This is a really fantastic space right below the J train off of the Gates Avenue stop. It doesn’t look like much from the street, but when you enter through the second gate, it’s an urban farmer’s dream!
This garden has been set up in association with our lovely neighbors, the Woodbine Garden. In the following video, listen for the shift in acoustics when going into the “secret” part…
In the video above, you get a quick glimpse of Miss Hansley who leases the space in the back from the hardware store on Broadway (that loud noisy street) for $1/year. Now let’s have Mr. Joseph take us past the section we are going to plant…
If anyone is interested in volunteering (especially if you are local to bushwick!) come to our block association meeting on Monday, or call C. Joseph @ 917-442-2713.
And working in the back section (soon to be a songbird sanctuary and play-ground), there was Alan…
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April 15, 2008 at 8:20 pm
[...] of its members to temporal mortality and one of the only new (and young) members is I. During the clean up on Saturday, we got over a dozen young people in the neighborhood signing up to plant over the summer — [...]
April 20, 2008 at 9:37 pm
[...] How much land can one human being live off? is an inquiry we shall throw to the future and try to do our best until [...]
April 27, 2008 at 11:17 am
[...] Jump to Comments During the discussion of how to organize our community garden out here in Bushwick, many of the older community members took issue with food composting because in the past, it has [...]
May 5, 2008 at 1:44 pm
[...] we are having a “Mother’s Day Plant Sale” all week. If anyone is in the area, feel free to stop by. I will be in/around the Secret Garden tomorrow afternoon and/or Thursday during the [...]