DATE CHANGED: EARTH DAY FESTIVAL IN KENSINGTON OFFERS ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES

The festival date has been moved to Sunday, April 26th, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., due to the expectation of rain, but the community cleanup will still take place on Saturday, April 25th, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.

 

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Kensington Earth Day Festival

Saturday, April 25th

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

From New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif, District 39:

Join us on April 25 for a day of Earth Day activities across the district! 

 

10 AM – 12 PM: Community Clean Up

Join the Sanitation Foundation, D39 Clean Up Crew, and Council Member Shahana Hanif to help keep our neighborhood clean. Sign up to volunteer for the community cleanup! 

 

11 AM – 2 PM: Community & Arts in Kensington Plaza

Join the D39 Youth Leadership Council, Council Member Shahana Hanif, Street Lab, NOCD-NY, Materials for the Arts, and Big Reuse for creative, hands-on activities that bring neighbors together and celebrate a greener, more equitable future. 

 

Activities include: creating a community quilt reflecting migration stories, writing a collective poem about climate change, collaging and crafting paper flowers, and more

 

Free giveaways:

Mini compost bags, food scrap containers, vegetable and herb seeds, doggie bags, retractable leashes, and portable water bowls.

 

Electronics donation drive:

Bring old electronics to be repurposed into youth art projects. Accepted items include printers, fax machines, DVD/VCR/CD players, electronic toys, and gear-based devices (e.g., record players, slide projectors, typewriters). Please note: No AC units, refrigerators,computers, laptops, TVs, or monitors.

 

1 PM – 4 PM: Earth Day in Albemarle Playground

Join Flutura Effect, the PS 230 Green Team, and Singing Winds for hands-on gardening, environmental science and engineering activities for children and families. Learn about urban heat islands, build a model wind turbine, and plant seeds to take home!

Kensington Plaza is a pedestrian plaza in front of 114 Beverley Road, between E. 2nd Street and McDonald Avenue (map).

 

Albemarle Playground is on McDonald Avenue, between Albemarle Road and Caton Avenue (map). 

EARTH DAY AT THE KOKO LOT, 19TH STREET NEAR PROSPECT PARK WEST (FREE)

 

Earth Day at the KoKo Lot

Saturday, April 25th

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

 

From Open Source Gallery:

Join us on Saturday, April 25th for KoKo NYC’s Earth Day celebration at the KoKo Lot. We will be joined by our friends and neighbors at Heritage Foods to keep everyone nourished while we build, garden, and help take care of the KoKo Lot and surrounding blocks. Celebrate Earth Day by eating nose-to-tail while helping family farmers who are committed to sustainably raising heritage breeds of meat!  Food will be available for purchase from Heritage Foods:  Heritage Pork Frankfurters: Pasture raised, antibiotic free, heritage breed pork hot dogs, made with no nitrates!  Wagyu Beef Hamburgers: Heritage Food’s signature Wagyu patty made from a secret blend of all the best cuts of the steer! The best burger you’ve ever tasted! EVENT DETAILS: Date: Saturday, April 25th Time: 1PM – 4PM Where: KoKo Lot, 440 19th Street, Brooklyn, NY Cost: FREE (Donations welcome!) RSVP: HERE All ages are welcome, but waivers are required for anyone under 18. And any visitors to the Lot 12 years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Earth Day at the KoKo Lot: Details

Location

KoKo Lot

440 19th Street

between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

 

EARTH DAY: CELEBRATE MOTHER EARTH AT PROSPECT FARM (FREE)

Earth Day Celebration

Saturday, April 18th

noon to 4:00 p.m. 

Rain date: Saturday, April 25th

noon to 4:00 p.m. 

 

Honor Mother Earth at Prospect Farm's Earth Day celebration. All ages and all neighbors are welcome.

 

The day will feature eco arts & crafts projects for all ages, a plant swap, seed planting, a compost giveaway, tours of the garden, a tag sale, and baked goods for sale.

 

On the tours, learn how the gardeners make compost and grow vegetables, fruit, and beneficial native plants 

Local band Protectors of the Woods will provide live music from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., and that will be followed by an open community jam for everyone to join in on. 

 

The celebration will be held on Saturday, April 18th, from noon to 4:00 p.m. The rain date is Saturday, April 25th, also from noon to 4:00 p.m.  

Prospect Farm’s open hours are Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sundays from noon to 3 p.m., and Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

 

Compost drop off hours are 11 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays.  

Location

Prospect Farm

1194 Prospect Avenue

between Vanderbilt and Seeley streets

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

(map)

prospectfarmbk@gmail.com

https://prospectfarm.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ProspectFarmBK

 

RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 3RD: EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT PROSPECT FARM (FREE)

 

Update: Rain has been predicted for April 26th. The event has been rescheduled for May 3rd.

