Sustainable Flatbush presents the second annual “Greening Flatbush” on Sunday, February 21.
Join us for a fun-filled & information-packed afternoon. Meet your neighbors and get your hands dirty. “Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are” is an afternoon of short demonstrations and hands-on workshops including:
- gardening for kids
- starting seeds indoors
- growing herbs and microgreens on your windowsill
- vertical gardening (Windowfarms)
- growing sprouts in your kitchen
- composting with worms in your apartment
- how to join the Flatbush Farm Share CSA
- preparing healthy food (cooking demo with a Just Food Community Chef)
… and much more!
Snacks and coffee will be available. Bring your own mug (BYOM)!
Worm composting, at the first Greening Flatbush event, in 2008.
“Garden is a verb,” says Chris Kreussling, Director of Sustainable Flatbush’s Urban Gardens & Farms Initiative, which is sponsoring the event. “It’s not just a place you visit. It’s something you do.” The Urban Gardening and Farming Initiative is centered on modeling sustainable horticulture practices, promoting urban agriculture and food sovereignty, and building community through neighborhood gardening and beautification.
Sustainable Flatbush programs provide opportunities for residents to learn about and get involved in working toward the goal of a sustainable neighborhood, while simultaneously building community and fostering local self-sufficiency.
“Hearing about what others are already doing can inspire people to work with their neighbors to take action,” says Kreussling, who also authors a local gardening blog, Flatbush Gardener. “We want to build community through gardening.”
Snacks and coffee will be available (courtesy of Flatbush Food Co-op and Vox Pop Café). Bring your own mug!
Greening Flatbush is Sunday, February 21, from 2:00 to 4:00pm at the Dorchester Senior Center, 1419 Dorchester Road, located on the corner of Dorchester Road and Marlborough Road. Take the Q train to Cortelyou Road.
$3 suggested donation.
Space is limited. To register go to http://www.sustainableflatbush.org/greeningflatbush
If you have questions about this event, please contact Sustainable Flatbush: email – info@sustainableflatbush.org, phone – (718) 208-0575
A big thank you to our sponsors: Kings County Nurseries, Flatbush Food Co-op, and Vox Pop Cafe
Sounds like a great time! We have a similar event up here, put on by the local Master Gardener's club. Sure helps chase the late winter blues to get together and talk gardening!