Day of Planting - Fun, Friends, Family, Flowers (and Food!)

Thank you to everyone who showed up to help beautify up and down Ocean Avenue from Flatbush and Parkside - we had amazing weather and lots of fun!

A special thank you to the event captains - Stanley, Paul, Remle & Vicki - and a huge shout-out to the NYC Parks crew who were on-hand with trucks, tools, flowers and serious gardening skills - Arlon, Jay, Joe, Joe, Kimon & Lesle.  We also want to thank Liam Kavanaugh, NYC Parks First Deputy Commissioner, for stopping by and supporting our efforts.  We have some truly wonderful people in NYC!

Enjoy some photos from the day.....

AT WORK 

CHILDREN'S GARDEN (NEW THIS YEAR)

CORE TEAM 

Event Captains:  Vicki, Stanley, Paul & Amy

Event Captain Remle was taking most of the pictures - including the one of the captains
shown above - so here she is working the check-in/snack table

NYC Parks Crew:  (standing)  Joe, Lesly, Arlon, Jay, Kimon (front) Joe

Amy, Liam Kavanaugh & Remle

SET-UP

LET IT RAIN

After the Core Team cleaned up the clouds move in and it rained - a beautiful sun shower! Although it didn't last long, it was a wonderful sign that nature was looking out for us.

OUR FINAL TALLY FROM THE DAY

VOLUNTEERED:  50 signed-up, add in kids and "drop-in gardeners" - 70 to 80 neighbors

PLANTED:  100+ Perennials in over 50 tree bed gardens (Kings County Nursery**)

PLANTED:  Countless Annuals in the Children's Garden (NYC Parks)

DISPLAYED:  60 hand-made tree care signs from neighborhood kids (supplies**)

SPREAD  60 bags of Compost (NYC Compost Project hosted by Build It Green!NYC)

SPREAD:  Countless bags of Mulch (NYC Parks)

BORROWED:  Large tools and supplies (GrowNYC and Neighborgoods.net)

USED:  Hand tools and supplies (NYC Parks/MillionTrees)

REPURPOSED:  6 large planters for the Children's Garden (donated by M. Israel, repainted**)

CONSUMED:  Cider & Donuts (Williams Farm via Grand Army Plaza Farmers Market**)

CONSUMED:  Girl Scout Cookies (local troop selling in the neighborhood**)

GIVEN AWAY:  Kids prizes (Kings County Nursery**)

**  Items purchased thanks to our Neighborhood Grant from Citizens Committee for NYC

JOB WELL DONE EVERYONE - THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK!