Central Brooklyn
MSCG members. Arlene Roberts, first row, far left; Bayla Gottesman, second row, third from left. Courtesy of Kate Milford.This Saturday, Prospect-Lefferts Garden’s Maple Street Community Garden (MSCG) will launch its very own Fresh Food Box Program [https://www.grownyc.org/freshfoodbox], which provides affordably-priced boxes of seasonal and
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK — Prospect Park Zoo debuted their red panda cubs this week [https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/11/15/adorable-red-panda-cubs-now-out-and-about-at-brooklyns-prospect-park-zoo/] . They were born over the summer in their indoor den and are now old enough to venture outside to explore their habitat. (CBS New York) CYPRESS HILLS — Elsa, the churro
Bushwick
Volunteers worked to plant, build and paint the new community farm on Gates Avenue last Friday (Paul Stremple/BKLYnER)BUSHWICK – On a sunny Friday, volunteers were hard at work on the lawn outside the RiseBoro Youth Center on Gates Avenue, putting together a community garden in the heart of Bushwick
fort greene
For the passive gardener, our neighborhoods provide ample opportunities for enjoyment – from neighbors’ front gardens and stoops, to Fort Greene Park and street plantings. For those of us without a garden space of our own, here are the community gardens of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Each has its own
Central Brooklyn
Maple Street Community Garden, 237 Maple Street between Rogers & Nostrand Avenues. (Photo by Ali Jacobs)In just one year, the beloved Maple Street Community Garden [https://maplestreetgarden.org] could turn a completely new leaf. NYC Parks announced the completion of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) certification for
Arts & Culture
Green Acres Community Garden (Courtesy Instagram/greeneacrescommunitygarden [https://www.instagram.com/p/uTK-USgL1h/])Community gardens are a place for gardening, getting to know your neighbors, and, it turns out, filmgoing. BAM [/?s=bam] and the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are bringing the arts to community gardens [/blog/2016/03/
Arts & Culture
East Fourth Street Community Gardeners rehearsing their upcoming performance of “Scenes from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Summer Solstice celebration Monday, June 20 and Saturday, June 25. (Photo by Jole Carliner)Join local performers at the East 4th street community garden for an evening of family-friendly
library
Image via CUNY.It’s good news for the mixtape and podcasting fans. Bklyn Mixtape Podcasting Club is being funded at Central Library. The podcast is an oral history project that will teach adult participants how to collect, adapt, record, edit, and produce people’s stories as radio-style podcasts that
Education
Photo by plherrin [https://instagram.com/p/2GLr0sRZZb/?taken-by=plherrin].A garden WILL grow in Brooklyn! More specifically, our own Clinton Hill Library will be launching an outdoor gardening program built from the ground up by students of PS/MS 492 Academy of Arts & Letters, in partnership with Teen
Education
Image via BPL Brooklyn Incubator [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynPublicLibrary/photos/a.10153748528380250.1073741836.8544515249/10153748836055250/?type=3&theater] .Get your vote on — for a student-library outdoor gardening program that needs our help in winning funding! We only have today and tomorrow to register our votes — via Facebook comments
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Photo by Karen MerbaumNow that Halloween is over, what do you do with your rotting jack-o-lanterns? Bring them to Q Gardens [https://qgardenscf.wordpress.com/] this Sunday for their Pumpkin Smash! Q Gardens will smash and compost your old pumpkins for you while you sip hot apple cider and enjoy
community garden
Nicholas Arnold and Laila Palmer with the latest PS 20 harvest. (Photo via Augusta Palmer [https://www.facebook.com/PS20kidsrock/photos/a.614790951917181.1073741836.115612408501707/962384073824532/?type=3&permPage=1] .Kudos to the PS 20 kids on their continued summer harvest! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@
community garden
Taylor Mac will perform at Celebrate Brooklyn on Saturday night. Photo courtesy of Celebrate BrooklynHappy Friday, everyone! This weekend, you can go to a free concert at Greenwood Playground [/art-music/concerts-movie-night-art-classes-more-to-do-in-greenwood-playground-this-august] , meet your best new furry friend at Adoptapalooza in Prospect Park [/animals/add-a-furry-member-to-your-family-at-prospect-parks-adoptapalooza-this-saturday-august-1] , and lots more. If you have
community garden
The E. 4th Street Community GardenIf you’re looking for something to do with the kids this weekend, there’s a great (and free) event happening at the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/calendar] (179 E. 4th Street, between Caton Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway) on
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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
community garden
You know all those leaves starting to clutter up your yard? You can get rid of them and bring them to the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/] (between Caton and Fort Hamilton) each Saturday from 11am to 1pm, beginning November 8. You’ll be able to