The Beautification Committee helps keep our city beautiful by encouraging everyone in Hampton to do his or her part in the effort. Children and adults, private citizens and large organizations, and everyone in-between have a role to play in the Keep Hampton Beautiful program!

According to our parent organization, Keep America Beautiful, Inc., "incorporating visual beauty into public spaces has proven to be an effective method for raising property values, reducing crime, enhancing the local economy, and improving public health."

Studies also show that well landscaped and beautiful sites are less littered than barren or unkempt sites.

• The Yards Are Really Distinctive Showplaces (YARDS) Program, a "beautiful yards" contest that rewards people who put forth the extra effort to make their residences places of beauty.
• The Keep Hampton Green Program, that calls attention to the importance of trees as elements of beauty and environmental health in our city and funds tree planting through private donations.
• The School Beautification Program, that encourages schools to involve children in improving their landscapes, and helps students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the educational components of the school landscape.
• Community Beautification and Improvement Projects, such as the Great American Neighborhood Cleanup beautification projects and others.

To suggest potential beautification projects on public land or to share ideas for new programs, click here.

• Steps to a Beautiful Yard