Upcoming Events and Opportunities
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HOPEWELL VALLEY GREEN TEAM EVENTS
- May 17, 2025: We will have a table at Pennington Day
- June 1, 2025: Join us for a Community Zero-Waste Potluck in Hopewell Borough (pre-register using this form to be entered in a prize drawing)
- June 7, 2025: Attend a beginner’s Composting Workshop at Mercer Educational Gardens in Pennington
- September 20, 2025: We will have a table at the Hopewell Harvest Fair
- October 19, 2025: Join us for a Community Zero-Waste Potluck in Hopewell Borough
HOPEWELL VALLEY EVENTS
- May 29, 2025: Hopewell Borough Water System Information Meeting – the first in a series of information meetings about the potential sale of the Borough’s water system. The meeting will be in person and online (via zoom) at Borough Hall starting at 7:00 PM.
- June 7, 2025: Pollinators: What’s the Buzz? presentation by Hopewell Valley Gardens for Wildlife, EcoPTO and The Pollinator Posse, at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building, 201 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd., Titusville, NJ 08560. Suitable for elementary school children. Register at this link. Program begins at 10:30 AM.
- June 18, 2025: Gardening is for the Birds presentation by Mary Anne Borge at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building, 201 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd., Titusville, NJ 08560. Hosted by Hopewell Valley Gardens for Wildlife. Register at this link. Program begins at 7:00 PM.
COMMUNITY YARD SALES
- Pennington Borough‘s town-wide yard sale: May 3, 2025 (rain or shine).
- Hopewell Borough‘s town-wide yard sale: June 14-15, 2025.
LOCAL RECYCLING EVENTS
- Go to Recycling Events page of this website.
BIKE TO WORK MONTH
- May 2025 (Go to: Bike to Work Month in Greater Mercer County) Bike To Work Week is May 13-19, and Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 17.
EARTH HOUR
- March 28, 2026, 8:30-9:30 pm Local Time (Go to: Earth Hour)
EARTH DAY
- April 22, 2026 (Go to: Earth Day)
NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK
- August 3-9, 2025 (Go to: Farmers Market Week)
AMERICA RECYCLES DAY
- November 15, 2025 (Go to: America Recycles)
Prior HV Green Team Events:
- February 10, 2024: Scrap Metal Collection at Hopewell Township Public Works
- October 21, 2023: information table at the Hopewell Harvest Fair
- May 20, 2023: information table at Pennington Day
- September 17, 2022: information table at the Hopewell Harvest Fair
- May 21, 2022: information table at Pennington Day
- April 30, 2022: Green Get Together at Lawrence High School, as part of the Mercer County Greening Together celebration of Earth Week (April 23-30).
- April 24, 2022: conducted a virtual forum Decarbonizing Your Home. A video recording is available here.
- September 11, 2021: Styrofoam, CDs, DVDs and wine cork collection. New location in Hopewell Township.
- July 23-25, 2021: we had a table at the Hopewell Valley Arts Council’s new event, “The Junkyard: Upcycle Art Exhibition” at Woolsey Park.
- April 26, 2021: Journey to Zero-Waste, part of Greening Together 2021 (Mercer County Sustainability Coalition).
- April 24, 2021: Hopewell Valley Green Week “Live Green” Kits and Games.
- February 6, 2021: Styrofoam, CDs, DVDs and wine cork collection.
- September 12, 2020: Styrofoam, CDs, DVDs and wine cork collection.
- May 16, 2020: Virtual Pennington Day.
- September 21, 2019: information table and water cooler stations at the Hopewell Harvest Fair.
- September 7, 2019: Stuff the Trucks (Styrofoam, Paper, Household items) Click here to see details about it on our Recycling Events page.
- May 18, 2019: information table at Pennington Day.
- February 2, 2019: Styrofoam, CDs, DVDs and wine cork collection.