Greening Greenpoint is celebrating the planting of the final tree of the project!  

Join us and your fellow Greenpointers in celebrating the project by planting a Swamp White Oak at the Transmitter Park waterfront by hand!

The tree will be planted on the Kent St. side of the lawn by the water and the event will begin at 6:00 PM with the tree planting ceremony! 

After the ceremony stick around to enjoy refreshments and take some bulbs with you to plant at home in a Greening Greenpoint tote bag!

Greening Greenpoint will have a table with Greenpoint Tree Corps at the 2019 Go Green! Brooklyn festival in McCarren Park!

Join us for a tree walk and planting activity and learn about the accomplishments of the project over the past four years!

We will have tree ID guides and tote bags at our table, come visit us and ask our friends Greenpoint Tree Corps how you can help your street trees this summer!

We’ll clear, cultivate, plant native perennials in, and mulch tree beds on Manhattan Avenue!

Join us to learn more about how you can help Greenpoint’s trees thrive this summer while beautifying the northern stretch of Manhattan Ave!

We’ll meet at Manhattan Ave. Street End Park at 10 AM, we hope to see you there!

PICK UP A FREE TREE TO PLANT IN YOUR YARD IN GREENPOINT!

Learn about the tree species and complete the registration form by clicking below!

Once you register using the online form, plan to pick up your free tree in McGolrick Park by the corner of Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue on Wednesday, May 15th, from 2:30-5:30 PM! 

The trees are in 1-gallon sized containers and will be 2-3 feet tall

Join Greening Greenpoint for Jane’s Walk 2019

We’ll be joined by Maya Robinson of Rooted Things Apothecary for a guided tree walk in McCarren Park focusing on the medicinal properties of Greenpoint’s trees

We will take a closer look at the street trees we walk by every day in our neighborhood and explore their amazing healing properties and the medicines that can be made from them.

We will also learn to ground ourselves with a tree meditation

The walk will run twice:

• 11 AM-12:30 PM

• 1 PM-2:30 PM

  We'll meet on the Lorimer St. side of 332 Driggs Avenue (at the corner of Driggs Ave. and Lorimer St.by Bernie's Restaurant)

Maya Robinson is a clinical herbalist and energy worker who grew up in Japan. She is the owner of Rooted Things Apothecary, providing herbal consultation and high quality artisanal flower waters, as well as Co-Founder of Plant-Matters, a digital publication about all things plants.

Join Greening Greenpoint and Eckford Street Studio to create nature prints using several techniques and learn about Greenpoint’s street trees!

The event will begin with a brief tree care overview from Greening Greenpoint, followed by nature printmaking led by Eckford Street Studio.

You’ll use materials sourced from the urban forest to make gelatin plate monotypes and collagraph prints, illustrating the creative possibilities of making art with nature. See photos below for examples!

Fun for the whole family, both printmaking techniques are suitable for all ages!

Eckford Street Studio Community Projects is a local 501(c)3 non-profit organization aimed at reaching all children and families of North Brooklyn, regardless of income or experience Learn more about Eckford Street Studio and the classes they offer for children and adults in Greenpoint here!

Sustainable Living In NYC:

Applying Permaculture Design to retrofit NYC to be a healthier and happier place

You will learn Permaculture principles and applications in the urban environment and how to create mutually beneficial city to country economic connections 

Andrew will delve into the following topics during this two-hour presentation:

• Renewable energy solutions and approaches for the 5 boroughs and the region

• Retrofitting NYC to be more self reliant and a healthier environment to live in

• Cleaning indoor air with plants

• Ways to clean up contaminated sites

• Creating beautiful natural areas to connect people with healthy ecosystems in the midst of the city landscape

• Gardening in the city with Permaculture design

• Site analysis and design techniques for rooftop farms, city gardens and business models

• Working with bees, chickens and other micro-livestock in urban settings

  You will learn how to design your life and your livelihood to be a part of creating a better and healthier world for all

Learn More About Andrew Faust:

Andrew is the Founder and Director of the Center For Bioregional Living, a hands-on educational campus for students and clients in Ellenville, NY. He is one of the premier Permaculture teachers and designers in North America, with over two decades of experience in the field. His passionate and mind expanding talks and curriculum have motivated teachers and students since his decade long career as a high school teacher at Upattina's Open Community High School in Glenmoore, PA. Faust moved to Brooklyn in 2007 and has been applying his knowledge to the urban landscape. Since then, Faust has been inspiring film makers with the message of Permaculture culminating in the film Inhabit and a life changing Permaculture Design Certification course that has over 500 graduates. Faust received a dual diploma in Design and Education from Permaculture Institute of North America in 2016. Andrew and Adriana Magaña with their daughter Juniper run the Center for Bioregional Living.

