Friends for a Greener Bernardsville

12/19/2025

10/20/2025

It’s time to refresh our sidewalk planters !

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Friends for Greener Bernardsville was busy giving our downtown a fresh new look for Autumn.

Special thanks to our local businesses; Prestige Auto, Bernardsville Print Center, and the Coffee Shop, who provided water for the new plants while we were working. So nice to be part of such a helpful community.

Happy Autumn everyone ! Hope you’re enjoying the weather and our downtown !!

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05/23/2025

A huge thank you to Changing Colors in Chester for our beautiful hanging baskets and sidewalk containers in the center of town.

Take a moment to check them out while you shop or dine down town or maybe just driving by. Hopefully with a little more sunshine and warmth the flowers will soon be popping.

Special thanks to our DPW for making sure the baskets were hung with care. We appreciate the care DPW provides our town, and we all enjoy.

09/20/2024

Friends for a Greener Bernardsville brought a fresh new look to our sidewalk containers for Autumn this year. Hope they bring a little joy on some beautiful fall days.

Happy Autumn everyone!!
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05/31/2024

Hi all,

Friends for Greener Bernardsville is grateful for the wonderful donations received both big and small. We’re happy to grace our downtown with some lovely new flowers this spring. Our sidewalk containers have been planted, and the Halls Garden Center baskets with some bright red blooms have been hung.

Our deep appreciation to our Department of Public Works for their help in receiving and hanging the baskets. A warm thanks to Olivia Manning from Main Street Bernardsville for help with watering expenses last year; we are forever thankful.

Thanks to the helping hands of our volunteers, Anne Peterson, Brandon Lessey, Florence Henry, and MaryAnn Streiter.

Thanks everyone for being part of our community effort to keep Bernardsville beautiful. Wishing all a safe and wonderful summer. Enjoy !!

10/06/2023

Hi all,
We did a little something different with our containers for Fall this year. We hope you enjoy them while enjoying the autumn air and our wonderful town.

P.S. We had the cutest lil helper ~ meet lil Millie pumpkin and gourd inspector ☺️

"As long as Autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see."
-Vincent Van Gogh

07/30/2023

Hi Friends,

Through spring and early summer the hanging baskets were flourishing and absolutely stunning to our lovely downtown.

We are sad to report the hanging baskets had to be taken down due to the abominable weather with excessive rainfall followed by extremely hot days. Although the baskets drain well, roots become fragile and stressed.

These plants usually begin to fade by the end of the summer anyway, especially with some extreme heat.

Stay tuned as Friends for Greener Bernardsville plans something to help beautify our downtown for Fall or Winter.

Stay tuned !

06/30/2023

Hi Friends!

Rain or shine ☔️☀️ Friends for Greener Bernardsville has been busy.

The new colorful zinnias at the train station are pollinator friendly planted in urns along the railway platform. Hopefully they bring a little beauty to the area for all to enjoy.

The beautiful flower containers and hanging baskets are provided and maintained by your donations and FGB volunteers.

Please donate today! https://www.fgbinc.org/donate.

Many many thanks to all the FBG supporters who have helped with wonderful contributions to beautify our town.

You may also mail your donation to:
Friends for Greener Bernardsville, Inc.
PO Box 420
Bernardsville, NJ 07924

Thank you all!!

06/02/2023

Hi Friends!

Friends for a Greener Bernardsville has been busy planting again. 🌸🌺🌸 12 sidewalk containers were planted this week with colorful blooms to compliment the 40 beautiful hanging baskets downtown.

Aren’t they lovely?

Two of our sidewalk containers were replaced this year with self watering urns. We’re so excited to see how they do. They have a well in the bottom to hold water with a wicking system to keep plants hydrated during the heat. They were placed at the crosswalk near the Bernard’s Inn if you’d like to check them out.

We thank our wonderful volunteers for their planting efforts: Brandon Lessey, Anne Peterson, and MaryAnn Streiter. We also had local businesses, like the kind gent from the Print Center who pitched in for a bit 🙂, and like the Coffee Shop, provided water for our watering cans. Thanks for being part of our efforts and community!

Let’s keep downtown Bernardsville beautiful! ♥️♥️♥️

Enjoy the blooms everyone !!!

05/26/2023

They’re here! Our beautiful hanging baskets have arrived from Hall's Garden Center & Florist. Aren’t they wonderful!

All 40 flowering baskets are now ready to hang. Thanks to Halls GC for making our gorgeous baskets! We couldn’t be happier. Special thanks to John MacDowall and our wonderful DPW crew for all their help. Shown in photo: Nick Dobash, Richard Vaughn, Ron Salko, Lenny Delia, Anne Peterson of FGB, and Travis Nickerson.

The baskets will soon grace our downtown. This year, there are five new self watering hanging baskets. We’re very excited to see how they do. They have a well in the bottom which holds water and a wicking system to keep plants hydrated during the summer heat.

Please keep an eye out for these new beauties :) 🌺🌸🌺 Enjoy!!!

P.S.
The banners downtown are a wonderful way to remember and honor our Veterans on Memorial Day 💜

02/02/2023

Thank you everyone for your ongoing support to keep Bernardsville beautiful! We look forward to planting flowers once the weather warms up a bit. For now, FGB has a QR code to easily access our PayPal for donations. Stay warm and healthy, we look forward to beautifying once the spring rolls back around.

07/31/2022

It’s hot out there!

Friends for Greener Bernardsville wishes to give a special thanks to Rich and the Bernardsville Print Center for taking time to water the flowering containers near them during this brutal heat. Thankfully the containers near the crosswalk are flourishing 🌺🌸 If other business owners wish to give a lil water to the containers near them it would be greatly appreciated.

During this unforgiving heat, Aaron and crew at Automatic Water Conditioning Co has the never ending job of watering the hanging baskets and containers and we couldn’t be more thankful 🌺🌸

We have given fresh plant food and supplemental watering, some of our plants are perking up! Others are not fairing as well, if the heat continues we may need a plant rescue ⛑

Enjoy our beautiful downtown and happy Summer !