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Compost for Brooklyn

A collection of 18 issues

Where To Drop Off Compost In Ditmas Park

(Photo by Prospect Farm)With the Department of Sanitation’s organics curbside collections expanding [/curbside-composting-coming-brooklyn-neighborhoods/] to Fort Greene, Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay, Kensington, and more — many lucky Brooklynites don’t have to travel to compost this summer. (See if your neighborhood and building will get the brown compost bin

Volunteer With Compost For Brooklyn

Looking for ways to give back in the new year? Local organization Compost for Brooklyn is looking for new volunteers. Margaret Dunn-Carver, volunteer coordinator, writes, > Give back in the new year by volunteering with us! We have open spots for experienced and new volunteers. The commitment is only 2

Get A Free Tree At Compost For Brooklyn This Sunday

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThis week, celebrate the arrival of fall with a free tree at Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] (Newkirk Avenue & E. 8th Street) on Sunday, October 11 from 12-2pm. If you want your very own free tree, please reserve your tree online here [http://compostforbrooklyn.

Compost For Brooklyn In Need Of Volunteers This Summer, Faces Scaling Back Hours

Neighbors, Compost for Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/compostforbrooklyn] needs our help! The compost garden at Newkirk Avenue and E. 8th Street is run entirely by amazing volunteers, but that volunteer base has been stretched very thin. Despite the group’s ongoing efforts to recruit help, they don’t have

Welcome Spring With Compost For Brooklyn’s Plant Sale, Free Tours & More

Celebrate the changing of the seasons at Compost for Brooklyn’s [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] annual Spring Plant Sale this Sunday, May 3 from 12pm-4pm. The folks at the community garden let us know they’ll have flowers — including coleus, petunias, marigolds, and salvia — basil, herbs and more. The sale will

This Sunday, April 12, Get A Free Tree At Compost For Brooklyn

Photo via Compost for Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/compostforbrooklyn/photos/pb.333868227728.-2207520000.1428500300./10151630067957729/?type=3&theater] This week, celebrate the arrival of spring with a free tree at Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] (Newkirk Avenue & E. 8th Street) on Sunday, April 12 from 12-2pm.

This Week In Ditmas Park

[http://instagram.com/p/xpCaYEx9cm/?modal=true]Photo via davidpexton [http://instagram.com/p/xpCaYEx9cm/?modal=true] To keep up with all the news from the neighborhood, like us on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner], follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/#!/DPCornerblog], Pinterest [http://pinterest.com/dpcorner/], and

Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

There is a ton happening this weekend, including the last Church Avenue sidewalk sales event of the year [/blog/business/last-church-avenue-sidewalk-sales-event-year-weekend], two huge yard sales – the Popcorn multi-family yard sale [/blog/events/annual-popcorn-multi-family-yard-sale-saturday-october-18] and the Prospect Park South biennial yard sale (which includes more than 40 participating houses both Saturday

Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

Happy Thursday! This weekend, you can see how people are trying to live smaller [/blog/events/all-souls-bethlehem-church-to-host-free-screening-of-tiny], hang out with thousands of your neighbors at the Flatbush Avenue Street Fair [/blog/events/flatbush-avenue-street-fair-this-sunday], have a glass of mint iced tea at the Compost for Brooklyn iced tea party [/blog/garden/

Get A Free Tree At Compost For Brooklyn

Need a little more green in your life? Neighbors are invited to pick up a free tree at Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/], thanks to the New York Restoration Project [http://www.nyrp.org/Greening_Sustainability/MillionTreesNYC/Tree_Giveaways], this Sunday, April 6 from 12-2pm at the garden on