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KeepSaralandBeautiful
Next Meeting
Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of
every other month at 12 noon at the
Saraland Chamber Offices.
Welcome to Keep Saraland Beautiful
Keep Saraland Beautiful Yard of
the Month
Selections will rotate monthly to different parts of the city. The yard must have some seasonal color and one or more specimen trees. For full criteria and pictures of past Yards of the Month click the button below.
Adopt-A-Spot
Adopt-A-Spot is a part of Keep Saraland Beautiful, Inc. Our mission is to improve the natural beauty of Saraland with landscaped green spaces along Saraland Boulevard and Industrial Parkway and to improve civic pride in the business district of the City of Saraland.
The Keep Saraland Beautiful organization received its national certification as an affiliate of Keep
America Beautiful in December 1999. This is a non-profit public education organization dedicated to
preserving the natural beauty and environment of America and improving the waste handling
practiced at the community level. It is a community based approach to changing the attitude and
practices relating to litter and waste handling.
The prime purpose of the Keep Saraland Beautiful program is to improve the aesthetic and ecological
value of the city through litter control/prevention, proper handling of solid waste, beautification, public
education awareness, recruitment of volunteers, and promotion of voluntary recycling. The program
coordinates the cleanup efforts of the city as well as interacting with local business owners and
managers. The programs targets "eyesores" throughout the city and seeks community resources to
improve such sites as streets, rights of way, parking and vacant lots, loading docks and refuse areas.
By having a local Keep America Beautiful affiliate we have access to a network of ideas that have
worked and are working for other communities. The concept of changing the community for the better
and increasing the community's pride can have long lasting benefits.
Our Mission
To encourage people living and working in Saraland to personally contribute to the improvement of the community
Recycling Ideas
KSB wants everyone to send us your ideas on how to reuse the center of paper towels - toilet paper rolls - wax paper etc. Let us see how many uses we can come up with!
Residential Recycling
The City of Saraland has two types of residential recycling. The free SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING containers are located on Station Street and residents must take their recycling items to the collection station. Curbside Single Stream Recycling cost is $5.00 per month per resident and picked up every Tuesday.
Mayor Dr. Howard Rubenstein,
Council Chair Joe McDonald,
Council Members: Newton Cromer, Wayne Biggs, Natalie Moye and Veronica Hudson
Mayor Dr. Howard Rubenstein,
Council Chair Joe McDonald,
Council Members: Newton Cromer,
Wayne Biggs, Natalie Moye and
Veronica Hudson
KSB GARDENING NEWS FROM JAMES MILES
April 2024 Ready, Set, Garden! Gardening activities are in full swing. On Good Friday, I visited a cou- ple of garden centers and the owners of both shared the same sentiment, Good Friday, and the Saturday immediately after it are the 2 busiest days of the year for them. Well, I along with most gardeners in the area purchased some of my favorite plants to attract butter- flies and hummingbirds along with some vegetable transplants. One of the chores for this transition period is to pull weeds out of my raised beds to prep for planting. I will also apply an herbicide to some areas to kill the existing weeds. When planting plants for color, plant them in fairly large numbers to create a mass of color to maximize the wow effect. I have also learned to use the same theory for pollina- tor plants, for a more attractive draw for your target pollinator(s). I have also spoken to several local produce farmers in the area, and they are excited about a successful growing season this year, especially following a very tough 2023 that con- sisted of a devastating frost/freeze in March of that year and a severe drought during the summer and fall. This year the peach, plum, and citrus crops look great so far. This may even be a year when gardeners and growers may need to thin fruit to allow them to pro- duce larger fruit and reduce the stress of carrying more fruit than the tree can support. What should we be doing in the landscape? • Fertilize your St. Augustine, Bermuda, Zoysia, and Bahia. • Put out fire ant bait. • Plant your warm-season vegetables, herbs, etc. • Apply herbicide to actively growing weeds. • Scout for insects and treat once identified. I would like to encourage you to share seeds and plants with your family, friends, and neighbors. This can be done by purchasing more seeds/transplants than you can use and/or sharing cutting. Enjoy the outdoors!
Keep Saraland Beautiful presented “Infirmary Health” of Saraland the Quarterly
Beautification Award. This beautiful state-of- art facility is an asset to the
citizens of Saraland and the northern part of Mobile county.
