Please join us for an online informational meeting on Tuesday September 1st, from 7-8pm.  (If you are not able to attend but are interested just let me know and I can schedule a time to talk with you.)

LINK:

Window Dressers informational meeting

Tuesday, September 1 · 7:00 – 8:00pm

Time zone: America/New_York

Google Meet joining info

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/jwh-uewz-htw

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 920-249-5275‬ PIN: ‪925 869 980‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/jwh-uewz-htw?pin=7540269483530

Looking forward to the impact of this project - it will save folks money on their heating bills - and be so fun to do together in community!   

Celebrate International CoastSweep by helping remove and categorize marine debris. The data collected supports efforts to better understand and reduce marine pollution. Meet at the John George Park parking lot at noon. Tools and supplies will be provided.

Please join us for a downtown litter cleanup, focusing on the side streets between Cabot & Rantoul Streets. We'll meet on Judson Street outside the Cabot Theatre at 10am. We have trash bags, adult-sized gloves, and grabbers to share. We appreciate your help and look forward to seeing you there!

Play Pickleball for Good 2026 ~ August 22
We're excited to once again partner with our wonderful friends at MINT Pickleball, for our 2nd annual Play Pickleball for Good fundraiser tournament on Saturday, August 22, from 9A to 12 noon at the Salem Willows' pickleball courts.

Participants can look forward to a fun-filled morning of pickleball, community spirit, raffles, and fundraising activities—all benefiting Kinship Farm's Grow Food for Good program. A $65 donation-based registration fee, all players must register.

Pickleball lessons will be available again this year, at $55 per lesson, and provided by MINT Pickleball from 10A to 12 noon!

Please register by Friday, August 14 for the MINT Pickleball Derby format tournament & lessons (see website).

Plan to bring your energy, enthusiasm, and support for local food security efforts. We can't wait to see you on the courts and register early, we sold out last year!

The Salem Willows Pickleball Courts are located in Salem, MA. This is a very family-friendly location, with shaded grassy areas and arcade games nearby.

It will be a morning of outdoor fun, community building, pickleball lessons, and tournament competition suited for every level. Whether you're a spectator, a beginner, or a seasoned pickleball player, if you want to be outside, meet new or old friends, learn about and/or play pickleball, and support a good cause, this event is for you.

All proceeds from our pickleball registration, lessons, and raffle items go directly to Kinship Farm's Grow food for good (GFG) efforts to provide education about and expanded access to healthy, locally grown food for individuals and families in need on the North Shore.

Event Cost: $65

Meet at the parking lot to join forces with the Bittersweet Brigade and Salem Sound Coastwatch to remove invasive plants. Tools and supplies provided. Thank you for making a difference in our environment by protecting native plants and removing invasives.

Please contact Susan Marsh (susan.marsh@salemsound.org) to register.

Salem Sound Coastwatch, students from Youth Build, and community members will be removing trash from the North River and Harmony Grove Road between Grove Street in Salem and Howley Road in Peabody. Meet at the Stop N Shop on Howley Road near the road and railroad tracks. Tools and supplies will be provided.

Green Beverly is partnering with the Beverly Waste Reduction Committee and the Sustainability office of the City of Beverly on a weekend-long effort to give unwanted trash and recycling barrels a second life.

If you’ve got a container gathering dust, bring it by and swap it for something you can actually use, like a rain barrel or yard waste bin. Anything that doesn’t get claimed will go to local nonprofits so nothing goes to waste. This only works if the community shows up, and we mean that literally.

We’d love to see your family, friends, and neighbors join us. Consider this your invitation to make it a fun weekend project together!

Join us for an evening insect safari! Scout the dark for moths, caterpillars, and other night-flying pollinators, glowing under UV Blacklight right on the farm.

