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Apple Tree Pruning Time at Poplar Street Community Garden

By on July 22, 2014 6:42 pm in Agriculture, Brooklyn Heights, Gardening

This Saturday, July 26, from 11:00 a.m. until some time in the afternoon when the trees all get pruned, it’s apple tree pruning time at the Poplar Street Community Garden, at Hicks and Poplar streets. Come by and lend a hand; if you haven’t done it before, there will be experienced pruners there to show [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on June 19, 2014 5:48 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Comedy, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, Kids, movies, Music, Sports

This Saturday, June 21, the Atlantic Avenue BID, in conjunction with Make Music New York, is having its first ever Summer Celebration from noon until 9:00 p.m. The festivities will span the length of Atlantic from the East River to Flatbush Avenue, and will include live music from 36 performers and groups at 12 venues, [...]

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Poplar Street Garden Party Saturday

By on June 17, 2014 10:30 am in Brooklyn Heights, Events, Fun, Gardening

This coming Saturday, June 21 is the date of the summer solstice, and to celebrate, the gardeners of Poplar Street Community Garden, northwest corner of Poplar and Hicks streets, have invited all to their Fourth Annual Summer Solstice Garden Party. From the gardeners: Please join us this coming Saturday for our annual celebration of the [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 16, 2014 12:32 am in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, Kids, movies, Music, Other Brooklyn, Religion

This will be the annual Sacred Sites Open House weekend presented by the New York Landmarks Conservancy and the participating religious institutions. It will give you the opportunity to visit and receive architectural and historical information about several local houses of worship, including the newly restored interior of Grace Church (photo). The local participating institutions, [...]

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Promenade Gardeners’ Bake Sale Tomorrow

By on May 2, 2014 6:19 pm in Food, Gardening

The Promenade Gardeners will have a bake sale tomorrow (Saturday, May 3) from 9:30 a.m. to noon, on the Promenade near the Montague Street entrance. Your correspondent can vouch for the quality of the goods on sale at previous bake sales. Proceeds go to buying seeds, bulbs, and other gardening goodies needed to… …keep the [...]

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Flowers that Bloom in the Spring

By on April 13, 2014 11:19 pm in Gardening

Now that spring is here in almost full force and temperatures are climbing, on my customary morning walks over the past few days, I’ve seen blossoms in profusion in many locations, starting with these in the garden outside my building on Montague Street. There are more photos and there is more text after the jump. [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on April 9, 2014 11:21 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Environment, Events, Food, Gardening, movies, Music, Theater

It’s spring, really spring, so you may feel like getting outside and doing a little gardening. The Poplar Street Community Garden is having their first Workday of the season this Saturday, April 12, from noon to 3:00 p.m. The Garden is located at Poplar and Hicks streets. Bring your own pruning shears, or use theirs. [...]

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Never Mind the Chill: Spring is Here!

By on March 27, 2014 4:34 pm in Gardening, Photos

Crocuses (or, if you wish, crocae, or are they croci?) are coming into bloom by the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade (click to enlarge).

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Let it Snow, Redux

By on December 24, 2013 12:44 am in Gardening, Photos, Weather

Saturday a week ago we had some snow; the following day, before it melted, your correspondent got this photo of some hardy ornamental kale, to which an ornament was attached, outside Dellarocca’s on Hicks Street near Montague. Today’s (Tuesday, December 24) forecast is for snow showers, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and continuing until 7:00 p.m. [...]

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Autumn in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights

By on November 25, 2013 12:06 am in brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Gardening, Nature, Photos

Autumn is officially with us for almost another month, but it feels like, to quote a Joni Mitchell song, “winter’s closing in.” I’ve collected here some photos I’ve taken on walks over the past month, mostly in Brooklyn Bridge Park and along the Promenade, showing foliage nearing or at its peak fall dress. Above is [...]

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Poplar Street Community Garden Needs Helpers Sunday

By on October 25, 2013 1:57 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Fun, Gardening

“Something there is”, the poet Robert Frost wrote, “that doesn’t love a wall.” Still, the herbs in the Poplar Street Community Garden need a retaining wall to recline against. So, this Sunday, October 27, starting at 1:00 p.m., head gardener Cindy Goulder will supervise the construction of said wall. It will be made of handy-sized [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on October 10, 2013 9:25 am in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, movies, Music, Theater

The BHA Social events presented by the Brooklyn Heights Association, which began with the BHA Dog Show, continue this Sunday, October 13, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the world’s first Haagen-Dazs store, on Montague near the corner of Henry. Just print out this coupon (or show it on your phone) to get a scoop [...]

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Poplar Street Community Garden Perennials Workday Saturday

By on October 8, 2013 11:17 pm in Gardening

Our friends at Poplar Street Community Garden have sent us this message: Come join in the fun, gardening with a great group of neighbors, this Saturday October 12, noon – 3pm, as we tend to the Garden’s fabulous array of perennials. We’ll trim, dig, divide, and transplant to improve the design of the Garden for [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity

By on September 12, 2013 1:10 am in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Events, Fun, Gardening, Literature, movies, Music, Theater

This Saturday, September 14, promises to be a good deal cooler (high 71), and such a change in weather promises some breezes, so it should be a good day for the Kite Festival, to be held from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. For those interested in more down to [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions, Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on August 15, 2013 11:34 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Gardening, movies, Music

Starting this Friday, August 16, the Brooklyn Heights Cinema will be showing In A World, starring Lake Bell, who also directs (and whom you may have noticed, as I certainly did, on the cover of this week’s New York magazine–the design gives a new meaning to “dotting the ‘i’”), as a vocal coach who becomes [...]

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Apple Tree Trimming Time at Poplar Street Garden

By on August 8, 2013 11:43 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Food, Fun, Gardening

It’s time to trim the fruit trees in the Poplar Street Community Garden, located at the northwest corner of Hicks and Poplar streets in north Brooklyn Heights (Poplar is one block north of Middagh Street). You’re invited to join in the work and fun this Saturday, August 10, or the following Saturday, August 17, starting [...]

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