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Leo Rideout, 4, helps pick up Viles Arboretum trails during their Earth Day event. The event had nature crafts, garden landscaping, and clean up activities Wednesday April 22, 2026 in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Augusta’s Viles Arboretum get Earth Day cleanup
Photographer Anna Chadwick captures volunteers in action at annual event.
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Megan Devine, of Windsor, holds her daughter Eloise McKenna as the two try to catch frogs Wednesday at Viles Arboretum during their Earth Day event in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMegan Peaslee, left, carrying her daughter Haven, points out debris to her son, Dirigo Peaslee, while Megan Devine carries her daughter, Eloise McKenna, and Chaya Hosler maneuvers a wheelbarrow as the crew helps clean up trails Wednesday at Viles Arboretum in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageOwen Drouin, 7, picks up sticks and places them into a bucket Wednesday during Viles Arboretum’s Earth Day event in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMegan Devine, left helps her daughter Eloise McKenna and Megan Peaslee holds her daughter Haven while her son Dirigo Peaslee and Chaya Hosler try to catch frogs with a net near a small body of water Wednesday during an Earth Day event at Viles Arboretum in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLeo Rideout, 4, helps pick up Viles Arboretum trails during their Earth Day event. The event had nature crafts, garden landscaping, and clean up activities Wednesday April 22, 2026 in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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Anna is a 2023 graduate of Thomas College in Waterville where she received her Master’s in Business Administration and her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in marketing...
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