Prospect Farm and Sustainable Flatbush are proud to present Brooklyn Dirt: Monthly Talks on Urban Farming and Gardening.
Sycamore Bar and Flowershop
1118 Cortelyou Road
Brooklyn, NY, 11218
21 and over only
Directions: Q train to Cortelyou Road
Talk One: Dirt and Soil
Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7-9:30pm
With Speakers Jay Smith and Chris Kreussling (AKA Flatbush Gardener)
$5 suggested donation. Proceeds benefit Prospect Farm and the Urban Gardens and Farms Initiative of Sustainable Flatbush.
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Jay Smith is a lifelong environmentalist, member of several environmental organizations, member of the Park Slope Food Coop, completing a Certificate of Horticulture from BBG, deeply interested in Urban Agriculture and re-localization of food production in anticipation of food issues in the wake of the peak oil crisis.
Chris Kreussling (AKA Flatbush Gardener) is a garden coach with more than 30 years gardening experience in NYC. Chris is also the Directory of the Urban Gardens and Farms initiative of Sustainable Flatbush and a community member of the Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities advisory board, a project of the Cornell Waste Management Institute, and earned a BBG Certificate in Horticulture, 2009.
Sustainable Flatbush brings neighbors together to mobilize, educate, and advocate for sustainable living in their Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond.
Prospect Farm is a community group in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn that is working together to grow food in a formerly vacant lot, with the mission toward creating a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm that can serve our community. Prospect Farm is the community leader for the Kensington/Windsor Terrace neighborhood group for the Brooklyn Food Coalition.
The ground-breaking at Prospect Farm, initially called Windsor Farm, on March 31, 2010.
The facade of the newly opened Sycamore Bar and Flowershop on September 13, 2008.
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Related Content
Windsor Farm Breaks Ground, 2010-03-31Sycamore, September 15, 2008
Links
Facebook: Brooklyn Dirt: Monthly Talks on Urban Farming + GardeningEvent flyer
Prospect Farm
Urban Gardens and Farms Initiative, Sustainable Flatbush
Sycamore Bar and Flowershop
7 comments:
That's awesome, Chris. Congrats. I'm sure the talk will be a great success.
Very cool. I'll see if I can attend!
It was great! Thank you so much for this evening! And please, post your amazing slides!
Barbara: So glad you enjoyed it. I had fun doing it.
I need to review the presentation deck for inaccuracies (I was aware of one error during my talk) before I post them online. When I do, I'll put on update on this post, as well as tweet, update my status, etc. to let folks know it's available.
I was unable to attend your talk but sounds wonderful! I have a question about soil that maybe you could answer, where can a backyard farmer in Brooklyn source good soil? Last year I bought bags from Lowe's but seems like there should be a better option. Thanks!
EH: Depends on how much you need. You can buy in bulk from King's County Nurseries. You need to pre-arrange and provide your own truck. They could probably also deliver. Their sources are from Long Island.
Hi, I just found your blog and it is a goldmine of infomation and links! Thank you--it will take me a long time to read all your articles and check out all your links--something to look forward to!
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