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Connect with the broader picture of community gardening! GreenBridge encourages you to participate in the American Community Gardening Association (www.communitygarden.org). GreenBridge is an active organizational member of this association, which enables us to relate to community gardeners throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Christmas Tree Recycling and Wood Chip Mulch Giveaway

Saturday, January 10 | 10 am–2pm

Bring your Christmas tree (free of lights and ornaments) for chipping and a bag and shovel for free mulch. Master Composters will be on hand to answer your questions. No wreaths or plastic bags, please.Location: Green-Wood Cemetery (5th Avenue 7 25th Street entrance, Brooklyn). Mulch is available to the public at Green-Wood all year long. For more information, download the flyer.

Making Brooklyn Bloom 2009

Saturday, March 7 | 10 am–4pm

Kick off spring gardening with this free event featuring displays, workshops, and speakers. The day focuses on timely topics that make gardening more sustainable. No preregistration is required, but you must arrive at 10 a.m. to register for the day's workshops. Call 718-623-7250 for more information.

GreenBridge Community Garden Alliance

All Brooklyn community gardens are invited to join this active network of grassroots gardeners. Members attend and lead workshops on sustainable horticulture, enjoy seasonal get-togethers and plant giveaways at BBG, receive annual site visits to their community gardens, and much more. Call 718-623-7250 for more information.

Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest and Window-Box Kit Sale

BBG's annual free contest is a borough-wide gardening celebration. Window-box kits must be preordered by April 24 and will be available for pickup on May 16. Now's the time to schedule a free Street Gardening Clinic for your block to get a head start on this year's competition. The deadline for block and merchant associations to enter the contest is June 1. Call 718-623-7250 for more information.

GreenBridge, the community horticulture program of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, is designed to share the knowledge and resources of BBG with the neighborhoods of the borough. Working with block associations, community gardens, community centers, and other groups, GreenBridge promotes conservation and community through gardening activities.

A major emphasis of GreenBridge since its inception has been composting. Through our Brooklyn Compost Project, which is supported by the New York City Department of Sanitation, we provide technical assistance and resources for community gardens and institutions, as well as information on composting in your own backyard. Our City Kids Classes & Events workbook and training for adult leaders in community gardens engage city children and teens in the pleasures of gardening.

GreenBridge works with neighborhood and community groups who are starting new gardening projects or continuing existing programs. We offer free workshops and provide free plants, trees, bulbs, compost, and thousands of seeds—over 12,000 seed packets last year! In May, at our annual Tulip Bulb Recycling Give-away, the 10,000 bulbs that had bloomed at BBG throughout April and early May are donated to registered GreenBridge community gardeners.

If you are interested in becoming part of the GreenBridge network, write: GreenBridge, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11225. Telephone: 718-623-7250.