Brooklyn Botanic Garden is hosting a Composting Clinic at the Vernon & Throop Community Garden this Saturday, July 17 at 10AM.
Vernon & Throop Community Garden
corner of Vernon & Throop Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206

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Join us for a FREE MUSICAL CELEBRATION in the Garden
Monday, June 21, 4 pm to 8pm

as part of the Citywide Make Music New York Event.

Make Music New York, described by city officials as “one of the largest musical events in the city’s history,” comes to Warren Street St Marks Community Garden.
Performances by:

Brett Saxon 4pm [...]

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Lots of hands (and paws) at work this week in the garden prepping for and building the new raised plot beds. Come by the garden this Sunday, May 16th, around 11AM if you’d like to help out.

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You don’t have to know the difference between mugwort and pokeweed–all are welcome and encouraged to participate at Garden Days. As you’ll see on this season’s schedule listed below, we’re alternating weekend days.

Meeting at 10am.
Group work at 11am.
SUNDAY, April 11: First Garden Meeting & Work Day
SATURDAY, May 8: Children’s Planting and Craft Day
SUNDAY, June 13
SATURDAY, [...]

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Join us for a Mini-Maintenance day in the garden this Saturday, January 23 starting at 10AM

**Weather Permitting**
1. Add/turn collected home food scrap/compost
2. Tweak tracking of sifter tumbler
3. Gather windblown trash
4. Get wood chips from the tree guys
5. Lubricate the locks
4. DREAM FOR SPRING!

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This Saturday, November 14th, is the first day of Project LeafDrop and the last Garden Workday of the season. The Warren-St. Marks Garden has become part of the growing network of community gardens and greening partners who are helping take some of the City’s 20,000 tons of residential leaves out of the waste stream and [...]

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Hope to see lots of garden members this Saturday morning for the Garden Workday. There will be a meeting at 10AM to review what’s been happening in the last month in the garden, the plan for the day and plan for the next month. And then the work around the garden will begin. You don’t [...]

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FUN, GAMES, FOOD, DRINK, and HOOPLA!!!
SHARE THE HARVEST AT A POTLUCK BBQ PARTY - New date-Saturday, September 26, 3PM ’til sundown

Meet fellow gardeners and neighbors to say goodbye to summer and hello to the harvest! Bring friends and family, something for the grill and something to drink or eat TO SHARE!
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Next Wednesday, September 2, is Movie Night in the garden. The fun starts at 7PM with a cartoon for kids and then the main movie will be “Silent Running”–the feelgood, sci-fi, save the planet film from 1972.

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Last Wednesday night the community garden was lit up with a showing of the garden/bug/scary movie “Joe’s Apartment”. Thankfully, the weather forecast was wrong and the crowd stayed dry. Fun was had by all. Stay tuned for details on the next movie night!

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