the project
The Bedford-Stuyvesant (affectionately known as "Bed-Stuy") neighborhood is a center for Brooklyn's African-American population and also represents one of NYC's greatest at risk areas for diet related illnesses. Help us support urban, community supported agriculture (CSA) programs, and specifically the continued outreach efforts to local residents about the importance of eating and living healthy by helping fund the construction of a year-round greenhouse to extend the growing season within one of New York City's food deserts.
Also check out the progress at: http://www.hattiecarthancommunitymarket.com/#!__herban-farm
the steps
There's been quite a lot of work going on at the project site!
The site has been cleared, debris has been hauled away, and herbs and vegetables have been planted. Now we need your support to construct the on-site greenhouse, tables and shelving to enable year-round gardening, please give what you can! Please help the schoolchildren, teens, adults and seniors in the Bed-Stuy community get a greenhouse!
why we're doing it
Our project will help a prominent Central Brooklyn community garden to further their continued outreach by building a year-round greenhouse for growing herbs and plants for the local community.
budget
$2,190 for Greenhouse supplies Project total = $2,190 Atelier 10 match = $1,500 ioby fee = 120 (8% of 1500), TOTAL = $2,310
updates
Greenhouse Build with photo essay update
Posted 10/20/2011 - 3:01pm
The Hattie Carthan Greenhouse Build took place the weekend of Oct 15. Here's what happened:
The greenhouse team assembles and gets its tools ready.
Ben and Marcus get the lumber into place.
Cassie the driller.
Rafters are up thanks to these awesome folks.
Looking like a greenhouse!
Mr. C and Yonnette are happy about the new Greenhouse. Yay!
Come volunteer - we need your help!
Posted 05/18/2011 - 12:40pm
We need your help! We will be working on this exciting project every day from 10:00am till 5:00pm (May 15th - May 25th).
We will use this ten day volunteer effort to remove ashpalt and road waste from the site, to clean the weeds and remove the rocks from our soil, before building our pathways around the farm, design large farm moundbeds ,fill growbags with rich compost for growing herbs and food this season. We have a few neighborhood coffee shops dropping off fresh grinds weekly to help us work on improving our soil health.
Please come and help us for a week, a day, an afternoon (any time you can spare) for this vital stage in creating the Urban Farm. Enter the Urban Farm from Van Buren Street. The nearest subway station is GG - Bedford?Nostrand B38 to Tompkins and Lafayette. Walk 1 block on Tompkins then turn right on Van Buren Street. Don’t forget your gardening gloves if you have some Water provided – please bring a reusable water bottle.
photos
This is where photos will go once we build flickr integrationdonors
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