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Redbud Festival: Saturday, April 22!Rdbd
Join us on  Saturday, April 22 for  the 24th  annual Denton Redbud Festival  at the Denton Civic Center  from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

The FREE festival is held in Quakertown Park and kicks off at 10 a.m. Activities include a free tree giveaway, a live TRASHion Fashion Runway Show at noon, educational workshops, free yoga with Karma Yoga Denton, more than 50 local vendors, and live music performances by Starfire, A.M. Ramblers, and Chris Welch & the Cicada Killers. The event includes a Kids' Zone with bounce houses benefiting the Denton Parks & Recreation Teen Council. DFW Child Magazine will host a children's planting & pot decorating activity for young festival-goers. Local printer Pan Ector Industries will be live printing exclusive Redbud Festival and Keep Denton Beautiful merchandise all day.
 
As the official Arbor Day event for Denton, a variety of Arbor Day-focused activities and educational opportunities will be offered as part of this year's festival. A full schedule of workshops and activities for this year's Redbud Festival can be found below. Highlights include a special tree-themed story time for young children and their caregivers at 11 a.m., hosted by the Denton Public Library.
 
The festival will also play host to our popular "Free Tree Class" and a free tree giveaway. Festival-goers can receive a free tree after attending a 30-minute tree care class (led by Certified Arborist Scott Geer of Tree Shepherds and the City's Urban Forester, Haywood Morgan). Tree recipients must agree to plant the tree within the Denton city limits, and will be asked to register the planting address at the time of the giveaway. The Tree Giveaway at the Redbud Festival is made possible through the Denton Tree Initiative.

Follow the Facebook Event Page  for more information!
This program made possible with generous support from:





with additional support from:
 




                   
Volunteer at the Redbud Festival!Volunteer
There are only a few spring volunteer events left! Volunteer with us at the Denton Redbud Festival! Event volunteers receive an event T-shirt, Starbucks coffee, water and snacks.
20 volunteers are needed to help with event tear-down: 
  • Help direct vendors during load-out after event
  • Move tables and chairs back into storage
  • Tear down stage
  • Clean up event site inside civic center and outside in Quakertown Park
Want to volunteer? 
Email  volunteer@kdb.org or call (940)349-8737.
Great American Cleanup Wrap-UpGAC
The results are in for KDB's 29th annual Great American Cleanup: more than 2,106 volunteers registered - including local families, Boy and Girl Scout troops, school and university organizations, City leaders, and others - cleaned more than 8 TONS of litter ( 1,095 bags of trash and recycling) from 18 parks, 11 schools,  2 waterway sites, 4 rail trails, and 84 linear miles of roadway and public spaces around Denton! 

Thanks so much to all of the amazing volunteers who gave their time to help keep Denton clean, beautiful, and vibrant!
 
This program made possible with generous support from:






With additional support from:
(Loop 288 & I-35)
Get a Rebate on Your Utilities for Purchasing a Qualifying Tree!TreeRebate
The Denton Tree Rebate Program, one of the new programs offered through the Denton Tree Initiative, provides rebates to Denton utility rate payers who purchase a qualifying native or adapted tree species. For guidelines and the rebate application, visit www.dentontreerebates.com
The  Denton Tree Initiative  is a campaign to plant 12,000 trees in Denton by 2019. This joint effort, made possible through a partnership between Keep Denton Beautiful and the City of Denton, will result in a variety of new programs for Denton residents and utility rate payers - all designed to help YOU plant more trees.
On the KDB BlogBlog
Great American Cleanup Photo Roundup
This year's GAC was record-breaking!
Compared to last year, we more than doubled the total tons of litter cleaned. Check out photos from the cleanup on the KDB Blog here  .

From the KDB Blog Archives: What to Plant in Denton this April 
As spring gets into full swing, and temperatures continue to rise, April is a good time to begin to think about adding summer-friendly plants to your garden...  Read more  on the blog!
Who We Are:

Keep Denton Beautiful, Inc. (KDB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works with Denton neighborhoods, businesses, and residents of all ages to create a clean and beautiful Denton. Our vision is a clean, beautiful, and vibrant city.
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