







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 $2.2 million to make Johnson County more beautiful!



What’s going on with Project GREEN volunteers:
Week 21, September 18, 2023, Ashton House Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, Week 21 at the AHPGG was very busy and noisy! We had 15 volunteers working since…
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Week 20, Sept 12, 2023 Ashton House Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, We were blessed with RAIN last Monday, Sept 11. With two rain gauges we noted in…
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Week 19, 9/5/2023, Ashton House Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, As I’m typing this message there is an 88% chance of rain showing on my home…
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Week 18, August 28, 2023 Ashton House Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, We had sixteen volunteers working at the AHPGG on Monday, August 28 our eighteenth work session…
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Week 17, 8/21/2023 Ashton House Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, Our Monday work session began early for many volunteers. With very hot temperatures expected there was…
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Week 16, 8/16/2023 Ashton House Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, Things got a little complicated last week when I cancelled our Monday work session and rescheduled…
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Donate to Project GREEN

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!
Check out our 1-minute video about Project GREEN, filmed at the beautiful Ashton House gardens:
(Thanks to Sophie Wagner for her filmmaking!)