Pollinators work the night shift too! Moths and their caterpillars pollinate crops and native plants after dark, alongside bees and other animals by day. Spend an evening with a blacklight and a sheet, and see who shows up - from hawkmoths to underwings - and learn why protecting their habitat helps protect our harvests and wild landscapes too. The later you stay, the more you can see! Ecology lesson provided by Lepidopterist Teá Montagna and New Entry staff.

Event Cost: $7

Strong coffee, great beer, plenty of seats + outlets
Remote workers, founders, creatives, tradespeople, artists, community builders and all sorts of good humans

Green Beverly Office hours from 12-2pm!

Join us at Beverly Common (across from the Library) for our first-ever Garden Party to celebrate the Garden City! This family-friendly event will transform our Common into a living art space, and will feature live music all day, local art installations, food, entertainment, local makers, and a Champagne Chateau! Your finest garden party attire is encouraged. We hope to see you there!

Run for a Reason: Your Support Makes the Difference

Run for a reason. The Y ensures everyone has access to vital programs like swim safety, childcare, and youth development. Your registration supports this mission, helping those in our community who need the Y most.

This year, your impact goes even further. By joining the 2026 Greater Beverly YMCA Beverly Homecoming 5K on August 6th, you’re strengthening the foundation of Beverly. Your involvement ensures these essential programs remain accessible to every neighbor and family.

Get your running shoes ready! Don’t miss this historic Homecoming tradition. Neighbors line the streets to cheer you on along a flat, picturesque course through oceanside suburbs. It’s more than a race—it’s a chance to celebrate our city and run for a life-changing mission.

Event Cost: $45

Make time for a traditional boiled lobster or lobster roll, chowder, or chicken, etc. and catch up with your Beverly friends and neighbors at Lynch Park. As you enjoy fresh lobster at picnic tables under the big tent, local bands will provide an oceanside soundtrack for your listening or dancing delight. Meanwhile, local businesses, elected officials and politicians, and nonprofit organizations will be set up around the park to share information – and usually some fun lawn games – with you.

Amazingly, 90% all the trash from this event is diverted from the waste stream with the help of Beverly’s Waste Reduction Committee (keep your eye out for composting and recycling stations under the tent). For parents of young children, enter your child in the “Spirit of LobsterFest” costume contest and your little crustacean might just win a prize! (Contest is technically open to all ages but adults are just not going to win this thing.)

We look forward to seeing you at Lynch Park!

Please note that there is a non-Beverly resident parking fee at Lynch Park:  weekdays $15, weekends and holidays $25, seniors and active military personnel are $5 per car weekdays.  There is no parking fee on Wednesday, August 5th which is LobsterFest.

Celebrate the end of the adult summer reading season with this special program featuring the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Green Beverly, and The Trustees of Reservations. Kate Parsons, Xerces Society Ambassador, will give an in-depth talk on moths--the unsung heroes of nighttime pollination. Green Beverly's Director of Community Engagement, Meg Cunningham, will share information about Green Beverly's demonstration garden, their garden rebate, and their pollinator map. Pilar Garro, The Trustees' Property Director, will tell you all about Moraine Farm Community Garden and how to get involved. Come celebrate another successful season of summer of reading, pollination, seed sowing and seed growing! Light refreshments will be available courtesy of the Friends of the Beverly Public Library.

Questions? Contact Kerri at kmaclaury@noblenet.org or 978-921-6062 ext., 2120. In partnership with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Green Beverly, and The Trustees of Reservations.

Extra opportunity: Green Beverly is offering a free review of your electric and gas bill. Let Green Beverly try to help you lower your utility bills by bringing your bills to the event!

Join us for fun activities, farm-fresh produce and products from local farmers and vendors at a mobile market, guided tours of New Entry’s organic, working farm, food, and more!

Event free to attend; food and beverages available for purchase. Donations always appreciated.

