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Home » community gardens

Tag: community gardens

Posted inNon-Profit & Community

Clinton Hill Gardens Lovingly Tended for 14 Years Must Be Cut Back Due to Rats, City Says

by Jessy Edwards October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

“Don’t get me started, I get emotional,” John Cook says, as he embarks on a tour of the Clinton Hill NYCHA complex Lafayette Gardens this Friday. Cook does the rounds of the nine gardens he’s spent about 14 years building and tending with his own money, in his own time, with a NYCHA cap perched […]

Photo: Oleg Magni from Pexels.
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Featured News Archive, Health & Wellness, Uncategorized

Bed-Stuy Farmers Market To Return This Weekend

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader July 9, 2020January 28, 2021
Radical LIving, Bed-Stuy
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Featured News Archive, Neighborhoods, News, Non-Profit & Community, Popular

This Nonprofit Teaches Brooklyn Kids Sustainable Living and Urban Farming in Bed-Stuy

by Alex Williamson August 13, 2018January 28, 2021
Governor Cuomo announces funding 3.1 million for Central Brooklyn community gardens.
Posted inCrown Heights, Featured News Archive, Policy & Government, Popular

Gov. Cuomo to Spend $3M on Community Gardens in Central Brooklyn

by Andrea Leonhardt July 23, 2018January 28, 2021
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