Click to View
Unauthorized Dumps Video by ADEM
© Keep Saraland Beautiful. All Rights Reserved. Website design and
hosting by North Mobile Internet Services, Inc.
Welcome to Keep Saraland Beautiful
KeepSaralandBeautiful
Next Meeting
Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of every other
month at 12 noon at the Saraland Chamber Offices.
Keep Saraland Beautiful Yard of
the Month
Selections will rotate monthly to different parts of the city. The yard must have some seasonal color and one or more specimen trees. For full criteria and pictures of past Yards of the Month click the button below.
Adopt-A-Spot
Adopt-A-Spot is a part of Keep Saraland Beautiful, Inc. Our mission is to improve the natural beauty of Saraland with landscaped green spaces along Saraland Boulevard and Industrial Parkway and to improve civic pride in the business district of the City of Saraland.
The Keep Saraland Beautiful organization received its
national certification as an affiliate of Keep America
Beautiful in December 1999. This is a non-profit
public education organization dedicated to preserving
the natural beauty and environment of America
and improving the waste handling practiced at the
community level. It is a community based approach to
changing the attitude and practices relating to litter
and waste handling.
The prime purpose of the Keep Saraland Beautiful
program is to improve the aesthetic and ecological
value of the city through litter control/prevention,
proper handling of solid waste, beautification, public
education awareness, recruitment of volunteers, and
promotion of voluntary recycling. The program
coordinates the cleanup efforts of the city as well as
interacting with local business owners and managers.
The programs targets "eyesores" throughout the city
and seeks community resources to improve such sites
as streets, rights of way, parking and vacant lots,
loading docks and refuse areas.
By having a local Keep America Beautiful affiliate we
have access to a network of ideas that have worked
and are working for other communities. The concept
of changing the community for the better and
increasing the community's pride can have long
lasting benefits.
Our Mission
To encourage people living and working in Saraland to personally contribute to the improvement of the community
Recycling Ideas
KSB wants everyone to send us your ideas on how to reuse the center of paper towels - toilet paper rolls - wax paper etc. Let us see how many uses we can come up with!
Residential Recycling
The City of Saraland has two types of residential recycling. The free SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING containers are located on Station Street and residents must take their recycling items to the collection station. Curbside Single Stream Recycling cost is $5.00 per month per resident and picked up every Tuesday.
Mayor Dr. Howard Rubenstein,
Council Chair Joe McDonald,
Council Members: Newton Cromer, Wayne Biggs,
Natalie Moye and Veronica Hudson
KSB GARDENING NEWS
FROM JAMES MILES
April 2024 Ready, Set, Garden! Gardening activities are in full swing. On Good Friday, I visited a couple of garden centers and the owners of both shared the same sentiment, Good Friday, and the Saturday immediately after it are the 2 busiest days of the year for them. Well, I along with most gardeners in the area purchased some of my favorite plants to attract butterflies and humming- birds along with some vegetable trans- plants. One of the chores for this transition period is to pull weeds out of my raised beds to prep for planting. I will also apply an herbicide to some areas to kill the existing weeds. When planting plants for color, plant them in fairly large numbers to create a mass of color to maximize the wow effect. I have also learned to use the same theory for pol- linator plants, for a more attractive draw for your target pollinator(s). I have also spoken to several local produce farmers in the area, and they are excited about a successful growing season this year, especially following a very tough 2023 that consisted of a devastating frost/freeze in March of that year and a severe drought during the summer and fall. This year the peach, plum, and citrus crops look great so far. This may even be a year when gardeners and growers may need to thin fruit to allow them to produce larger fruit and reduce the stress of carrying more fruit than the tree can support. What should we be doing in the landscape? • Fertilize your St. Augustine, Bermuda, Zoysia, and Bahia. • Put out fire ant bait. • Plant your warm-season vegetables, herbs, etc. • Apply herbicide to actively growing weeds. • Scout for insects and treat once identi- fied. I would like to encourage you to share seeds and plants with your family, friends, and neighbors. This can be done by pur- chasing more seeds/transplants than you can use and/or sharing cutting. Enjoy the outdoors!
Keep Saraland Beautiful presented “Infirmary Health”
of Saraland the Quarterly Beautification Award. This
beautiful state-of- art facility is an asset to the citizens
of Saraland and the northern part of Mobile county.
Click to View
Unauthorized Dumps Video by ADEM
