Blog - Keep Denton Beautiful

Luscious Lawns: July’s Yard of the Month

July 29, 2021
Carly Weld
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Congratulations to the Cochran’s at 1421 Cambridge Ln. for winning Keep Denton Beautiful’s July Yard of the Month award in the Lawn category. This yard is proof that you can have a manicured lawn, garden beds brimming with plants, and a variety of trees too! The Cochran’s yard has plush […]

June Yard of the Month Winner – Pollinator Yard

June 25, 2021
Carly Weld
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Beautification, Love and Care, Volunteer, Yard of the Month

Congratulations to the Green’s! Our June Yard of the Month is a stunning example of a pollinator garden featuring water smart, heat tolerant native plants. We’ve taken photos from the Green’s yard at 3400 Paisley St. and although some plants are not captured while blooming, beautiful flowers are present at […]

Keeping Denton Clean All Year Long

June 1, 2021
Carly Weld
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Beautification, Events, Litter Cleanup, Love and Care, Volunteer

Spring cleanups are a lot of fun! The weather is warming up, trees are budding, flowers are blooming, and Denton’s largest and longest-running cleanup, the Great American Cleanup, brings us all together. But, cleaning up litter is a year-round job, and we can always use the help of volunteers to […]

Denton’s Redbud Festival Wrap-up

April 28, 2021
Carly Weld
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Beautification, Events, Urban Forestry

Celebrating trees is what the Denton Redbud Festival is all about! This year, we pivoted to showcase the beautiful buds in different ways. From virtual classes and self-guided activities to outdoor, socially-distanced yoga, we had a blast. If you have not already, make sure to check out the T-shirt Upcycle […]

2021 Great American Cleanup Wrap-up

April 28, 2021
Carly Weld
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Events, Great Stories, Leadership, Litter Cleanup, Love and Care, Volunteer

We have been through a lot the past year, but nothing makes our heart swell more than our community coming together, socially-distanced, for the betterment of our City! This spring, 967 participants registered for Denton’s Great American Cleanup. The cleanup was extended the full month of March, and y’all showed […]

Rebounding, Patience, and Observation: Thoughts from Yard of the Month Judge Beverly McClure

April 6, 2021
Carly Weld
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Beverly McClure is a Denton County Master Gardener Association Member and Trinity Forks Chapter Member of the Native Plant Society of Texas. It has been 6 weeks and we are still in recovery mode. Rebounding, patience and observation are the words to remember as a result of the February deep […]

5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day on Campus

April 2, 2021
Carly Weld
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Events, Global Issues, Great Stories, Leadership, Love and Care

Written by: Vanessa Ellison 1. Engage your green team with a campaign! Have your green team create content for the morning announcements or a small presentation to share with their classmates about being a green team member and why it is important to care for the planet 2. Launch a […]

Yard of the Month: A Focus on Education

March 24, 2021
Carly Weld
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Beautification, Great Stories, Love and Care, Urban Forestry, Volunteer, Yard of the Month

Keep Denton Beautiful has updated the Yard of the Month program to feature a different type of yard each month – container gardening, lawns, pollinators – we’ve got it covered! Here’s the monthly breakdown: April: Native Plants May: Pollinator Gardens June: Lawns July: Container gardens/raised beds Aug.: Xeriscape* Sept.: Natural […]

Great American Cleanup, More Than a Local Effort

March 1, 2021
Carly Weld
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Beautification, Events, Great Stories, Leadership, Litter Cleanup, Volunteer

While the 2021 cleanups are socially-distanced, and the party has gone virtual, the impact of Keep Denton Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup (GAC) remains the same – TONS of litter removed from our community. Each year, Dentonites of all ages clean up streets, neighborhoods, parks, and waterways to make an impact […]

Tree Relocation Pilot Project

January 29, 2021
Carly Weld
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Great Stories, Leadership, Urban Forestry, Volunteer

Trees clean the air, provide shade that can lower your home’s electrical cost, and reduce runoff, which then helps with limit erosion and pollution. Because trees are so important, Denton Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) is piloting a project to carefully dig up Post Oak and Blackjack Oak trees from […]