trees
Photo by la_bruja_judia_feminista [http://instagram.com/p/yIfHMBrYrL/?modal=true]A nice reminder to crane your neck every once in a while to see what views might be waiting for you above, via la_bruja_judia_feminista [http://instagram.com/p/yIfHMBrYrL/?modal=true]. Take any photos
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A haven of trees, as photographed by patguitar [http://instagram.com/p/rxqAnikg-o/?modal=true]. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog.
million trees nyc
We noticed some new trees on Marlborough Road earlier this week, lining the sidewalk from Newkirk to Foster Avenue. Trees planted are tagged as part of the Million Trees NYC [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml] program, and include specimens of several different species. Although Million Trees’ Stewardship
ave v
A neighbor living near Bedford Avenue and Avenue V woke to this scene today. A tree limb that weighs several hundred pounds had tumbled down from where it had loomed over his car when he parked the night before. He was lucky – it was a light grazing, and he called
trees
Silvermandj [http://instagram.com/p/g8qlBjiYJv/] can’t even fit this Cortelyou giant all in one frame. What does Fall look like on your block? Send photos to us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark
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,
stumps
Something really admirable about our area is how so many neighbors make do with the green space they have–or create green space from nothing. Whether it’s a window box, a street tree bed [/blog/green/new-tree-guards-on-cortelyou], or, hey, an overgrown lot by the Church Avenue B/Q station
Tree Pits
If you’ve got a love for your neighborhood and an interest in helping to make it a more lovely place for everyone, consider working with the west Kensington Action Group [https://www.facebook.com/WestKensingtonActionGroup] (wKAG) as they beautify tree pits along Church Avenue. You may have already seen
trees
How different this spring has been compared to last year. Above is the first flowering tree we’ve spotted in the neighborhood so far this year — compare that to this extensive slideshow we shared on this date in 2012 [/blog/photos/the-flowering-trees-of-ditmas-park]! And to think we might have snow on
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A cozy tree on East 3rd Street. Taken a photo in the neighborhood recently? Send pictures to editor@kensingtonbk.com, and we’ll post them on the blog.
autumn
It may still feel a little like summer, but the leaves, they are a-changin’. We spotted a couple of trees turning into their bright autumn colors on Rugby between Dorchester and Ditmas: And one on Argyle between Foster and Glenwood: And Crissa spotted these ones [http://www.flickr.com/photos/
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A big thanks to Maria Newsom Fahey and her crew of young volunteers for doing a tree pit cleanup on East 9th Street at Foster! Your work makes the street look much nicer, and the whole neighborhood appreciates it. Donald Loggins sends these photos of the volunteers at work.