Recurring series: 7/28/26, 7/29/26, 7/30/26

3-Day Summer Professional Development Institute for Grades 6-12 Educators

Join us for a place-based professional learning experience that integrates coastal science and conservation at Crane Beach. This multi-day summer program invites you and peer educators to explore active restoration and conservation projects through hands-on field experiences and direct collaboration with scientists. Participating educators will engage with real datasets, discuss ongoing research, and examine how ecosystems respond to human impact over time. From the beach to the salt marsh, educators will experience how authentic fieldwork and community science can deepen student understanding of environmental change. Designed with the Science and Engineering Practices in mind, this program equips teachers with meaningful examples, data, and pedagogical approach to connect local science to broader standards-aligned concepts and inquiry.

Step Back in Time at the Beverly Cove Time Capsule Reveal!

Join us for a truly special Beverly Homecoming event as we gather to open the Beverly Cove Time Capsule and uncover memories, artifacts, and stories from the past!

For years, this capsule has preserved a snapshot of Beverly's history. Now, it's time to see what was tucked away and reflect on how our community has grown through the years.

Bring the whole family and experience this unique celebration of local history. Whether you have ties to Beverly Cove or love discovering pieces of the past, this event offers a rare opportunity to connect generations through shared memories.

Browse history, meet neighbors and community members, and enjoy an afternoon celebrating the people, places, and traditions that make Beverly so special.

Explore how climate change is predicted to impact Beverly and the world economically. Using the en-ROADS simulator by Climate Interactive & MIT Sloan, we'll model how different policies and actions can dramatically shift the 'Cost of Climate'.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIbvA0wTvWOfDtHoWwyfF-aMuzKcu1dh545tD2JYCXdY3auQ/viewform

Please join us for a downtown litter cleanup, focusing on the side streets between Cabot & Rantoul Streets. We'll meet on Judson Street outside the Cabot Theatre at 10am. We have trash bags, adult-sized gloves, and grabbers to share. We appreciate your help and look forward to seeing you there!

What we do with our waste is on our minds right now in Beverly.

Come along with Green Beverly to experience the science behind commercial composting and see an active job site at Black Earth Compost in Manchester. 

One of the easiest ways to reduce the amount of waste in our trash barrels is to divert your food scraps to compost. There are many different ways to compost- in your own backyard, through Green Beverly’s free composting sites, or to use a curbside pickup commercial composting service like Black Earth Composting.

There is a lot to see behind the scenes at Black Earth, where they turn our food scraps into nutrient-rich soil, which can help grow more food. You can learn more about Black Earth’s service and the special $20 offer for Beverly Residents here: https://www.blackearthcompost.com/composting-in/beverly

This event is FREE and open to all Beverly residents, but space is limited, and registration is required.

Please fill out this form to register: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSd6BdsSXrfTwW.../viewform

See you there! 

Bring your curiosity, your questions, or just show up for the FREE coffee and friendly conversation. We'll be inside or on the back patio, so dress accordingly for the weather!

Mark your calendars, coffee lovers and sustainability enthusiasts!

This is part of Green Beverly's Office Hours Series, and here's the best part: everyone is welcome. Got burning sustainability questions? Brilliant green ideas? Just craving good conversation over great coffee? Pull up a chair. We'd love to see you!

What to expect:

• Free drip coffee on us (while it lasts!)

• Your favorite espresso drinks available for purchase

• Cozy indoor seating or breezy back patio vibes (dress for the weather—it's open air!)

• Genuine connections with neighbors who care about our community

Getting here: We'd love it if you could walk or bike over! Every small step counts.

Find us at beantrust coffeebar, and come as you are. Can't wait to share some coffee and conversation with you.

Huge thanks to Erik Modhal @beantrust.community for making this happen!

Join us Wednesday, July 15 (7-8 pm) for a Driveway Energy Party! This is a low-key, casual hangout where neighbors help neighbors. Grab a cookie, play some cornhole, and swap real home energy tips with the folks who live down the street. We’ll also be talking about what heat pumps can actually do for your home (and your wallet ).

No expertise needed, just curiosity and a love of cookies. Come learn something, share something, and leave with a few new neighbors and a little less stress about your energy bill.

