YOU can help protect water quality by participating in Beach Sweep/River Sweep. Beach Sweep/River Sweep is South Carolina’s largest one-day volunteer cleanup of its kind. Every 3rd Saturday in September, thousands of South Carolinians clear beaches, rivers, lakes, marshes and swamps of aquatic debris. Last year, over 3,000 dedicated volunteers removed 20 tons of litterContinue reading “Protect Water Quality: Participate In River Sweep”
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Planting Seeds & The Oct 27th Downtown Cleanup
My 5yro and I spent about an hour pulling weeds (mostly crab grass) at The KFB Cultural Garden this morning. I had a great time with her as we chatted about her first week of kindergarten at Briggs and about how God created the plants that makeup the Carolina Fence Garden on S. Dargan StreetContinue reading “Planting Seeds & The Oct 27th Downtown Cleanup”
Florence Cultural Garden, a Keep Florence Beautiful Project
9/20/11 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Florence Cultural Garden, a Keep Florence Beautiful Project The Florence Cultural Garden installation on South Dargan Street in Downtown Florence is a “Carolina Fence Garden”, this is a Keep Florence Beautiful project in conjunction with the City of Florence and other local and state businesses. A Carolina Fence Garden utilizes someContinue reading “Florence Cultural Garden, a Keep Florence Beautiful Project”
Florence City-County Complex gets greener
By: JOHN SWEENEY | SCNOW Published: May 18, 2011 FLORENCE, SC –The fortress of brick and concrete that towers above downtown Florence showed a softer side Wednesday as volunteers with Keep Florence Beautiful spruced up the landscaping at the Florence City-County Complex.Giving the landscaping a facelift was a no-brainer, organizers said. “The city-county complex is right here in the middle of town.Continue reading “Florence City-County Complex gets greener”