Keep Gastonia Beautiful events aim to make an impact in the community and highlight our mission.
Below you can find when are events are generally held, you can click on each tab to learn more about what to expect at each event.
January:
February:
March: Spring Black Gold Sales, Arbor Day, Great American Cleanup starts
April: Spring Black Gold Sales, Earth Day/Shred Day, Great American Cleanup Continues, Yard of the Week - Spring
May: Beetopia, Great American Cleanup
June: Great American Cleanup Wrap up
August: School Year Prep
September: Black Gold Sales
October: Black Gold Sales
November: Firewood Sales, America Recycles Day/Shred Day
December: Tree Lighting
When: Regular sales take place every spring and fall as scheduled: Come back soon for details! To keep traffic moving at the site, please be sure to tarp your load at the top of the road.
What’s the difference between Black Gold and mulch? Help us prevent litter... Bring a Tarp to Cover Your Load! Tarps are available onsite, just ask one of the volunteers. Join Keep Gastonia Beautiful twice a year for SHRED DAY! This event is held twice a year. In November to celebrate America Recycles Day and in April to celebrate Earth Day Next 2024 Date: Mark your calendars!
Do bring 3 banker boxes (or similar size plastic bins)
DO NOT bring already shredded papers To ensure all citizens are able to utilize this FREE event, we ask that you only bring personal items to shred, All sensitive documents are shredded on-site and recycled at our local SONOCO
Goodwill Dell Reconnect will accept the following items in all conditions and all brands: Desktops, laptops, mouses and keyboards Click on the picture to watch a video on how The Keep America Beautiful® Great American Cleanup is the nation’s largest community improvement program taking place annually in thousands of communities nationwide. It runs March 20-June 20th each year. National Impact Local Impact
BEEtopia 2025 Date TBD To gather in the community to share our knowledge and love of the honey bee & all pollinators.
Firewood Sales are held each fall Fall 2024 Dates November date TBD if wood is remaining 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. or until we sell out $60 for an entire truckload.
Black Gold Sales
What Is Black Gold?
Fall 2024 Dates
NEW PRICING DETAILS: $20/scoop
Fridays 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Saturdays 8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Where: 3100 Duke Street (off of Gaston Day School Rd.)
KGB’s Black Gold is different than the typical backyard compost that often includes food waste and possibly chicken/rabbit manure. Our Black Gold is almost exclusively leaf and maybe some yard clippings, which makes for good organic nutrients, that when mixed with soil, slowly release its nutrients back to plants. It is a wonderful amendment and can reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers. Many people side-dress existing plants, giving time for the Black Gold to slowly release to the soil.
Mulch, on the other hand, is a more course product, and although as organic as is compost, will need much more time for microorganisms to break down the material and allow nutrients to enter into the soil, ready for plants to absorb.
Cost: $20.00 per scoop (approximately 3 cubic yards) 3 cubic yards = 240 sq ft at 4 inches thick
In the event of rain please call 704.869.1938 or visit www.facebook.com/keepgastoniabeautiful for information on cancelation or possible rescheduling of sale.
NO DELIVERIES AVAILABLE
All funds go toward KGB’s beautification efforts.
Shred Day
8 a.m. -12 noon** at the Gastonia Farmer's Market
Saturday, November 2 from 8-12
(dates can vary from year to year so check back for specific dates each year)
Do bring your sensitive materials
(i.e. items with your social security information, bank information, old taxes, etc.)
Do sort your boxes prior to arrival
Do tell your friends and family about this FREE event!
DO NOT bring mixed papers, i.e. magazines, newspapers, etc.
This takes up valuable space others could use to shred their documents
DO NOT have items like batteries, thumb drives, or CD's in your boxes, they can break the machine
this event is not intended for businesses.
iPads, Surfaces, tablets & e-readers
Monitors, printers & scanners
Flat screen televisions
Home audio & theater equipment
Video games & gaming systems
iPods, MP3 players & accessories
Cameras, media cards, video equipment & GPS systems
Mobile phones & accessories
External & internal hard drives
Power cords, chargers & cables
Ink & toner cartridges
Children’s educational toys
and what to expect at Shred Day events!
Great American Cleanup
The Great American Cleanup annually engages more than 300,000 volunteers and participants, whose work returns, on average, more than $20 million in measurable benefits across thousands of participating communities.
Let’s face it litter is ugly, it pollutes our waterways, it’s expensive for our cities, towns, and communities to remove. Keep Gastonia Beautiful provides a simple way for anyone to make a difference in their own neighborhood and provide the inspiration for others to do the same. Help Keep Gastonia Beautiful by joining us for a local cleanup. Grab a friend or two and get out and pick up trash. To host a cleanup with your organization, neighborhood, or business reach out to us directly juliann.lehman@gastonianc.gov
BEEtopia
Gastonia Farmers Market (410 E. Long Avenue)OUR GOALS for BEETOPIA
Educate our community on efforts being made by our city to be good stewards of the land.
Provide an environment for the garden, environmental, and Bee clubs to gather and share their missions with the community.
Create a new tradition and a joyful day for people of all ages to enjoy crafts, activities, classes, while tasting world-class Gaston County honey at the Gastonia Farmers Market.
Firewood
October 12 & October 26
@Ferguson Park
1401 Golf Course Drive, Gastonia, NC
Parks and Recreation staff are on-site to load up your truck, just drive up and we'll take care of you!
