Round 3 of the 2008 Green With Envy Tours visits community gardens in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday, October 4, from 10am to 2pm. This tour is organized by the Brooklyn Community Gardens Coalition with support from NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation, GreenThumb, GreenGuerillas and BBG’S GreenBridge.

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Gardens on the tour:

1. Madison Street Block Association Garden, 88-90 Madison Street, between Bedford Ave & Franklin Ave
2. Cedar Tree Garden, 305 Greene Avenue, between Classon & Franklin
3. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden, 327-329 Greene Avenue, between Classon & Franklin
4. Greene Acres Community Garden, 324 Franklin Avenue, corner of Greene Avenue
5. Target Community Garden, 931-933 Bedford Avenue, between Willoughby & DeKalb
6. Spencer Street Block Association Community Garden, 230 Spencer Street, between Willoughby & DeKalb
7. Hattie Carthan Community Garden, 654 Lafayette Ave, 363-365 Clifton Place, on Marcy Ave between Clifton Place and Lafayette Ave
8. NYCHA Garden Womens Mural, Nostrand at Greene
9. Greene Avenue Neighbors Association Garden, 490 Greene Avenue, corner of Nostrand
10. Clifton Place Memorial Park and Garden, 1031-1039 Bedford Ave, at Clifton Place

Join us for this guided tour, visiting Community Gardens in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The tour begins with a 10am breakfast at the Madison Street Block Assn. Garden between Franklin & Bedford, then walk, bike, or ride the bus to visit some AMAZING Brooklyn Gardens.

Special THANKS to the Parks Department for generously providing bus transport for this tour!!! Space is limited… RSVP joncrow [at] earthlink [dot] net.

To get to the start of the tour, take the G to Classon, the C to Franklin, or from Downtown Bklyn, take the B52 or B26 to Franklin and walk to the Madison Garden.

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Bed-Stuy Garden Tour, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation