Sustainable Flatbush Live – Weekend Updates
Sustainable Flatbush Weekend Updates Sunday, September 16 • 11am – 5pm We are at the 36th Annual Flatbush Frolic
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Summer Visitors
It’s been an exciting and busy summer with youth groups from all over Brooklyn and beyond coming to check out our urban farm, native plant garden, and compost project!
Compost Update: August!
Summer is such a great time to make compost! With the warm weather in full swing, all the summer veggie scraps from Flatbush Farm CSA members and kitchen waste from the Flatbush Reformed Church’s meal program have been sizzling in our bins. (more…)
Garden Update: August!
If you haven’t seen our edible garden lately, come check out what we’ve been up to this summer! Join us for another Special Garden Workday, Saturday, August 18th from 9:30am to 12:30pm, followed by our delicious and healthy Community Meal.
Summer Garden and Compost Open Hours!
Our Urban Farm and Native Plant Gardens
Come get your hands dirty with us and learn how to grow herbs, vegetables, and native plants! (more…)
Community Composting CANCELLED on Saturday July 7th!
Due to the extreme temperatures predicted for this Saturday, July 7th, our Community Composting open hours at the Flatbush Reformed Church Complex are CANCELLED.
BIG Garden Work Day/Community Meal this Saturday, June 23rd!
Join friends, neighbors and volunteers for another exciting workday this Saturday at our Community Garden and Urban Farm, located on the historic grounds of the Flatbush Reformed Church Complex.
From Garbage to Gardens: Compost Update
While summer is taking a slow start, our compost has been steaming up! This year from January until June we’ve processed over 1,600 lbs of organic waste from Saturday weekly drop offs. Now we’ve added additional open hours on Wednesdays from 5:30pm -8pm, during the Flatbush Farm Share CSA distribution. We take “garbage” that would have gone to a landfill and turn it into an amazing soil amendment for our gardens!
We’ve been using our compost for all of our gardening and farming projects: growing Day Lilies and other flowers in our Pollinator Garden, herbs and veggies in the edible garden, and nurturing native species like Wild Ginger in our native plant garden. We can’t seem to make enough compost to keep up with growth, so keep your food scraps coming!
We’ve also been keeping it sustainable by using repurposed materials for all our garden projects. Come check out the peppers and tomatoes growing beautifully in repurposed rice bags, with our own home grown soil.
If you want to see the garden’s progress and get your hands dirty, you definitely want to come out this Saturday, June 23rd, for the BIG Garden Work Day! Join friends, neighbors and volunteers for a fun, educational, and interactive day.
WHAT: BIG Community Garden Work Day!
WHEN: Saturday, June 23, 9:30 am to 1 pm
WHERE: Flatbush Reformed Church, East 21st Street at Kenmore Terrace
Bring us your food scraps during compost open hours Saturdays 11am – 1pm and Wednesdays 5:30 – 8pm. Remember to check out What To Compost.
Contact kady (at) sustainableflatbush.org for more information or to join the compost team!
Celebrate National Pollinator Week with Sustainable Flatbush!
June 18-24, 2012 has been designated National Pollinator Week by the U.S Department of Agriculture, and we’ve scheduled a Pollinator Education workshop at our BIG Garden Work Day this Saturday, June 23rd! We’ve also joined the National Pollinator Week campaign by signing the Xerces Society‘s Pollinator […]
