Film info via Open Space Alliance: “The Devil We Know is a clear-eyed examination of the DuPont Company’s decades-long poisoning of one town in West Virginia. Introduction by Mike Schade of Mind the Store and the NuHart Superfund Site Community Advisory Group.”
WHEN: Thursday, August 23 | Arrive at 8, film at 8:30pm. WHERE: 61 Franklin Street Community Garden FREE!
Bring blankets and chairs, snacks. Note: there is no bathroom at the garden.
The Java Street Community Garden (59 Java Street) is having a neighborhood summer potluck picnic! The party will get going on Saturday, June 23rd from 2-pm, and there’ll be a photo booth, arts and crafts and a raffle. Guests are encouraged to bring something to share, and light fare and cold refreshments will be provided.
The 61 Franklin St Garden‘s annual summer cocktail benefit party is happening Wednesday, May 23 from 6:30 – 8:30pm at The Diamond (43 Franklin Street). Expect live music by local musician Chris Morrissey, and a BBQ with sausages on the back patio. And, a raffle! Each $15 ticket purchase includes one free drink. Tickets are available here, and you can also donate too if you can’t attend. All proceeds go towards the Garden.
Several local small businesses have donated gift certificates or items worth $40 – $75 including:
Celebrate summer in a lush urban oasis while supporting the community!
This Thursday July, 16 from 6:30PM-8:30PM, Franklin St Community Garden is hosting a cocktail party to support their Children’s Education Program.
For $20, you get 2 drinks, delicious local food, a raffle ticket for items donated by local Greenpoint businesses, and an evening of live music surrounded by greenery and good company.
The 61 Franklin St Garden is open! Ryan Watson, of GWAAP and Brooklyn Seed Company giddily unlocked the gate to show me the beautiful (and mugwort-filled) space this morning. Before the garden parties can begin, help is needed to pull up an entire lot overgrown with weeds. It’s super easy – just grab and pull, grab and pull.
If you’re looking for a productive morning in the great outdoors of Greenpoint, grab your gardening gloves and show up at the 61 Franklin St garden tomorrow – Saturday May 18 at 9:30am – and get to work!
We made a blooper and posted that the Java St Garden Earth Day BBQ / Potluck is on Saturday but that is WRONG and we are sorry! We were just so excited about it we wanted it to happen sooner…
It is this Sunday April 21, 2013 from 3-6pm at 59 Java St. Suggested donation is $10 and bring something to feed 6-10 people. Everyone is welcome and there will be plenty to eat and share.
At the Greenpointers we are all for MORE GREEN OPEN SPACES! There is a vacant lot at 59 Java St, which is managed by Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), that a few neighbors and rallying to make into a community garden. Sounds like a great idea! They are making a presentation to the Parks and Waterfront subcommittee of Community Board 1 on November 16th at 6:30pm at 435 Graham Ave. Let’s go and hear their plans and support this project to make Greenpoint more green. Visit their website: http://javastgarden.blogspot.com/
