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ABOUT US

Turnip Green Creative Reuse diverts usable material from our landfill for creative endeavors.

Our Mission

We foster sustainability, creativity, and community through reuse. We are committed to the accessibility of knowledge, resources, and joy.

At Turnip Green, we see how one community member's unwanted usable items are able to meet the needs of another. Materials are given a second life by connecting them with students in under-resourced schools, young emerging artists, teachers with low budgets, and unhoused community members. Through the diversion of materials from the landfill, we are able to bring accessible resources and knowledge to the community.

2.3m

pounds of materials kept
out of Nashville’s landfill

36k

Creative Reuse Center
shoppers in 2024

13k

program participants
in 2024

Erin Boddy

Executive Director

Erin has served as the Executive Director of Turnip Green Creative Reuse since 2024. 

She brings a strong commitment to community impact, with prior experience at several local organizations, including Project Return, Thistle Farms, and local chapters of Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee and YWCA. Erin holds a Master’s degree in Education from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College.

Board of Directors

Robin Alberts-Marigza
President
Jennifer Knight
Treasurer
Lane Latimer
Secretary
Jess Dancer
Board Member
Amy Geise 
Board Member
Sarah Saeed
Board Member
Jake Wells
Board Member

Financials and Impact

At Turnip Green, we're committed to using our resources wisely — and showing you exactly how reuse makes a difference.

Join the Team

Check out our current openings below.