Category: organic gardening

Support Friends of Brook Park!

ShareShow your Support for Friends of Brook Park Dear Friend, Friends of Brook Park needs your help. As 2009 comes to a wintry end, we reflect on what a great year it has been here. While we are proud to bring you our environmental programs, we need your support to keep us going. Whether you’ve [...]

Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 in brook park, friends of, harlem river, organic gardening, south bronx, urban agriculture | No Comments »

Brook Park in NY Times!

ShareCongrats to the ASPIRA gardeners and Ray Figueroa! In the Bronx, Less Asphalt, More Vegetables In the Bronx, Less Asphalt, More VegetablesBy David Gonzalez A symphony of dull thuds and sharp clanks heralded — what else? — the planting season at Brook Park in the Bronx. Teenagers took turns swinging sledgehammers and pickaxes as they [...]

Wednesday August 12th, 2009 in aspira, brook park, garden, organic gardening, urban agriculture | No Comments »

Garlic Planting!

ShareGrowing Garlic in The Bronx Garlic Planting Workshop with Friends of Brook Park and NY Botanical Garden http://www.friendsofbrookpark.org Join El Girasol Community Garden’s Vincent Russo in learning the basics of planting garlic. Help prepare the planting bed and plant garlic cloves for next summer’s harvest. Bronx Green-Up community gardeners who participate will receive a head [...]

Monday November 17th, 2008 in garlic, garlicfest, organic gardening, south bronx | No Comments »