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]
Plant Pick Up – Help Needed
by beccalawson
on Friday, June 24th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Annie is spearheading the pick-up of a boatload of plants for the garden, but she needs transport and some extra hands to get the job done . The plants are in Chelsea and need to be picked up before 6/30; preferably, this weekend.
Give her a holler if you have a truck, van or large car…[More]
Lead in garden hoses
by mareiska
on Monday, June 6th, 2011 at 10:56 am
Just came across this info. Do we have a lead free garden hose?
http://greenergreener.com/lead-free-garden-hoses-should-there-be-any-other-kind
Mary
Seed giveaway 3/16 – can someone go?
by Julie
on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at 9:30 am
Hey everyone, GreenThumb is having a free seed distribution next Wednesday March 16th at 10am in lower Manhattan – if someone’s free, and wants to snag us a seed supply for the garden since we’re pretty low, would be awesome! Distribution goes all day until 6 pm, but is first-come first-serve, so probably won’t be…[More]
Mulch/Compost Update from Green Thumb
by Julie
on Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Hey guys,
I know we’ve all been missing our usual deliveries of mulch from Green Thumb this year – I finally got the scoop this morning from Sean Spencer at the Restoration Project (they guy who manages these deliveries for Green Thumb). They had some technical disasters this year – namely that two of their three…[More]
Plant Giveaway, Brooklyn College garden relocating
by Julie
on Thursday, September 9th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Dear all, I’ve emailed Toby about going to pick up some of these plants from the soon-to-be-defunct community garden on the grounds of Brooklyn College. They will be relocating eventually but in the meantime will be offering up plants for adoption by other community gardens. I’ll keep you posted as to dates I might go…[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]
3 New Red Watering Cans
by Franck
on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
I dropped off 3 new French watering cans of 3 Gal. capacity in the shed early this morning.
It is lightweigh and almost indestructible. I love the handles.
The removable rose is stainless steel and I didn’t have time to attach it. it is inside the can.
I hope everyone likes the color.
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]
Landscape Notes and To-Do’s – June 7
by Julie
on Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
The garden is looking very lush here in early June. The landscape beds are loving all the attention this year and the plants (and people) are much relieved that the heat wave has passed. The oriental poppies, irises, columbine, dogwood, viburnum and peonies came and went, the roses are just finishing, the lavender is jamming…[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
Methods for Blanching Celery
by NicoleBonneau
on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
When celery has bitter taste, chances are it hasn’t been blanched. Blanching celery is often done to prevent bitter celery. Blanched plants lack green color, as the light source of celery is blocked out, which results in a paler color.
Blanching celery does, however, give it a sweeter taste and plants are generally more tender. Although…[More]
Landscape Committee Meeting 5/16 2pm
by Julie
on Sunday, May 9th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Come join us at the garden this Sunday at 2pm. Landscape committee will talk about 2010 goals and ideas for improving the plant landscape of the garden – we’ll also be digging in stuff we get for free from the BBG giveaway this week. Experienced and beginner plant lovers welcome!
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]
Landscapers. Empty flower bed at Red Shed!
by NicoleBonneau
on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Hello landscapers.
I’m wondering if any of you had given any thoughts to what we might want to do with the empty front flower bed. This is the one on the right, when you walk in to the garden.
I built that bed year before last, and not too much has been planted in it yet. I…[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]
Tulip giveaway at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
by Julie
on Monday, April 26th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Hey all, the Brooklyn Botanic garden is having a tulip giveaway on next Wed 4/28 from 3-6 pm for community organizations. I can’t make but we should send someone! We can take up to 60 plants. Details:
These tulips include many different kinds and colors. Bulbs with stalk and leaves for immediate planting are available…[More]
Seeds planted at the garden.
by NicoleBonneau
on Saturday, April 17th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Just an FYI. I planted some white cleome seeds at the garden. There was a small unoccupied space along the fence, behind my bed (bed 21) that had no plants there. It is to the left of the rose bush after the tulips end. This s a nice tall white weird looking flower.
Check it out!
Just…[More]
Garden to-do’s – Week of April 12
by Julie
on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
The garden is looking beautiful after the opening workday! Here are some more to-do’s if you’re around and looking to pitch in:
1. Purple plum tree – we need to make sure the soil is not piled too thickly on top or around the trunk; build a better brick circle around it, a little bigger than…[More]
