Category: Events

Pumpkin Smash Potato Bake Bash this weekend

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Join us at the garden this coming Saturday for our annual fall celebration. Bring your left over jack o’ lanterns to smash in our compost. We’ll also have baked potatoes, hot cider, pumpkin cake and other snacks and will be hanging out in the garden all afternoon.

We hope to see you in the garden on Saturday the 7th of November from 12-4pm at Prospect Heights Community Farm, 252-256 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. The rain date is the same time on Sunday the 8th of November.

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Annual plant sale starts this weekend

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It’s that time of year again! The garden has gradually been waking up and everyone is getting ready to start planting what they want to grow this year. If you didn’t plan ahead and start seeds back in the depths of February, don’t worry!

Our annual plant sale starts this weekend on Sunday the 3rd of May and will continue on Saturday and Sunday the 9th and 10th of May. We’ll be open from 10am to 6pm on the Sundays and 10am-4pm on Saturday. We’ll have our typical, unique mix of of vegetables, annual flowers and herbs herbs as well as a selection of more unique perennials available. We’ll also have mulch to take away for free, along with expert advice on what plants would be right for your garden, windowsill, stoop or fire escape!

Where: 252-256 Saint Marks Ave., Brooklyn, NY.
When: Sunday the 3rd of May 10am-6pm, Saturday the 9th of May 10am-4pm and Sunday the 10th of May 10am-6pm.

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Mulch your Christmas tree at MulchFest!

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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 2015 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 10th and 11th of January from 10 am to 2 pm. That gives you a few days from twelfth night on the 5th of January to lug your tree over to the garden.

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Good times at the garden

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Too much fun can be great. We seem to have gathered a bit of a backlog of past event photos to share, so without further ado…

Natural Tannin Dyes
Liz Spencer aka the Dogwood Dyer brought organic cotton, wild nettle, and fair trade hemp to dye with acorns, black walnut, sumac, and iron. Tannin-rich plants can be used for both mordanting and dyeing which means you can create a beautiful fall palette from completely local ingredients! In addition to these lovely dyes, shibori and itajame techniques for patterning were shared.

This workshop was held in November 2013. Don’t miss our next natural dye workshop focusing on Indigo and Woad! Learn more at phcfdye.brownpapertickets.com
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Fall Workshops

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We’ve already had an excellent workshop on medicinal herbs and a great Gardener’s Mic on beneficial weeds (more on those in a future post).

Next up is a crochet workshop on Saturday, September 27 from 11:30am – 1pm, led by PHCF member Traci Nottingham.  Traci is a spinner, fiber farmer, and crocheter that has been exploring the fiber arts for over 20 years.  This class is ideal for those who have always wanted to learn crochet or simply pick up a new hobby.  Free!  No registration required.

Then Saturday, October 11 from 11:00am – 3pm, there will be an Indigo and Woad workshop with Liz Spencer aka the Dogwood Dyer.  Learn about the precious few plants in nature that yield a blue pigment.  We’ll be working with three different processes including the ‘organic sugar’ vat that requires no chemicals, and fresh leaf dyeing with woad grown in the garden!  This is no ordinary natural dye workshop so sign up ASAP!  Register at phcfdye.brownpapertickets.com

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Wild Brooklyn!

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Whether you’re stressed out, have low energy, or just want to learn about some of the edible and medicinal plants that surround us, this workshop is for you!  PHCF member, herbalist, activist, trainer, and teacher, Vanessa Chakour, will be discussing the healing power of local plants on Saturday, September 6th, 11am at the garden.  The introduction lecture is free and open to all.

Workshop participants will then be led on a guided walk, learn how to identify and responsibly harvest seasonal medicinal herbs, and then complete the day by making their own herbal tinctures and infusions.  There is a tour and materials fee of $30; please click here to register

See you then!

Mulch your Christmas tree at the garden

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mulchfest-treecycle-2014

Bringing your Christmas tree to the garden will guarantee it’s 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 2014 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 of your Christmas tree throughout the city. We’ll be collecting trees and chipping them into mulch on Saturday and Sunday the 11th and 12th of January from 10 am to 2 pm. That gives you a few days from twelfth night on the 6th of January to lug your tree over to the garden.

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You’re invited to our 15th annual Pumpkin Smash Potato Bake Bash

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photo and history courtesy of Traci Nottingham

photo and history courtesy of Traci Nottingham

Come to Prospect Heights Community Farm this Saturday, November 2 from 12:30 to 4:30pm! Compost your tired jack-o-lanterns and have a baked potato, cider, and other treats too. Enjoy music starting at 1:30pm by the talented folk singer/songwriter Jennifer Richman, multi-genre vocalist Lexy Casano, and folk guitarist Stan Baum.

Be a part of history!

Fall 1997: The semi-abandoned community garden was reorganized and much of the mugwort, japanese knotweed, and dumped trash (car parts, sofas, etc) was cleared out

Spring 1998: Cleaning and planning continued

Memorial Day weekend 1998: Raised beds were built in the layout that we see today, marking PHCF’s very first gardening season

Fall 1998: To celebrate all of our hard work and accomplishments, we decided to have a shin-dig and thus the Pumpkin Smash Potato Bake Bash was born

Fall 2013: Bring your pumpkins and help us celebrate our fifteenth year in the garden!

FREE

(rain date November 3)

Upcoming: Natural Dye Workshop With Tannins

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The dye workshop went so well last time, we are hosting another! On Saturday, October 26th from 2-5pm, Liz Spencer will guide us through the marvelous color combinations of cellulose fibers and tannins. Participants will be working with organic cotton, fair trade hemp, and one of the coolest plant fibers…hand spun nettle (we promise there will not be any stinging!).

The local dyestuffs, including acorns, black walnut, sumac and iron, have a rich palette perfect for the autumn season. Participants will also learn about mordanting naturally to reap the bounty of our surroundings and dye without store-bought assists.

Each participant will receive one piece of cloth and two skeins of yarn to experiment with at the workshop. The sliding scale fee is $35-50 and anything you can contribute to help the garden is greatly appreciated! Register now at www.phcfarm.com/dye.

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Great Autumn Shrub Sale – Additional dates!

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What should you be planting in fall? A shrubbery, of course.

This Saturday AND Sunday, October 5th AND 6th, between 12-4pm, we can help with our Great Autumn Shrub Sale! In addition to ornamental & fruit shrubs, we’ll have cool season seeds and fresh & dried herbs for your kitchen. There’s too much to list so come down to the garden at 252-256 St Marks Ave between Vanderbilt and Underhill on the day to see what you fancy.