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Earth Day at Prospect Farm

Saturday, April 26th

11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Rain Date: Saturday, May 3rd

Prospect Farm's annual Earth Day celebration will be held on Saturday, April 26th, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

See what your neighbors are growing, and join in these activities:

• garden tours 
• compost giveaway
• bake sale
• kids' activities and crafts
• live music from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

This is a free event, although donations to support Prospect Farm are always happily accepted (Venmo @prospectfarmbk). Prospect Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; contributions are tax-deductible.

Location

Prospect Farm

1194 Prospect Avenue

between Vanderbilt and Seeley streets

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

(map)

prospectfarmbk@gmail.com

https://prospectfarm.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ProspectFarmBK

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT PROSPECT FARM (FREE)

Earth Day at Prospect Farm

Saturday, April 20th

11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (not 3:00 p.m.)

Prospect Farm's annual Earth Day celebration will be held on Saturday, April 20th, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (not 3:00 p.m.)

See what your neighbors are growing, and join in these activities:

• garden tours 
• compost and soil give-away
• plant swap
• bake sale
• arts and crafts for all ages
• special take-home
• seed planting activity for children
  

The band Protectors of the Wood will provide live music.

This is a free event, although donations to support Prospect Farm are always happily accepted. Prospect Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; contributions are tax-deductible.

Location

Prospect Farm

1194 Prospect Avenue

between Vanderbilt and Seeley streets

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

(map)

prospectfarmbk@gmail.com

https://prospectfarm.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ProspectFarmBK

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT PROSPECT FARM (FREE)

Earth Day at Prospect Farm

Saturday, April 22nd, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Rain Date: Saturday, April 29th, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Prospect Farm's annual Earth Day celebration will be held on Saturday, April 22nd, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

See what your neighbors are growing, and join in these activities:

• arts and crafts
• garden tours
• plant swap/sale (trade clippings of your house plants)
• stoop sale
• bake sale
• compost demonstrations
• compost giveaway.

 

The band Protectors of the Wood will provide live music from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

 

This is an outdoors event. It's free, although donations are always happily accepted. Prospect Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; contributions are tax-deductible.

Location

Prospect Farm

1194 Prospect Avenue

between Vanderbilt and Seeley streets

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

(map)

prospectfarmbk@gmail.com

https://prospectfarm.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ProspectFarmBK

EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES AT PROSPECT FARM (FREE) ON APRIL 24TH

 

Earth Day at Prospect Farm

Saturday, April 24th, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

From Prospect Farm

'Tis spring!

We are off to an early start! Over the past three weeks, we have planted peas, radishes, beans, cucumbers, and a variety of leafy greens. This year more than ever we are being mindful of our soil, by rotating crops, turning over our cover crops (largely nitrogen-fixing vetch), and adding lots of compost.

We had our fruit trees pruned in early March, and we are opening up a few new small flower beds on the hillside. A group of our members will be planting heirloom flowers and vegetables with the intention of saving the seeds.
    
Now we invite you all to come by for our Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 24, from 11 until 2 for a number of activities:

• garden walk-through
• plant swap and stoop sale
• compost giveaway (bring your own bags!)
• more grab-and-go freebies

You can also join Aaron Morales from our compost committee for a virtual Compost 101 workshop on April 22nd and April 24 at 7 PM:
Aaron will lead you through the ins-and-outs of composting and show what happens to your food waste when you drop it off at a local compost site. Compost 101 will cover three main ways to compost, perfect for small spaces. All are welcome to join via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85068325482?pwd=a0NxMVhiSEFMT3o5eVJlRGtCZ1lLdz09
                  
One of our founding members, Eileen Anderson, will also have her work displayed at the Brooklyn Quilters' Guild Earth Day Fence Show at Prospect Park West and Windsor Place from 11 until 4 on April 24th (same day as our event!). Not to be missed!

If you want to support all we do, please contribute to our GoFundMe campaign here: https://gofund.me/00a27f5f. Any amount, no matter how small or large, will be put to good use.

In addition to collecting public food scraps, we also have our own on-site composting operation; we grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs in over a dozen communal garden beds; we host public events, visiting classes, and youth science experiments; and a lot more. All of this 100% relies on volunteer labor and donated funds to keep our compost composting, our garden green, and our built infrastructure sturdy.

 

Some of our projects for this summer include building new raised beds, improving our rainwater harvester system, installing a patio in anticipation of hosting workshops on our site, and updating our compost system in order to increase capacity. 

Please help us continue to grow!  And please drop by!

Location

Prospect Farm

1194 Prospect Avenue (map)

between Seeley and Vanderbilt streets

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

https://www.facebook.com/ProspectFarmBK

https://prospectfarm.org/

prospectfarmbk @ gmail.com