Strawbery Banke to Hold Earth Day Clean-up

Spring is in full bloom and Strawbery Banke is just about to open for the season on May 1. The Museum is inviting volunteers to celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 21 as a volunteer for Garden Cleanup Day, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

An annual tradition, the Earth Day volunteers help accomplish what would otherwise be three months of work in just a few hours. Rain date Sunday, April 22.                                

Morning refreshments donated by Starbucks and lunch, following the Garden Cleanup will be pizza from Flatbread Company of Portsmouth and a slow food potluck (volunteers also welcome for the lunch.) Slow Food Seacoast will conduct a seed swap and will give away free heirloom seeds with strong regional ties.

Volunteers should arrive at the Tyco Visitors Center at Strawbery Banke Museum for work assignments and refreshments at 8:30am and are asked to bring along gardening tools and gloves. The pot luck lunch will follow at 12:30. Please RSVP to Jonathan Brown at volunteers@strawberybanke.org 

Submitted by Stephanie Seacord for Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth