One of the garden’s goals is to make good use of the limited space we have. And that means make room for the benches!
Sitting pretty
A View From a Bench
Trees Make Us Green
Gardens Build Community
The Young Seeds: Gardens Must Grow the Next Generation
Permits and Street Activity
Did you know that your block is up for sale to the highest bidder?
When big business buys your block (Photo: Viva Movil)
Any corporation or big business can commandeer your neighborhood for their big business as long as they’re willing to pay the Mayor’s Street Activity Permit Office for the privilege.
Flower Focus: Carlton Bears
Look at what beauty lies beyond the gates at the Carlton Bears:
A Native lily grows in Brooklyn (photo: Ned Lochaya)
Contact Liz Sharp for info on volunteering opportunities:
sharpbuckley@gmail.com
We Are Not Alone!
If you’re lucky enough to have walked around the Lower East Side, you know there’s a community garden that you can go into for a bit of respite from the concrete jungle.
We Are All Citizens!
Thanks to the Citizens Committee for their much needed grant money…
Grant winner!
which we’ll put to good use in upgrading our rain water catchment system.
It’s Official!
Our BANG Land Trust sign is permanent just like us!
Jon Crow shows off our new BANG Land Trust sign
Gardens In Action
April gets us gardeners excited and revved up! We see signs of life all around us––birds a’ visitin’, buds a’ bloomin’ and green just busting out all over and we are raring to get into the garden!
Birds a’callin!
Brooklyn Bear's Community Gardens 