Promoting sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond.
COMPOST UPDATE: in addition to our regular Community Composting Open Hours on Saturdays from 11am-1pm, we’ve added another composting opportunity on Wednesday evenings, during the Flatbush Farm Share CSA veggie distribution!
This Saturday, June 2nd, we’ll be proudly participating in the New York City Community Garden Coalition’s Occupy the Land UnConference! We’re hosting two workshops at our urban farm and native plant garden:
Join neighbors from the Flatbush community and volunteers from local organizations for an exciting workday at the Church Avenue Communal Garden, located on the historic grounds of the Flatbush Reformed Church Complex, one of the oldest landmark sites in Brooklyn.
It’s spring planting time at our communal garden and farm! We host Garden Open Hours on Saturdays from 9:30am – 12:30pm and everyone is welcome. Come get your hands dirty with us and learn how to grow herbs, vegetables, and native plants.
Sustainable Flatbush is kicking off our gardening season with a Garden Team Meetup on April 24th! Interested in native plants and gardening, growing organic food, or do you simply enjoy getting your hands dirty?
~ We never take for granted those who most deserve our gratitude: our volunteers! ~
This year’s Greening Flatbush was one of our biggest undertakings to date. We found ourselves adding more twists like the sustainable art component, live music, and a tasty community meal, but faced being short-staffed for this adventure. Since our non-profit organization is run by local volunteers, we relied on the help of other community volunteers and groups like New York Cares and TimeBanksNYC to produce a successful event.
~ How beautiful a day can be when kind hearts touch it! ~
Although the weather wasn’t on our side, the positive feedback we received from those who attended and participated was awesome. Everyone had a fabulous time at the event, we all networked with great people and organizations, and the donations we received helped cover the cost of Greening Flatbush.
The success of this event is due in large part to our wonderful volunteers and their efforts. For all the volunteers listed below, we couldn’t have done it without you!
Adam Weber
Allison Braham
Athena Bernkopf
A. Victoria Hunter (TimeBanksNYC)
Brian Batka
Carole Silverman (TimeBanksNYC)
Cori Carl (New York Cares Team Leader) and 10 New York Cares Volunteers (Shift 1)
Dolores Henry (TimeBanksNYC)
Elena Tenchikova (TimeBanksNYC)
Ellen Lehman (TimeBanksNYC)
Emmelyne Louis
Engin Karabagli
Ilana Yamin
Jamey Ellis
Jean Baptiste Joseph (TimeBanksNYC)
Jimmy Ng (TimeBanksNYC)
Karana White
Kevin Butrick (TimeBanksNYC)
Laura Vladimirova
Madeline Schwarz
Metsha Renois (New York Cares Team Leader) and 12 New York Cares Volunteers (Shift 2)
Mona Kidd (TimeBanksNYC)
Natalia Sucre
Phil Shipman
Rosalia Lucero
Sonaz Safari
Stephen Anh
Tamara Leighton
Tracey Sharpe
Tricia Ang
Veena Muthusamy
Veena’s Mom and Aunt
Vivian Vivas
And a special thank you goes out to the talented Community Meal Specialists:
David Cohen
718 Collective – Berlin Reed, Jesse Gold, Cresta White
Barry Schwartz
Margaret Dunn-Carver and Jeff Campoli
~ We (heart) our volunteers ~
SF Team
For the first time, at Greening Flatbush 2012 Sustainable Flatbush will honor an organization that we believe embodies the theme of the event — Garden Where You Are. The 300 East 25th Street Block Association, aka The Greenest Block in Brooklyn, will be the recipients of […]
Our 4th annual Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are is this Sunday, March 25th!
Over 30 groups/organizations (more than half of them from our own Flatbush neighborhood!) will be present with hands-on activities/demos to talk about their projects or simply share a skill with you! (more…)
Greening Flatbush is back, Sunday March 25th. Get involved! Sustainable Flatbush will host our 4th annual Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are, on Sunday, March 25th at 2pm.
