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Learn About Brooklyn Heights Plant Life Thursday

This in from Promenade Gardener Jonathan Landsman:

This Thursday at 12:30 PM, the Promenade Gardeners are hosting the first of our winter gatherings: Plant Trivia from Brooklyn and Beyond. We’d love to invite interested members of the public to join us for this first class and snacks. We sit, chat, look at photos of plants, and Koren and I ask some tough and not-so-tough questions about plants we interact with in daily life in literature, medicine, popular culture, and our walks on the Promenade. Half of the 90 minute meeting is devoted to plants of the Promenade, with a special emphasis on what was bought and planted last year using funds raised by the Promenade Gardens Conservancy and through our bake sales. Joining the group will give one an early taste of spring and a little extra appreciation for plants in our day to day life. Those who’d like to come should RSVP to the hostess, Koren Volk, at volkkoren@hotmail.com and she will provide location details.

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Scenes From a Saturday Stroll


On Saturday morning, Jonathan Landsman and his crew were busy planting by the Clark Street entrance to the Promenade. More photos and text after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Help Tomorrow So Promenade Gardens Will Bloom in Spring

Help Tomorrow So Promenade Gardens Will Bloom in Spring

As your correspondent returned from his morning walk, he found Jonathan Landsman, the Promenade Gardener, and a Parks Department crew, unloading plants from a truck. Some of these, along with bulbs, are to be planted tomorrow (Saturday, October 15) , which happens to be It’s My Park Day. If you would like to lend a hand, Jonathan asks that you join him at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade at 9:00 a.m. Work will be done by 11:00 a.m. Continue Reading →

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Put Plants in Pierrepont Playground

This in from the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee:

Jonathan Landsman, the terrific Brooklyn Heights gardener, is looking for volunteers of all ages to help him plant annuals in Pierrepont Playground. This is a great family activity with older children. Continue Reading →

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The Brownies Were Delish and Now They’re Brooklyn Heights Promenade Flowers

BHB photo: C. Scales

The Brooklyn Eagle reports on the wonderful benefit of the Promenade Gardner’s Bake Sale on June 4 – love-er-ly flowers! Continue Reading →

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A Botanical Tour of Brooklyn Heights

A Botanical Tour of Brooklyn Heights

On Thursday, your correspondent joined fifteen or so others for a tour of plant life in the Heights, led by Promenade Gardener Jonathan Landsman (photo) and funded by the Promenade Partnership. Jonathan was joined as a guide by Parks Department arborist Matt Grailich. Also present for the tour was Mary Frost of the Eagle, whose account is well worth reading. Following the jump are photos and text documenting the tour. Continue Reading →

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Let Jonathan Landsman Teach You About Neighborhood Plants

Let Jonathan Landsman Teach You About Neighborhood Plants

Spring will soon be here, and with it even more flowers blooming in the Promenade gardens. But beyond the showy blossoms, there’s lots of interesting stuff growing there, as well as nearby in the neighborhood. (Can you spot where the flowers in the photo, taken last spring, were growing?) Next Thursday, March 17, starting at 1:00 p.m., Promenade Gardener Jonathan Landsman will give a free one hour tour of and class on local plant life, funded by the Promenade Partnership of the Brooklyn Heights Association. Jonathan’s synopsis follows the jump. Continue Reading →

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Wind Damages Tree at Pierrepont Promenade Entrance

High winds have caused considerable damage to trees in Brooklyn Heights over the past year or so (see here, here, and here). The latest casualty is near the Pierrepont Street entrance to the Promenade, adjacent both to the Eichner residence and the Pierrepont Playground. Mr. J. was on hand with his video cam. See video after the jump. Continue Reading →

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BHB Ten 2010 – This Year’s Most Notable Brooklyn Heights Residents

This year’s BHB Ten is an interesting bunch.  Some have added “flava” to Brooklyn Heights, while other have made it more beautiful, more interesting and dare we say more fun.  Some have dedicated themselves to preserving the area’s unique historic character.  We know there will be a lively discussion about who made this year’s list… and those who did not.  The list, after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Your Help Needed Now For Promenade Gardens to Bloom in Spring


Jonathan Landsman, the Promenade gardener, makes this appeal:

Every Tuesday at 9:30 AM from now until Dec 14 volunteers meet on the Promenade to work in the gardens until noon. We meet at the Montague Street flagpole.

Primarily we are digging and planting beds with the thousands of tulips that make our famous spring display (loved on your blog) but there are also other small projects. Last year volunteers planted 6,000 tulips and daffodils.

Work is very physical and participants should come dressed in tough layers with sturdy shoes, preferably hiking or work boots. Due to wind off the river and shade from the brownstones, it feels 10 degrees colder in the gardens than even a block farther inland in the Heights.

Anyone can do this; I’ve worked with high school kids and octogenarians on a weekly basis. I teach and demonstrate everything that is to be done at the start of the day, so “green” newcomers are always welcome. At the end of the workday (noon) we have coffee, chat, and I give a short lesson on something plant-related. Flirting over coffee for singles? I don’t see why not!

Help the Heights enjoy a brighter tomorrow!

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Promenade Pruning Demo Friday at Noon

Flickr photo by Jonathan Landsman

This just in from the Promenade Gardner, Jonathan Landsman:

Congratulations, Brooklyn Heights, the garden at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade won Parks Department’s Garden of the Month last April!

This season, to keep the garden excellent, I’ll be  putting some finishing touches on that garden’s shrubs. On Friday at noon I’ll prune the garden’s specimen hydrangeas—the best two shrubs on the Promenade—and make my best effort to demonstrate good pruning, giving tips and answering questions for anyone interested.

Friday, Aug 20 at about noon to 1: You’re invited to bring your lunch to the nearby benches and enjoy a little live-action gardening, and ask questions if you like.

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Petunias

BHB photo by C. Scales

BHB photo by C. Scales

A showy display of pink and purple blossoms is found by the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade. Thanks go to Jonathan Landsman and the Promenade Partners. (Thanks also to AAR for answering your horticulturally challenged correspondent’s question: “What kind of flowers are these?”)

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Volunteer Gardeners: Ready to Grow

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Have you a green thumb yearning to be used? Want to spend some time outdoors, in the company of like-minded people, while getting good exercise? The Promenade Partners have a deal for you: Continue Reading →

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