
Upcoming Event:
Project GREEN Open Gardens Weekend 2025
June 28-29
20+ Beautiful gardens open FREE to the public! Garden maps available the week before at Local Sponsor Businesses; also during the event at Ashton House.
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Iowa Avenue, 1969
Modern Iowa Avenue
Highway 6, 1970
Highway 6, Today
North Dubuque Street, 1970
North Dubuque Street Today
Melrose Avenue Today
What does Project GREEN do? Our volunteers:
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Raise money to…
Project GREEN raises money to make the Iowa City area an even more beautiful place to live and work through:
- Donations from individuals who value beauty in our public areas
- Local business sponsorship of our annual Open Gardens Weekend event
- Grants from local, state and federal community improvement funds
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Beautify public areas
- Project GREEN has landscaped more than 20 public areas and schools in the Iowa City area over its 50+ year history, areas that make our community a lovely place to reside and to visit.
- Our volunteers have designed and currently maintain the beautiful Project GREEN Gardens at Ashton House.
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and Educate the public about gardening
- Project GREEN’s annual Winter Garden Forums at the Iowa City Public Library are highly educational and free to the public
- The annual Open Gardens Weekend inspires through visiting numerous real gardens, and educates through chatting with friendly, knowledgeable garden hosts — all for free!
Project GREEN has donated $2.3 million to make Johnson County more beautiful!

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Project GREEN relies on donations to fund the many projects we do in the greater Iowa City area.
Your donations make our community an even nicer place to live and work!
A few Project GREEN activities:




Watch: Project GREEN co-presidents Cindy Parsons and Diane Allen were interviewed on television station KGAN about the Project GREEN Winter Garden Forums!
What’s going on with Project GREEN volunteers:
Week 7, June 16, 2025 at the Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Hi All, Gardeners began working at the PGG early for week 7. It was 75-degrees and muggy when…
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Week 6, Monday, June 9, 2025 Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Hi All, Our PGG work is going quickly this year. We are remembering week 6’s challenge of watering…
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Week 5, Project GREEN Gardens, Monday June 2, 2025
Hi All, We had a wonderful day of gardening this past Monday, which began week #5 at the…
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Week 4, 2025 Project GREEN Gardens, Tuesday May 27
Hi All, Here are pictures after our week 3 planting marathons. Thanks to Becky Hall and Linda Schreiber…
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Week 3, Project GREEN Gardens, Thursday 5/22 & Friday 5/23
Hi All, Project GREEN volunteers had two days of marathon planting this past week! Our temperatures were in…
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Week #2 at the Project GREEN Gardens, May 12, 2025
Hi All, There were 14 Project GREEN volunteers in attendance for our second week together in 2025. They…
Continue Reading Week #2 at the Project GREEN Gardens, May 12, 2025