Diggin’ Your City Come Rain or Come Shine February 28
The hardest working worms in town will be applauding as their favorite horticulturists gather to learn more about how to keep it green in NYC this month. Yes folks, it’s time to remember our roots and make that spring air even sweeter with a seed!
Brooklyn GreenBridge, the Community Horticulture Program of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, is going to blossom early with Garden-Wise Greening: Growing Healthy Soil, Food & Community. It’s the 25th Anniversary of Making Brooklyn Bloom, and it’s being celebrated this Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Conference will feature speakers, workshops, and exhibits on “Greening Our Neighborhoods” and “Growing Local Fruits and Vegetables.” The keynote, Joan Dye Gussow, will speak on “Global Reflections on Eating from Home.” She’s author of This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, a professor, farmer, and passionate advocate of incorporating green practices into everyday life.
Plus, Green Guerillas, the folks who always show up and work gardens from the ground up, gather for their annual meeting on March 13th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Church of NY, 40 East 35th Street (Madison & Park) in Manhattan. Where other people saw vacant lots in the early 70’s, Liz Christy and the original band of Green Guerillas saw community gardens and urban farms. Their vision of what urban land could become and their determination to make it happen launched a movement. Today, Green Guerillas is a vibrant nonprofit that supports community garden leaders, strengthens gardens, and engages young people as gardeners, artists, and leaders. RSVP at 718.906.100.
And if you can’t wait to get your hands on a whole lot of magic, apply now to the America the Beautiful Fund and get up to 100 to 1,000 of free seeds!