Sustainable Flatbush » gardening http://sustainableflatbush.org Promoting sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood. Fri, 11 May 2012 19:39:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Greenest Block in Brooklyn to be honored at this Sunday’s Greening Flatbush!!! http://sustainableflatbush.org/2012/03/22/greenest-block-honored/ http://sustainableflatbush.org/2012/03/22/greenest-block-honored/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:24:53 +0000 Sheryll Durrant http://sustainableflatbush.org/?p=7035

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 this year’s Greening Flatbush award.

One of 300 East 25th Street's three Greenest Block awards

The Greenest Block in Brooklyn is an annual contest of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s (BBG) GreenBridge, promoting streetscape gardening, tree stewardship, and community development in Brooklyn. Flatbush’s East 25th Street (between Avenue D and Clarendon Road) was named the greenest residential block in the borough for the 3rd time in 2011, having previously won this award in 2004 and 2006.

This block, and the group of neighbors who garden there, is an inspiration to the Flatbush neighborhood and to all Brooklynites. They successfully demonstrate how to use gardening to create a beautiful urban environment and to bring neighbors together to build a close-knit community.

In addition, the group will conduct a workshop at this year’s event, titled “How to Create a Thriving Block Association Through Gardening”. Like their previous workshop presentations at Making Brooklyn Bloom, this will be engaging, inspiring and should not to be missed.

Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday, March 25 at the Flatbush Reformed Church!

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]]> http://sustainableflatbush.org/2012/02/27/get-involved/feed/ 1 Wanted: Tree Pit Gardeners! http://sustainableflatbush.org/2008/09/26/wanted-tree-pit-gardeners/ http://sustainableflatbush.org/2008/09/26/wanted-tree-pit-gardeners/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:35:34 +0000 anne http://sustainableflatbush.org/?p=918 Coming soon: fall bulb planting in our neighborhood tree pits, first two weekends in November! Flatbush Gardener and Daffodil Project cohort Stacey Bell report that 2,000 bulbs have been requested, with the designated areas being Cortelyou Road, Newkirk Avenue, and Beverley Road, between Ocean and Coney Island Avenues. That’s a lot of bulbs, people! And a lot of tree pits!! But if you feel inspired, the deadline for ordering more bulbs is Monday September 29th… Flatbush Gardener has the details.

From Ditmas Park Blog and Flatbush Gardener‘s reports on last year’s bulb planting, this looks like a fun activity for both adults and kids, with rewards in the spring.

The dates are the first two weekends in November — that’s the 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th. More info to come.

Green Thumbs Up! photo by Flatbush Gardener




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