by Emma Davey Williamsburg is getting a first-of-its-kind “mini forest” at the end of North 4th Street, near the waterfront.
City Council Member Lincoln Restler’s office has allocated $35,000 to bring the concept to the neighborhood.
What exactly is a mini-forest? Great question. According to a press release from Restler’s office, mini forests (also known as Miyawaki forests, after the Japanese ecologist who developed the idea) are “a small, dense woodland of native trees and shrubs adapted…
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Sounds very serene ,can’t wait to visit
Isn’t this just planting trees?
No, Zander, it’s not. Did you read the article?
sure to be destroyed shortly after planting by ding dongs and their dogs
Can we take our shoes off?
lol make sure it won’t smell like dog piss and shit
The Sugi Project, a non-profit that creates pocket forests in urban areas, did something similar on Roosevelt Island. Fencing the mini-forest is probably a good idea to keep dogs from urinating in the planting space. Excited to see this come to fruition!
Yes, iDig2Learn loved teaming up with SUGi on Roosevelt Island to plant the first Miyawaki Method pocket forest in NYC. Our joint multi-partner efforts to plant the Manhattan Healing Forest is now about to turn one year old. It is incredibly exciting to learn about this urban solution, watch it grow and understand how best to support its continued success. This method could truly be the way to boost our urban green spaces faster.
Great… the rats need more places to hide. Get a clue Restler !
The worst idea it’s going to be a breeding count for the rats and also they should’ve made it into a dog park so that there is more land for the dogs save the money for the bushwick inlet park and citistorage site!!
Waste of funds
Great .. just more green space for the disgusting dog owners of GP and WB to ruin ..
It’s been my dream for years for New York to finally have a real Miyawaki forest. No it is not just another park with trees, nor a place for rats to hide. In fact, it is not a place for people to picnic, nor dogs to run around. It is a botanical miracle where a variety of native plants are planted so close together than instead of competing with each other for nutrients, and space, they actually help each other grow, by a system of shading, anchoring root systems, and self mulching. Other forests can take 20 years to grow, this type pf planting can produce a forest in 2-4 years providing shade, oxygen and an educational opporunity for the kids t learn about native plants. Ok, call me a tree hugger, but I am so excited.
Tree Hugger
who tf wants park space that nobody can use? Don’t take an area or a park that is currently used by people and -*permanently fence it off*, wtf