Join Greening Greenpoint and NYC Parks for Mulchfest 2019!

Come out on Saturday, January 12th and help spread mulch generated during MulchFest around trees in McCarren Park!  You can bring your holiday tree to be recycled into wood chips and take a bag of mulch home with you!  

Citizen Pruners will also have the opportunity to prune trees in McCarren!

Tools, gloves, and hot beverages will be provided!

Meet-up will be on the corner of Lorimer St. and Driggs Ave. at 10 a.m.

Sign up for the McCarren Park mulching event using the link below!

Ever wondered why leaves change color in the fall? Want to learn how to identify common NYC trees?

Join Greening Greenpoint for a tree identification walk through McCarren Park on Saturday, November 3rd!

Enjoy colorful fall foliage and weather in McCarren Park with Greening Greenpoint’s Community Coordinator, Bill Schmidt!

We’ll meet on the Northwest corner of Lorimer and Driggs at 3 PM and make our way around McCarren Park for about an hour, stick around afterwards for some apple cider and donuts!

Join Greening Greenpoint, Brooklyn Public Library, and local historian Geoff Cobb for an environmental history of Greenpoint! 

We’ll begin with the walking tour at the corner of Franklin and Calyer St. at 11 AM. The walk will end at Bushwick Inlet Park (86 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249) North 9th street entrance, around 12 PM and will be followed by a presentation by Mr. Cobb and scanning event with Brooklyn Public Library.

Brooklyn Public Library’s Greenpoint Oral History and Community Scanning Project is dedicated to documenting and preserving the environmental history of Greenpoint, and you can help by contributing an item to the project. BPL will scan items such as documents, photographs, ephemera and mementos. We’re also happy to have digital items such as JPGs, DOCs and PDFs.

Light refreshments will be served

Join Greening Greenpoint and Franklin St. Community Garden to care for trees lining the streets around the garden!

The hottest days of the year may be behind us, but street trees in Greenpoint still need your help to thrive this fall! 

Join us in stewarding Greenpoint's urban forest on Sunday, September 30th, from 11 AM to 1 PM.  We'll beautify the blocks bordering the garden and enjoy the unique urban green space that is 61 Franklin Street!

Stick around after clearing, cultivating, and mulching tree beds to enjoy refreshments in the garden!

We hope to see you there!

Join Greening Greenpoint for a workshop at 61 Franklin St. Community Garden led by professional Botanical Artist Wendy Hollender! 

Wendy will teach you the basics of Botanical Illustration, plant anatomy, and give you a better understanding of the importance of plants that we draw. The event is free, art materials are provided, and you can take home any botanical art that you make.

Space is limited, to reserve your spot please sign up by following the link below!

Event Details

Wednesday, July 25th 

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Due to unfavorable weather, the workshop will be moved to the Bushwick Inlet Park building at 86 Kent Ave., N 9th Street entrance

No admission fee, all art materials provided!

Street trees in industrial Greenpoint need your help!

Join us for our second stewardship event in June with our partners at Newtown Creek Alliance!

We'll clear, cultivate, and mulch tree beds along Norman Ave. from Kingsland Ave. to Apollo St. from 10 AM-12 PM, followed by refreshments and a tour of Kingsland Wildflowers green roof!

Meet up will be on the corner of Kingsland and Norman Ave. at 10 AM

We hope to see you there!

Greenpoint Oral History and Community Scanning Project at Bushwick Inlet Park: Pests in Greenpoint

Join the Greenpoint Oral History and Community Scanning Project at the Bushwick Inlet Park building, 86 Kent Avenue, for a talk with Greening Greenpoint’s Bill Schmidt where he’ll discuss the reign and destruction of the Asian Longhorn Beetle in Greenpoint and the new scourge of our trees, the Emerald Ash Borer

Following the talk we will hold a community scanning event to document the environmental history of Greenpoint.  What will we scan? Documents, photographs, ephemera, mementos - anything we can digitize - What do you have in your personal collection that tells of the story of Greenpoint’s environment?  

By contributing materials you are choosing how Greenpoint’s environmental history will represented and remembered.

This will be one of six events held by Brooklyn Public Library throughout the next year to collect the memories of Greenpoint residents to ensure Greenpoint’s environmental history is remembered

Join Greening Greenpoint and Maya Robinson of Rooted Things Apothecary for a guided tree-walk in McCarren Park focusing on the medicinal properties of Greenpoint’s trees

We will take a closer look at the street trees we walk by every day in our neighborhood and explore their amazing healing properties and the medicines that can be made from them.

We will also learn to ground ourselves with a tree meditation

We'll meet at the corner of Lorimer St. and Driggs Ave. at 6:00 PM

Maya Robinson is a clinical herbalist and energy worker who grew up in Japan. She is the owner of Rooted Things Apothecary, providing herbal consultation and high quality artisanal flower waters, as well as Co-Founder of Plant-Matters, a digital publication about all things plants.

