With your help, we have diverted 100,000 LB of food waste into nutrient rich compost since June 2020!
But the Pharm will no longer be accepting food scraps in two weeks. Come by tomorrow or next Sunday (10am-1pm), thereafter you will need to make new plans.
Grow NYC has resumed collection at:
A reminder that nothing stops the composting team at PHCF. Every Sunday of the year we are turning your food scraps into gold. 
Come by to drop off or pick up finished compost!
With the growing demand and popularity of our Food Scrap Drop off service and with the support of the NYC Compost Project and BigReuse, the Farm will be expanding our Sunday sidewalk drop off hours to 11am – 2 pm.
After losing our overflow site last week, PHCF has started a new relationship, working in collaboration with the NYC Compost Project to fill the void left by the City’s 90% cut in funding to citywide compost services.
IT’S ON! Bring us your food scraps on Sundays from 10 – 12 in October (and HEADS UP… soon to be shifting to 12 – 2 in November!).
Reminders of what to and what not to compost here.
Wondering where to compost? Bring it to the Farm!
Now with the generous support of NatureBased, we are able to significantly expand the amount of food scraps we accept on Sundays. So, bring us your Food Scraps, Sundays 10 – 12 noon.
Beginning this Sunday, May 24th, Prospect Heights Community Farm will roll out a partial re-opening of Food Scrap Drop Offs for the community!
During this PAUSE period, PHCF seeks to restart, within our limited capacity, the incorporation of your food scraps into our compost system as safely and efficiently as possible. Towards that end, drop offs will be accepted differently than usual – received by a volunteer at the (closed) front gate of the garden with a face covering and appropriate social distancing required.
What: Food Scrap Drop Off
When: Sundays 10 – 12 pm Where: On the outside of the (closed) front gate.
How: Mask or face covering required for drop off.
Prospect Heights Community Farm will be collecting leaves to be composted and used in the garden. We will be collecting bagged leaves on most Sundays over the next month. Please bring leaves only, no trash or other material.
Once again the Department of Sanitation will not be collecting leaves for composting in Community Board 8 – Prospect Heights and Crown Heights.
To avoid risking your leaves ending up in the landfill, bring them to the garden at one of the following times and we’ll make sure they are put to good use as compost.
Sunday the 12th of November at 12-2pm
Sunday the 19th of November at 12-2pm
Sunday the 3th of December at 12-2pm
Sunday the 10th of December at 12-2pm
Once again, Prospect Heights Community will be serving as a drop off location for MuchFest. Bringing your Christmas tree to the garden will guarantee its continued use in the form of mulch which will be used in the garden and around the neighbourhood. Don’t let your tree end up in the trash!
TreeCycle/Mulch Fest 2017 is part of an annual, city wide program organised by New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and GreeNYC to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. For more info on the program, go to the MulchFest site.
Prospect Heights Community Farm will be one of the many places to drop off your Christmas tree throughout the city. We’ll be collecting trees and chipping them into mulch on Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th of January from 10 am to 2 pm. That gives you just enough time from twelfth night on the 5th of January to lug your tree over to the garden.
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It’s that time of year again and we’ll be collecting leaves to be composted and used in the garden.
Despite sending out mailers, the Department of Sanitation will not be collecting leaves for composting in Community Board 8 – Prospect Heights and Crown Heights. Please note that, per the DSNY’s 2016 Fall Leaf Collection page, if you leave leaves out on the curb they will be collected with the garbage and end up in the landfill.
Instead, bring them to the garden at one of the following times and we’ll make sure they are put to good use as compost.
Saturday the 6th of November 12-2pm
Sunday the 13th of November 12-2pm
Sunday the 20th of November 12-2pm
Sunday the 4th of December 12-2pm
Please make sure your leaves are bagged in clear or paper bags and that you only bring leaves. Please no twigs, branches or trash.