• 14 Kennel Hill Drive

• Cookies + cornhole

• Rain date: July 22

See you in the driveway! No registration required.

Green Beverly will be joining the Firkin Flyers run club for a run out of Backbeat Brewing on Tuesday 7/7. We'll start the run at 6pm! There will be a 1 mile loop and 5k loop option.

Please join us for a downtown litter cleanup, focusing on the side streets between Cabot & Rantoul Streets. We'll meet on Judson Street outside the Cabot Theatre at 10am. We have trash bags, adult-sized gloves, and grabbers to share. We appreciate your help and look forward to seeing you there!

Come celebrate the start of summer and everything sustainable food and farming at New Entry! Tour our working, organic farm and green houses, buy farm-fresh food and products at our mobile market pop-up, and enjoy a few family-friendly activities!

This is an interactive and fun introduction to Green Beverly's history, mission and opportunities to get involved. It is offered six times annually.

In case of rain, the location will be at the Barnet Gallery at the library.

Celebrate Pollinator Week (6/22 - 27) with a whimsical outdoor Pollinator StoryWalk® adventure for the whole family! Stroll through the gardens and trails as each page of a nature-themed story, A Pathway for Pollinators by Michelle Schaub, unfolds along the path, highlighting the incredible role bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators play in our ecosystems. Along the way, discover fun facts and simple ways you can help protect pollinators at home. Perfect for children and caregivers, this self-guided experience combines literacy and nature exploration in our beautiful gardens.

Bring your curiosity, your questions, or just show up for the FREE coffee and friendly conversation. We'll be inside or on the back patio, so dress accordingly for the weather!

Mark your calendars, coffee lovers and sustainability enthusiasts!

This is part of Green Beverly's Office Hours Series, and here's the best part: everyone is welcome. Got burning sustainability questions? Brilliant green ideas? Just craving good conversation over great coffee? Pull up a chair. We'd love to see you!

What to expect:

• Free drip coffee on us (while it lasts!)

• Your favorite espresso drinks available for purchase

• Cozy indoor seating or breezy back patio vibes (dress for the weather—it's open air!)

• Genuine connections with neighbors who care about our community

Getting here: We'd love it if you could walk or bike over! Every small step counts.

Find us at beantrust coffeebar, and come as you are. Can't wait to share some coffee and conversation with you.

Huge thanks to Erik Modhal @beantrust.community for making this happen!

Salem and Beverly are partnering once again to host Styrofoam Collection Day on Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 10:00am – 1:00pm.

Hold on to your Styrofoam – Casella (formerly Save That Stuff) will collect it to recycle! This will be a drive-through event June 20 at the Community Life Center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA. Residents of Salem and Beverly may participate.

Please bring only rigid white expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam). NO squishy foam, packaging peanuts or food service containers, such as meat trays, clamshells, or Styrofoam cups can be accepted. At this event, we will also collect broken string lights and extension cords for recycling.

While Styrofoam cannot be recycled curbside, Casella has densifiers that can process the material for recycling. We’re excited to offer residents a way to sustainably dispose of their Styrofoam!

Please stay in your vehicle the whole time and have items ready to unload in your trunk, truck bed, or hatchback.

For more info or to volunteer, contact:

Alisa Cherkasova at acherkasova@salem.com or 978-619-5672

Ibrahim Lopez-Hernandez at ilopez@beverlyma.gov or 978-605-232

Arts Fest is a free outdoor festival in downtown Beverly that's fun for the whole family! Featuring artists of all mediums. Green Beverly will have a tent with fun, games & giveaways!

Green Beverly will also have a presence with waste stations to minimize the waste from ArtsFest

Please join us for a cleanup at Gillis Park / Pleasant View Beach. We will meet at the Porter Street entrance to the playground at 9:30am. We have trash bags, adult-sized gloves, and grabbers to share. We appreciate your help and look forward to seeing you there!