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Brooklyn GreenBridge

An Effective Practice

Description

Brooklyn GreenBridge is the community horticulture program of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The program is designed to share the knowledge and resources of BBG with the neighborhoods of the borough. Brooklyn GreenBridge participates in the New York City Compost Project, providing composting information and assistance to community gardens, institutions, and individuals. The program also works with neighborhood and community groups who are starting new gardening projects or continuing existing programs, offering free workshops, plants, compost, and seeds.

Goal / Mission

Working with block associations, community gardens, community centers, and other groups, Brooklyn GreenBridge promotes conservation and community through gardening activities.

Results / Accomplishments

Last year alone, Brooklyn GreenBridge distributed over 12,000 seed packets and 10,000 tulip bulbs to registered Brooklyn GreenBridge community gardeners. Brooklyn GreenBridge also sponsors the Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest, offering reasonably priced windowbox planting kits to Brooklyn residents.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Primary Contact
Brooklyn GreenBridge
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225.
(718) 623-7250
greenbridge@bbg.org
http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/
Topics
Environmental Health / Built Environment
Art & Recreation / Sports Recreation & Parks
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Organization(s)
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Date of publication
2007
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Brooklyn, NY
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