July 26, 2012
Danna Hebbard and her Lefferts Gardens neighbor have become pals since joining forces with the rest of the block to make their’s this year’s winner in The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest. “It has brought the neighborhood … Read More…
Category: Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Window Boxes
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May 19, 2012
The Adriance Farmhouse is in need of restoration. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.
A working farm dating back to 1697, The Queens County Farm Museum’s 47-acres constitute the longest continuously farmed parcel of land in New York State–farmed … Read More…
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Permaculture, Public Gardens, Urban Agriculture
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April 14, 2012
I would make any excuse to go to Brooklyn these days, a hub of creativity, urban farms, and great food. So I jumped at the chance to attend the recent Etsy Labs event, Hands-On: Dirt.
There were no plants … Read More…
Category: Community Gardens, Composting, Container Gardening, Creating, Green & Sustainable, Reclaimed & Recycled, Terrariums, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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February 17, 2012
In the refrain from one her most famous songs, Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell sang:
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking … Read More…
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December 7, 2011
On a stroll through New York City’s Alphabet City recently, I discovered some wonderful obscure gardens–that is, I almost walked by before noticing them. Coined Alphabet City because it encompasses the areas between Avenues A through D, the neighborhood … Read More…
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