Green Up volunteers Jessica Thyme and her son Reuben scrambled down the bank of the North Branch in downtown Montpelier to pick up litter on Green Up Day, May 2, 2026. Photo by John Lazenby.
If you ever wondered why Vermont stays green and clean, even along its busy roadways, it could be because of Green Up Day. Every year on the first Saturday in May community members volunteer to pick up trash in what has become a decades-old statewide tradition that started in 1970, launched by Gov. Deane C. Davis. In Montpelier that tradition is alive and well, and photographer John Lazenby caught some images of it on May 2.
State Treasurer Mike Pieciak joined volunteers on Green Up Day, picking up litter along the North Branch of the Winooski River by the bike path bridge in Montpelier, May 2, 2026 Photo by John Lazenby.Green Up volunteers, from left, Linn Syz, Christine Zachai and Michele Cota, check the Green Up app as volunteer George Hamm signs in at Montpelier’s City Hall on Green Up Day, Saturday, May 2. Photo by John Lazenby.Marissa Spencer of Barre picks up Green Up bags and information from volunteers Christiner Zachai, right, and Linn Syz at Montpelier’s City Hall on Green Up Day, Saturday, May 2, 2026. Photo by John Lazenby.
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