'World's Largest Glass Pickle,' Waukesha collecting glass for project

WAUKESHA, Wis. - If you are at Waukesha's neighborhood beer garden this weekend, raise a glass and then give it back!

The city is collecting clear, brown and green glass to create the "World's Largest Glass Pickle."

A glassblower will melt the glass down and create the giant gherkin at Waukesha's Oktoberfest later this month. It will be a two-foot-long pickle. 

Through Saturday, Sept. 9, you can drop off glass at Merrill Crest Park's beer garden. Organizers say this effort is a pretty big "dill."

"That’s a German tradition – hanging a pickle on a Christmas tree. But we need everyone’s help. We’ve got to get some glass," said Joanna Adamicki. Waukesha Special Event Coordinator.

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"Mack Glass" out of Champaign, Illinois will create the giant gherkin. 

The same glass blower previously made the "World's Tallest Glass Christmas Tree" in Williams Bay in December 2022.