Your correspondent is off for a long weekend starting tomorrow. The Bugs and Blooms tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 put me in a botanical frame of mind, so when I started on a short early evening walk today, I couldn’t resist photographing these especially lovely purple irises growing in the garden by the [...]
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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Blooms and Bugs”: Lots of Blooms, No Bugs, Some Birds
As we noted before, this was a big weekend for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Your correspondent chose to register for the early Sunday morning “Blooms and Bugs” tour around Pier 1. The tour leader was Matthew Wills (photo), who publishes the blog Backyard and Beyond. Matthew began by noting that we weren’t likely to [...]
Brooklyn Heights Promenade Gardens Bake Sale
We stopped by the Brookllyn Heights Promenade Gardens Bake Sale this morning. We picked up some yummy (gluten-free for Mrs. Fink) cheesecake as well as snapping a photo of the super-fantastic “plant cake” being auctioned off (for a dollar a holler!).
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This coming weekend is a big one for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. On Sunday, the Park will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge with a marathon reading of Hart Crane’s epic poem The Bridge at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1 starting at 3:00 p.m. More details here. The [...]
Heights Promenade: One Good Perennial Deserves Another
Just as the spectacular spray of yellow daffodils has peaked along the Promenade, the enduring warm weather has allowed a kaleidoscope of colors from the other plentiful perennial—tulips—to burst into bloom. Vivid reds, warm whites, pretty pinks and prismatic purples are now abounding all along the walkway. Ooh, la la! (CT)
Reminder: 3 Brooklyn Heights CSAs Accepting Applicants For Summer Season
Deadlines are approaching for the upcoming season at three CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) serving Brooklyn Heights: Brooklyn Bridge CSA @ Congregation Mt. Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West; Sweet Pea CSA @ First Unitarian Universalist Church, 50 Monroe Place; and the Cobble Hill CSA @ Brooklyn Heights’ Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, 157 [...]
New Promenade Gardener Appointed
The Eagle reports that Matthew Morrow, a Colorado native who learned horticulture in Tennessee, has been put in charge of the Promenade Gardens. Morrow has already had one session with the crew of local residents who volunteer to work in the gardens (see photo). BHB has learned that his predecessor, Jonathan Landsman, was offered a [...]
Mid-day Walk Photos
Having slept in for a while this morning, I got a somewhat later start than usual on my Saturday walk, heading out shortly before noontime. As I walked, I noticed that the Forsythia, which were just beginning to bloom last week, and pear blossoms, which were not to be seen then, were profuse along Hicks [...]
Take A Look At Me Now: Holly Jolly Heights
This little Holly bush near the Montague Street entrance to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, survived the brutal winter—as seen in February and now. This week, it is surrounded by a cluster of festive daffodils. Good things come to those who wait, indeed. (CT)
Forsythia!
Forsythia blooming next to the garden wall on Hicks Street between Grace Court and Remsen proclaims (along with reopened sidewalk dining) that spring is truly here. Never mind that, after a couple days of sunshine and temperatures in the 70s, the weather forecast predicts nothing but more dreariness.
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Purple Irises and Serviceberries
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