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Community Gardens

A collection of 14 issues

Cuomo Greens Community Gardens With State Cash

Governor Cuomo addressing the crowd at yesterday’s garden funding announcement in Crown Heights (Via Governor Cuomo’s Office)CROWN HEIGHTS – Governor Cuomo graced a Crown Heights community garden with his presence yesterday to announce a major infusion of green for central Brooklyn gardens: $3.1 million. The grant will

Harvest Fair: Community Garden Edition

Bountiful baskets (Photo Esther Shittu / BKLYNER)Last Saturday’s GreenThumb Harvest Fair [http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/]gathered community gardeners from across the city at the Brooklyn Bears Pacific Garden [https://brooklynbears.wordpress.com/] for a chance to celebrate the end of the growing season, connect with each other, and – of

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

Join Your Neighbors At Q Gardens’ First Meeting Of 2016!

Photo: Q GardensSpring is almost here and it’s time to starting planting. Why not meet more of your neighbors and join one of our area’s newest community gardens [/blog/garden/q-gardens-launches-fundraiser-for-community-driven-mosaic] ? Q Gardens [https://www.facebook.com/Qgardenscommunity/?fref=photo] will be hosting its first meeting of 2016

Calling All Beekeepers! Q Gardens Is Starting A Beehive

Photo via Q GardensQ Gardens [/blog/garden/years-organizing-neighborhood-volunteers-debut-q-gardens-inaugural-cleanup/] , the wonderful new community garden on East 18th Street behind the Church Avenue subway station, is looking for an experienced beekeeper to oversee an upcoming bee project for the Spring of 2016. According to Natalia Sucre, “We have tons of beginner interest,

Photo Of The Day: El Jardin Esta Abierto

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopNever fear. It might have chilled down, but the Greenspace @ President Street [http://www.grownyc.org/openspace/gardens/bk/greenspace] (corner of 5th Avenue) is still there for you to enjoy. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com,

Garden A Symbol Of Resiliency In Sandy-Hit Bath Beach

Volunteers helped with the first plantings last Sunday. (Source: Laura Vladimirova)In the months after Superstorm Sandy swept through Southern Brooklyn, including Bath Beach, there was help for people and pets, buildings and businesses. But one victim flew under the radar: the soil. When the ocean met the land, the

GreenSpace On 4th To Open At Long Last

A garden decades in the making on 4th Avenue is finally opening its gates to the community this summer. The new GreenSpace on 4th [http://greenspaceon4th.org], which will take over about half the empty lot above a watershaft for the Department of Environmental Protection’s Water Tunnel Number 3

Local Works To Bring Community Garden, Green Lab To 26th Avenue

Roytman with a moose skeleton from Maine.by Vanessa Ogle Wheelbarrows, dirt and a vision are all someone needs to make a difference in the community. Jacqui Roytman, a former dance teacher, is known for combining science—often in the form of plants and photosynthesis—and art to transform neighborhoods

Updates on PS 133: A Clear Sidewalk, But Where’s the Garden?

The construction of a new building [/blog/events/ps-133-open-house-and-info-session-tomorrow] for PS 133 [http://ps133brooklyn.org/the-new-building/] on 4th Avenue between Baltic and Butler has been chugging along. This morning, Brooklyn Spoke [http://brooklynspoke.com/] noticed that the temporary construction barriers along the sidewalk on 4th Ave were finally removed [https: