Anne Schoeneborn

Central Brooklyn

Neighbors Use Their Green Thumbs To Save Honey Bees

Eva Lewandowski L, Anne Schoeneborn, L2 and volunteers test driving the new bee suits! (Photo via Nathan Thompson)The explosive growth in non-commercial beekeeping has generated excitement throughout New York City, especially since beekeeping became legal here in 2010. But it’s a challenge to find trained beekeepers and appropriate

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Collect Your Scraps! Q Gardens To Launch Compost Project This Saturday, April 11

Volunteers carry the compost bin during the Q Gardens inaugural cleanup day. Photo by Nathan ThompsonThis Saturday, April 11, everyone’s invited to grab their kitchen scraps and head on over to the newly debuted [/blog/garden/years-organizing-neighborhood-volunteers-debut-q-gardens-inaugural-cleanup] Q Gardens (located behind the Church Avenue B/Q subway station on

Anne Schoeneborn

Learn How You Can Help The New Q Gardens At A Meeting On Monday, October 27

We just got great news: the MTA sent our neighbors working on Q Gardens [https://www.facebook.com/Qgardenscommunity?fref=ts] a lease agreement that will allow them to start creating a community green space located on E. 18th Street [/blog/garden/neighbors-spruce-up-q-gardens], just behind the Church Avenue subway station.

Anne Schoeneborn

Neighbor Hopes to Turn Vacant Lot Behind Church Ave Station Into Community Garden

The empty lot on East 18th Street just behind the Church Avenue subway station has long been an eyesore, overgrown with weeds in the summer, collecting litter year-round. But recent Ditmas Park neighbor Anne Schoeneborn and Prospect Lefferts Gardens resident Ali Jacobs are trying to change that, and through 596