Feed Your Flower Beds: Compost Give-Away Coming Up Soon

As part of its Food Scrap Recycling program, and in celebration of Earth Week, Scarsdale is giving away FREE high-quality compost to residents on Saturday, May 4, at the Recycling Center, 110 Secor Road, from 8 am to 3 pm It’s first come, first served, so bring a pail, bucket or other receptacle, and take home some compost while the supply lasts. The compost can be used in one’s vegetable garden, flower beds or to enrich turf in place of chemical fertilizers. Residents are strongly encouraged to join the Scarsdale Food Scrap Recycling Program — it’s easy and leads to a meaningful reduction to the waste stream, which results in less trash incineration. Scarsdale is in the vanguard of this movement, with more than three million pounds of food scraps recycled since the program’s start in January 2017. Volunteers will be available to answer questions, and starter kits and rolls of compostable bags will be available for purchase. You can also e-mail composting@scarsdale.com with questions.

Nature Center Class Combines Art & Animals

Weinberg Nature Center on Mamaroneck Road is offering family-friendly Botanical & Animal Art on the Green for adults and children on Saturday, May 4, from 12 to 2 pm with special animal guests. The fee is $20/individual or $50/family. Program artists will guide participants in botanical art and animal art. In small groups, class members will observe, sketch and spend time with what the Center calls animal diplomats, including a live kangaroo, snake, goat and others. Click here to register.

More Vine Cutting: Red Maple Swamp is the Focus

The next session of vine cutting will take place Sunday, April 28, from 1-3 pm, at Red Maple Swamp (meet at the Valley and Gorham Road entrance). Attendees will be taught about identification and safe removal of vines and should wear gloves, long sleeves, safe footwear and eye protection, and bring loppers or pruning shears if you have them. If you plan to attend, contact Cynthia Roberts and Elaine Weir from Friends of the Scarsdale Parks.

Upcoming Meetings at Village Hall

• Monday, April 29, 7 p.m.: Board of Architectural Review
• Tuesday, April 30, 8 p.m.: Village Board of Trustees Business Meeting
• Wednesday, May 8, 7 p.m.: Zoning Board
• Monday, May 13, 7 p.m.: Board of Architectural Review
• Tuesday, May 14, 8 p.m.: Village Board of Trustees Business Meeting
• Tuesday, May 21, 7 p.m.: Committee for Historic Preservation
• Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m.: Planning Board
• Tuesday, May 28, 8 p.m.: Village Board of Trustees Business Meeting

Click here for a calendar of meetings, including Village Board Work Sessions. All meetings will have agendas posted in accordance with New York State regulations. Click here to sign up for meeting notifications.