Fanwood held its annual celebration of the earth last month with Arbor Day and Earth Day activities.

The borough held its annual Community Clean Up day on a chilly but sunny morning Saturday, April 25.

Volunteers from the area gathered at the Fanwood train station bright and early to pick up gloves, trash bags and t-shirts before breaking off into teams to pick up trash around town.

The event was hosted by the Clean Community Committee, chaired by Greg Cummings, and the Fanwood Dept. of Public Works. Mayor Colleen Mahr and Council members Russ Huegel, Kathy Mitchell and Tom Kranz were on hand along with members of the Fanwood Environmental Commission and Nature Center.

New this year was an Earth Day poster contest for local school students, won by Taylor Klein, 10, a member of the Park Middle School Environmental Club. Local business sponsors included Fanwood Bagel, Nick’s Pizza and Sky Yoga, which conducted a brief yoga warm-up for the volunteers.

Fanwood’s Arbor Day event Friday, April 24, at Carriage House Park, sponsored by the Shade Tree Commission, featured students from the Park Middle School Environmental Club doing a presentation about the different trees that grow in the park.

For the 22nd year, Fanwood won designation as a Tree City USA for its conservation and care of trees.

Seedlings placed in separate pots were distributed to all who wanted to plant a tree, the seedlings made available through a post-Sandy recovery program. And, Ken Blom of Fanwood’s Department of Public Works demonstrated tree pruning using the town’s bucket truck.

Among those present were Mayor Colleen Mahr, Council members Kathy Mitchell and Tom Kranz, Shade Tree Commission Chairman Steve Falco and Commission members Earl Phillips, Adele Kenney and Joanne Muoio.

Click here for photo galleries from the Earth Day and Arbor Day events.