THANK YOU!

Thank you to the over 70 neighbors who showed up to help plant over 700 daffodil bulbs up and down Ocean Avenue (between Flatbush and Parkside) and around Parkside Plaza!  We had amazing weather and lots of fun digging in the dirt together.  

A special thank you to the event captains - Stanley, Paul, Remle, Crystal, Avellino, and Kim (the folks in the yellow and red aprons) - and a huge shout-out to Rudy and the Parkside Committee. We have some truly wonderful people in PLG!

Spring will be here before you know it and the daffodils will be in full bloom.  It will also then be time for another planting event!  Have a wonderful holiday season and winter, and we will see you in the spring.

Here's to flowers, trees, and greening PLG!

Amy M.

Ocean by the Park Tree Club

THE NEIGHBORS

Check-in Table

The planting begins!

Hooray for cider and cider donuts!

THE GUESTS

Liam Kavanagh, First Deputy Commissioner from NYC Parks, and his granddaughter

Arlon Pinckney with the MillionTreesNYC TreeLC Truck

 THE SUPPORTS

We would like to thank the following organizations and individuals who helped make this event a success:

MillionTreesNYC - hand tools, water buckets, gloves, tree care training, TreeLC Truck

NYParks - mulch

New Yorkers for Parks, The Daffodil Project - bulbs

Alan Berger at Neighborgoods.net, PLG Share - large tools, card table

Kimi Weart - graphic design (logo and posters)

Cider & Cider Donuts - Williams Farm, Grand Army Plaza Green Market

November 23rd around the corner!

Hi Everyone!

We are looking forward to our upcoming Daffodil bulb planting event on November 23rd at 1pm (see below post for all the details).

Here is the checklist for the work that we will do together.  Please come dressed for cooler weather and if you have any gardening tools, please bring them along!

Remember that there will be two meet-up locations at 1pm:

(1)  Ocean by the Park Tree Club (I will be here with a team of gardeners) - 125 Ocean Avenue 

(2)  Parkside Committee (Rudy Delson and a team of gardeners) - Parkside Plaza (outside the Q train stop at the corner of Ocean and Parkside Avenues)

See you on Sunday the 23rd!

PS -  We are mentioned on the NYC MillionTreesNYC Facebook page - check it out - https://www.facebook.com/MillionTreesNYC

Amy M.

Ocean by the Park Tree Club

DAFFODIL PLANTING!

We hope to see you on November 23rd!

Thank you! Adopt a Tree?

After a break for the summer and the fall back to school shuffle, we are back and ready to prepare for winter - and spring!  Before we gather again to green our stretch of Ocean Avenue, we wanted to send a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has taken the time since our Flowers on Ocean event last June to:

• Water the flowers and trees
• Plant MORE flowers
• Pull weeds
• Spread fresh mulch and/or compost
• Pick up the trash
• Say "thank you" to a neighbor tending to a garden

I notice myself walking a bit slower every time I am on Ocean Avenue so I can smile at the unique ways that buildings and home owners have expanded their greenery - thank you, thank you!

We still have work to do however.  Not every tree is thriving, nor has every plant that we planted in June survived.  As we look to the next event later in November, it is one of our goals to have every tree and tree bed garden "adopted" by at least one neighbor.  Neighbors who will look after the trees and flowers, water when needed, pick up trash and be part of a team working together to keep our piece of Ocean Avenue beautiful.  Perhaps you will sign-up?

We hope to see you on November 23rd (details above).

Amy M.

Ocean by the Park Tree Club