Gardener Log InRed Shed Garden Greenest Block Winner Award Oct.4th 6-8p.m.
by Alison
on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 at 8:18 am
This year’s winners showed impressive creativity, color, and love for native plants. Visit them and see for yourself! All 2011 contest participants will be honored on October 4 at a recognition ceremony, 6 to 8 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street. Come celebrate your participation in greening Brooklyn block…[More]
Learn to Grow more Food
by Alison
on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Attend a City Farms workshop!
For more information:
www.justfood.org/cityfarms/workshops
212-645-9880 xt. 229, owen@justfood.org
Sell your garden vegetables at a farmers market!
Call Nadia for details about starting or joining markets.
212-645-9880 x. 228, nadia@justfood.org
Perennials Giveaway – Sat. Oct. 22nd
by Alison
on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Come out and pick up some perennials! One pick-up per garden group.
If you can , please car pool with other garden groups that may not have access to transportation.
Supplies: Assorted Perennials
WHEN: Sat. October 22 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
WHERE: QUEENS
GREENTHUMB /LRP COMPOUND
QUEENS PLAZA SOUTH AND 10TH STREET
DIRECTIONS TO GREENTHUMB LRPCOMPOUND
Remember to check MTA weekend work…[More]
2011 Harvest Competition Rules
by Alison
on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 1:39 pm
FallProgramGuide2011
Go to Page Three for 2011 Harvest Competition Rules for Annual Harvest Fair
to be held September 17 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Row Cover Supplies: September 24, 2011
by Alison
on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Extend your Gardening Season and Prolong Eating Fresh Foods!
by Molly Colver, Flower Farmer at BK Farmyards & Just Food Trainer
Are you interested in gardening through the fall and winter? Do you want to eat fresh, healthy vegetables into the colder months? If you’ve ever seen your collard green plants last through the winter, surrounded by…[More]
HELP! Red Shed needs lumber. We need a volunteer
by NicoleBonneau
on Thursday, April 21st, 2011 at 11:45 am
The person that was going to go to the workshop tonight at 5:30 is sick. Is anyone available to go? We need someone from the garden to attend in order for us to receive our lumber.
Here is Isobeau’s message:
It was my plan to go to the garden in the bronx today@5.30 to request…[More]
Discount for Red Shed Members- Red Rose & Lavender
by NicoleBonneau
on Sunday, March 27th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Kimberly from Red Rose and Lavender has offered all Red Shed members a discount for clean-up supplies at her store for this week only.
I told her that this Saturday is our first spring meeting and clean up day. She very kindly offered Red Shed members 25% off of clean-up started supplies.
This included:
spades
rakes
border forks
trowels
and possibly more.
The…[More]
Cooper Park tennis?
by Marisa
on Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 at 11:03 am
Hi, all – I’m now on the Cooper Park email list, and got a couple of emails in the last few days that may be of interest to some of us.
The first has to do with tennis. You can read it as a web page here: http://tinyurl.com/3yhuuyt
but I’m copying the text of it…[More]
Halloween party/cookout Sat 10/30
by Julie
on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Hey Red Shedders -
We’re going to have our annual Halloween party and cookout at 1:30 on Saturday October 30th at the garden. We’ll grill some food, have some live music, and have pumpkins to carve or paint for the kids. Open to the public but we’re not actively fundraising or anything – it’s our end…[More]
Farm School!
by melanie
on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
check it out http://www.justfood.org/farmschoolnyc
Yoga in the Garden
by LAUREN
on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Yoga in the garden tonight at 7:30pm!
Please join your fellow community members as we gather on the lawn of the Red Shed for a 1 hour basic vinyasa class.
Let’s salute the sun as it sets and invite the evening with a quiet stillness.
$5 donation encouraged. Mats available but limited!
See you on the grass,
LAUREN
Yoga tonight!
by LAUREN
on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 10:47 am
Hello Red Shed Yogis!
Weather permitting, class will resume tonight @7:30pm on the lawn of the Red Shed Community Garden!