FREE PERENNIALS IN GREENPOINT!

Pick up some perennials to plant in a tree bed in Greenpoint!

Register online now, pickup will be on Wednesday, June 13th from 2:30 to 5:30 PM!

For information about each of the perennials offered and the sign-up form, follow the links below

Join Greening Greenpoint and Newtown Creek Alliance on Sunday, June 10th to steward the trees in and around Manhattan Avenue Park!  

Help Greenpoint's trees by clearing, cultivating, and mulching tree beds in and around Manhattan Avenue Park.  The water-front park lies at the end of Manhattan Ave., learn more about the creek with Newtown Creek Alliance, who will be on-site for the event! 

Drinks and snacks will be served in the park for volunteers! 

We'll meet at Manhattan Avenue Park at 10 AM, let us know you're coming by following the link below to our sign-up form, we hope to see you there!

Join Greening Greenpoint for a guided walk through Greenpoint’s history with a special focus on the former Bushwick Creek  

The walk will be led by Greenpoint historian Geoffrey Cobb, author of “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past” and “The King of Greenpoint”.  

Geoffrey will discuss the impact of Bushwick Creek on Greenpoint’s early development and point out its lasting impacts on the landscape.  

We’ll meet at the northwest corner of Franklin St. and Calyer St. and end at the Parks Department building at 86 Kent Avenue with a short visual presentation and refreshments.

One lucky participant of each walk will take home a copy of "Greenpoint Brooklyn's Forgotten Past"!

We will run the walk twice, once beginning at 11 AM and again at 1 PM, sign up using the links below!    

Celebrate Earth Day in Greenpoint on Sunday, April 22nd!

Come get your hands dirty and spruce up Kingsland Avenue! 

Meet us at the McGolrick Park pavilion at 10 AM and we'll walk together to Kingsland for some street tree care between Norman Ave. and Greenpoint Ave. 

Suitable for all ages, Greenpoint Eco Schools' Sustainability Coaches will be present to help with activities for even the youngest tree stewards! 

After stewarding some trees and making the block look great, head on over to 520 Kingsland Wildflower Garden for more Earth Day festivities with Newtown Creek Alliance,  more information here! 

Greening Greenpoint is celebrating the planting of the 500th tree of the project!  

Join us and your fellow Greenpointers in celebrating this milestone!

New York State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol and representatives from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund and New York State Attorney General's Office will be present to commemorate the achievement!

The tree will be planted at 725 Leonard Street and the event will begin at 4:30 PM with the tree planting ceremony! 

After the ceremony stick around to enjoy refreshments, plant in tree beds along Leonard St., and take some bulbs with you to plant at home!

Join Greening Greenpoint and Trees New York for the 2018 Street Tree Stewardship Summit 

The Summit will include insights from a resident speaker, a panel discussion with representatives from NYC Parks, Partnerships for Parks, and Citizens Committee on available resources, and time to enjoy refreshments and connect with other local stewards and organizations!

Pick up a raffle ticket at the door and you'll be entered into a raffle to win a tree care kit or a copy of "The Living Forest"!  We'll also be giving away bulbs, so you can take some home to plant on your block!

Representatives from stewardship organizations will have tables set up with informational materials and will be available to help answer any questions you may have!

Sign up now using the link below!

Do you want to make a difference in your community and support or care for a park near you?

Join Partnerships for Parks for a FREE workshop and learn how you and your neighbors can come together to support and improve your community green spaces!  Meet staff members, network with other interested community members, and hear stories from experienced volunteers!

Topics will include:

• Why volunteers are so important for vibrant, thriving parks
• Who you need to know in NYC Parks
• How neighbors, coworkers, or community groups can spruce up a park with an “It’s My Park” project
• Ways to join together with neighbors who also care about your park
• Which resources are available to help you

This is an introductory workshop and is intended for people who have been working with their parks for less than one year.

For more information or questions, email relzinga@cityparksfoundation.org

Is your park group looking for more fundraising & development opportunities but unsure if becoming a nonprofit is right for your group?

Join Partnerships for Parks to learn about another alternative: fiscal sponsorship! Their expert speakers will explain how your group can financially partner with an existing nonprofit to take advantage of their 501c3 status. This means more perks— access to charitable donations, grants, tax exempt status— and less paperwork.

At this workshop:

• Learn the ins and outs of several fiscal sponsorship programs offered by different organizations
• Hear from community members who have taken this step
• Get tips for choosing a potential fiscal sponsor
• Discover if fiscal sponsorship is right for your group

For more information or questions, email relzinga@cityparksfoundation.org