Announcements
Photo courtesy of New York Restoration Project.Spring may not have exactly sprung in Brooklyn yet, but Brooklynites should get ready for the good weather anyway—and register to pick up a free tree [https://nyrp.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4f936aba6c808439b0f447dac&id=eb4af5ed97&e=ae45b66374] ! Through
free trees
Photo via MillionTreesNYC [https://www.facebook.com/MillionTreesNYC/photos/pb.79560015073.-2207520000.1445615617./10156106606170074/?type=3&theater] The New York Restoration Project [https://www.nyrp.org/] (NYRP) is partnering with community organizations all over NYC. As part of the MillonTreesNYC [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml] initiative,
Gil Hodges Community Garden
Photo via Gowanus Canal Conservancy [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150760568442174&set=pb.127301437173.-2207520000.1394631706.&type=3&theater] Nothing says springtime like new green shoots sprouting from the ground and leaves on trees. That’s why you should register to pick up a free
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
ecology
I wonder if there’s a policy about taking trees on the subway… (Source: NYRP/Flickr)The New York Restoration Project [http://www.nyrp.org/], a non-profit dedicated to building greenspaces and the lead partner of the MillionTreesNYC [http://milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml] initiative, is going all out
Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Want to help local trees, and take home one of your own? On Sunday, October 20, the Gowanus Canal Conservancy [http://gowanuscanalconservancy.org/ee/] is hosting Clean & Green: Autumn Tree Stewardship, Compost Windrow Build, and Tree Giveaway [https://www.facebook.com/events/431671673577740/], their first autumn tree stewardship day,
c4b
MillionTreesNYC [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/] has a few mulch and tree giveaway events coming up that might pique your interest. * First up is an event this Saturday, April 27 at Greenwood Cemetery [http://southslopenews.com/blog/events/goings-on-at-green-wood] from 10am-12pm. Enter at 500 25th St. * Then, on Sunday, May 12,
MillionTreesNYC
A new tree planted by the MillionTreesNYC [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml] initiative, spotted by daffodil207 [http://instagram.com/p/WRf6fuQvru/]. If you’d like to adopt a newly-planted tree on your block, you can learn more about caring for them here [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/
MillionTreesNYC
For those unable to face the commitment of parenting or owning a pet [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI], there is always flora. Through NYC’s adopt-a-tree program [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/care/care.shtml] , you can find a tree to call your very own. The program targets
MillionTreesNYC
On 4th Avenue, FOFA’s been planting [/blog/gardens/a-tree-grows-on-fourth-ave]. On 7th, the Keep PS 321 5th Grade Service Team has been on it. All across the Slope, tree beds are getting some much-needed love, and the city wants to celebrate. MillionTreesNYC [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml]
Fourth on Fourth
Of Park Slope’s main thoroughfares, 4th Ave gets the short end of the stick (and historical property values show it always has [/blog/history/how-much-would-your-rent-have-been-in-1943]). But Fourth on Fourth Avenue [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/tag/fourth-avenue/](FOFA), a project of the Park Slope Civic Council, now entering its second year
MillionTreesNYC
As part of New York City Parks Department’s milliontreesNYC initiative [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml], 43 new trees now line East 15th Street between Avenue Y and Avenue Z, the same block where the city ripped out dozens of trees months ago. The block, a somewhat