Come get your basic vinyasa on, under the willow tree, and enjoy the last hour of daylight in the garden…
Tonight’s class will be led by Stevie W-Foner. Hailing from Jamaica Plain Massachusetts, Stevie is a visual artist,…[More]
YOGA tonight!
by LAUREN
on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 1:48 pm
7:30pm on the lawn of the Red Shed Community Garden-
An open invitation for all community gardeners to relax & flow under the willow tree and stretch out the day’s troubles.
Meet new friends and challenge yourself to a 1 hour YOGA class on a cool summer night!
Donation based! (No experience necessary.)
Come for a breezy evening…[More]
The Annual Fundraiser BBQ and Block Party – Sat July 17th
by Franck
on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Directions
We’ll have DJ’s spinning, grilled food donated by local purveyors (veg and meaty), bake sale, plant swap and best of all, a wicked AWESOME RAFFLE for the following prizes donated by some of our favorite local businesses:
Knitting Factory – tickets/drinks for two
Brooklyn Kitchen – Summertime Gift Basket
Namaste Yoga – 5 free passes
Blue Stove – gift…[More]
NEW DATE: Meeting and Party Sat July 17
by Julie
on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Dear Red Shedders – we’ve decided to postpone the annual BBQ and fundraiser (as well as the monthly membership meeting) to Saturday July 17th to avoid World Cup finals and allow for more time to publicize. Meeting will be at 10:30, followed by party setup so the event can start at 1pm. We’ll write this…[More]
Party next week. We NEED help!
by NicoleBonneau
on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Hello.
We have our annual fundraiser next week on Sunday. We have so much to take care of before this happens.
First of all- would any of you be willing to donate a plant, donate baked goods or knows or a band or a DJ that would like to play?
We want to sell food, raffle tickets, have…[More]
Brown Shed Garden
by NicoleBonneau
on Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Hi Guys.
The stain we got for the shed is pretty dark. I mean, it looks good, fresh and cleaner than before.
BUT. The original plan was to make it more RED.
Would anyone be opposed if I bought some paint with any extra money we might have from the 40-50 we approved for this… and maybe another…[More]
Garden networking
by Marisa
on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
I suggest that we contact this organization/project as part of the effort to make the Red Shed a “connected” garden and gain whatever political strength we can.
“Five Borough Farm will partner New York City’s most successful urban farm – Brooklyn-based Added Value – with New York’s largest landowner – the City itself – to create…[More]
Weekly Sunset Yoga at the RED SHED
by LAUREN
on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Hello community members and friends!
Yoga in the garden is fun! It is a great time to relax and breath with your community, and offers a chance to connect to the earth that sustains us.
We will continue our red shed community yoga class once a week, so please come out and flow!
Practice will be held (weather…[More]
Photos needed
by NicoleBonneau
on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Hello.
I know I asked this at the beginning of the year, but if any of you have any photos of the garden- bright, nice, beauty shots of plants specifically… could you send them to me?
I am starting a project and need all the pics I can get.
Thanks to everyone who already sent some.
-Nicole
Sunset YOGA in the GARDEN!!
by LAUREN
on Monday, May 17th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Week three of SUNSET YOGA! Weather permitting!!
Come get down and flow with your fellow community gardeners, Tuesday, May 18th @7:30pm. Class will be held on the lawn of the RED SHED COMMUNITY GARDEN.
This week’s practice will be taught by Rebecca Eisner. Her class is gentle, relaxing, and aims to align breath, mind, and body through…[More]
New space for potted plants
by NicoleBonneau
on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Hi again,
As some of you may have seen, Mark built a nice looking area with a rock wall right next to the communal beds. He suggested that this be another area for keeping your potted plants (similar to the area in the back on top of the metal beam).
I think this is a good idea…[More]
Designers! Another project
by NicoleBonneau
on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Hi again.
I need help with another small project.
We need someone to design and make a poster/flier type thing to go inside of that small red bulletin box outside the garden. Its on the fence to the left of our entrance.
We need something with the following information on it:
-Our open hours.
-Our schedule for meetings.
-info on our…[More]
Research/Writing Project- Need Help!
by NicoleBonneau
on Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Hello everyone.
I need a volunteer to do a small research and writing project for the garden.
A lot of us, being new members, don’t know all that much about the history of our garden. We have a section on our website called “about the garden” which is currently blank.
I have contact information for the people who…[More]
