With over 60 years experience in creating and sustaining beautiful public spaces, Keep America Beautiful knows the restorative power of community greening.

The GetGrowing Initiative provides a national stage for the important role that beautification and greening plays in our communities. Beautiful public places transcend aesthetic appeal to positively impact the lives of area residents, visitors, businesses and institutions. 

Keep America Beautiful involves millions of volunteers each year in its beautification and greening events, planting 170,000 trees annually, maintaining 8,500 gardens and 700 edible gardens.  GetGrowing events and programs will plant millions of natives, perennials, bulbs, and ornamentals, creating beautiful public places across the U.S.

 

 


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The People’s Garden Flourishes Nationwide

Through an exciting program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, gardens are strengthening hundreds of communities. Keep America Beautiful is proud to partner with the USDA, creating and sustaining 214 People’s Gardens in 2012. Learn more >>


 

50 feet = +9%

Did you know?

Did you know that trees planted within 50 feet of a residence can raise property values by 9%? That's just one of the many benefits of greener communities! Read more here >> 


Get Growing is a national initiative of Keep America Beautiful. This site and all contents ©2012 Keep America Beautiful, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information about Get Growing, contact Cori Rotter, crotter@kab.org