifying
native plants and shrubs while participating in planting and beautifying Stephen Decatur Park.
3RD ANNUAL TAKE PRIDE IN BERLIN CLEAN-UP DAY
Volunteers plant urban plants at Burbage Park Olive from the Berlin Chamber planting flowers
for the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day. with a volunteer along Main St. for the 3rd Annual
Take Pride in Berlin Clean-Up Day
The Bank of O.C. volunteered their time to help beauty State Farm Insurance handed out Green re-usable
Henry Park with native plants at the 3rd Annual Take . water bottles to volunteers that participated in
Pride in Berlin Clean-Up Day. 3rd Annual Clean-up Day.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Berlin residents pack Town Hall for community forum to launch Grow Berlin Green.
FIDDLER'S CONVENTION-PEDAL POWERED SMOOTHIES
Grow Berlin Green's Director, Steve Farr and Project Manager, Debbi Dean-Colley
pumping Pedal Powered Smoothies for the Berlin Fiddler's Convention.
Jacob Hagy Joel Todd Olive Mawyer
The community got involved and pumped their own Pedal Powered Smoothies!
3RD ANNUAL BERLIN PEACH FESTIVAL
PEDAL POWERED PEACH SMOOTHIE EVENT
Robin Tomaselli, co-owner of BAKED Dessert Cafe and Gallery pumping those smoothies!
Men at work!
Women at work!
Lots of folks joined in that day to start pedaling away to make their own smoothies.
RECYCLING ART PROMOTION CONTEST
Grow Berlin Green's Recycling Art Promotion Contest winners are from left to right, Hannah Adkins-8th grade winner;
Spencer Carbaugh- Best Overall Winner; Lilly Belle Baker- 5th grade winner with Debbi Dean-Colley; Project Manager
and Steve Farr; Developmental Director for Grow Berlin Green.
7th graders from Worcester Prep's designed this recycled piece of
art work for the contest and won!
Title- :Spaceship"
Additional entries for the Recycled Art Promo Contest.
Best overall winner, Spencer Carbaugh's art made from hand made paper with a message to
"PROTECT OUR OCEANS"
GBG WORKSHOPS
MORE GBG RECYCLED ART PROJECTS
2010 BERLIN CHRISTMAS PARADE FLOAT
Lots of prep work from lots of volunteers helped get the Grow Berlin Green's upcycled Christmas tree into the cycle stage.
Beginning stages of building and creating this amazing upcycled green tree.
Additional items were also made from recyclables help complete the float for the Berlin Christmas Parade.
Gifts made from cans and wreaths made from plastic bags.
Grow Berlin Green's upcycled tree is constructed from 999 recycled plastic bottles, decorated with garlands
made of styrofoam packing peanuts and topped with a star made from yogurt foil tops.
Grow Berlin Green encourages everyone in the community to reduce, reuse and recycle.
2011 GROW BERLIN GREEN AND COAST KIDS
BERLIN CHRISTMAS PARADE FLOAT
Coast Kids and Grow Berlin Green's efforts created a paper mache butterfly,
native animals and sea life for the 2011 Berlin Christmas Parade and took 3rd place!.
HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
creating........ assembling.....
partaking......................
displaying......
laughter.............
community effort......
upcycling................
patience.............
proud...............
and more laughter.................
Grow Berlin Green held several Holiday Workshops that demonstrated using natural elements from the Earth to be
constructed into beautiful wreaths and swags, and upcycling recycled plastic bottles into snowmen and angels. It engaged
the community of Berlin to work together creating decorations from recyclable and natural materials while enjoying the
Holiday spirit with one another.
RECLAIMING RECYCLED MATERIALS TO CREATE A SELF-PORTRAIT
Children who attended Camp WoGoYo at Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services
created self portraits using recycled materials.
MAKE YOUR OWN GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS WORKSHOP
Measuring, mixing and smelling before the final test. Betsy demonstrates on her Mom's car window.
CANNING AND PRESERVATION WORKSHOP
Holly Hill Creations; Elise Koch facilitating a canning workshop.
A demonstration of sustainability, from the garden to the kitchen and on the shelf.
1st ANNUAL "SWAP IT OUT" CLOTHING CIRCULATION DAY
With over 34 participants and 524 items of clothing, Grow Berlin Green promoted recycling efforts in a new fashion.
COAST KIDS MAKE BUTTERFLY HOUSES FOR BERLIN PARKS
Verena Chase, Coast Kids Manager, helps assemble butterfly houses to be placed throughout the parks in Berlin.
Finished butterfly house at Henry Park awaiting some
winged insects to take residence.
Mike Wiley taking photos of the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up event.
Berlin Area Ministries United donated and cooked food for volunteers at the 3rd Annual Take Pride in Berlin Clean-up Day.
BERLIN PARKS
STEPHEN DECATUR PARK
Educational signs at Stephen Decatur Park.
THE TOWN OF BERLIN AND GROW BERLIN GREEN
ARE DREAMING OF A "GREEN" CHRISTMAS 2011
The early stages of the Town of Berlin Christmas tree before it's decorated...My'Oh'My - What a Beauty!
This beauty of a tree was provided by Bruce Nichols and Nichols Farm in Hebron. Troy Purnell donated
the funds to pay for the tree, and Ron Cascio helped with identifying Nichols Farm and logistics.
Nichols Farm was selected as the vendor in recognition of their sustainable tree farming practices.
The tree proudly displayed in front of the Atlantic Hotel on Main Street.
