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#BEAUTIFYSJ

The Saint John Tool Library is excited to launch Beautify Saint John, a community-driven project to enhance our city’s green spaces! We’re building and donating 50 planter boxes to local organizations, businesses, and community spaces to help make our urban landscape more vibrant and welcoming.

How It Works

Apply for a free planter – Schools, nonprofits, small businesses, and community groups are all welcome!
Choose how to participate:
- Join us on Build Day in May to help assemble and decorate your own planter.
- Or have one built for you and delivered to your location.
Decorate & plant! Once you receive your planter, add flowers, herbs, or veggies to brighten your space.
Join the contest! Show off your creativity and compete for prizes in our planter decorating contest.

How to Apply

📌 Step 1: Fill out the application form here. (Link Below)
📌 Step 2: Select whether you’d like to participate in Build Day or have your planter delivered.
📌 Step 3: Tell us how you’ll use and care for your planter.

📅 Application Deadline: April 30, 2025

Together, let’s bring more greenery to Saint John! 🌱💚

Apply Here!

Josh

I’ve used the Tool Library a handful of times and it’s always been a great experience. Their staff is very knowledgeable, helpful and their tool selection grows all the time. It’s a lot cheaper than buying my own gear but I’m also happy to support such a great group of people. I’ve also hired their Build team to redo our front steps and they did a fantastic job!

- Josh Hansen

Kristen

Before checking it out myself, I heard nothing but great things and it did not disappoint. This is a great place to learn (even if you have next to zero experience – like me) and an excellent resource no matter your project. They are incredibly supportive and doing great things for the community.

- Kristen Chaisson

Cheryl

These guys are amazing and so supportive. I can’t say enough good things about this place. Love the concept, the people and the attitude. Keep it up!

- Cheryl Ramsay

Bryan bought a house.

Meet Bryan, a recent newcomer to Saint John from Vernon, BC who bought a house and moved his family here and has a few things to say about the value of his tool library membership.

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Tool Lending Specialist (TLS)

It’s hard to do a job without the right tool. Our Tool Lending Specialists (TLS) volunteer as much as they can and serve as our frontline team when someone comes in to check out tools. These people know their tools and know how to use them safely and help our members get connected.

Repair Specialists and Repair Cafe Organizers

Every tool has a maintenance schedule, even if it is just cleaning a dirty wrench. We need a team of tinkerers who want to be part of our maintenance team. This team will also be charged with organizing and attending our repair cafés when we host them. Repair cafés are events, open to the whole city, for residents to bring broken items so we can fix them and keep them out of our landfills!

Workshop Teachers

We are always looking for new workshop instructors. These workshops can be centred on anything in the realm of creative hobbies or trades skills development. If you have an idea for a workshop and would like to lead one yourself, let us know!

Community Build Volunteers

Every year we accept applications from people in our city who have a home that they are unable to maintain and need help renovating. These applications are reviewed by our board and we decide on a home for our community build team, which comes and assists the homeowner. We are always looking for volunteers to be part of that team. It is sort of like Home Makeover, Saint John style.