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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 […]

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Promenade Gardeners Hold Bake Sale Saturday

The Promenade gardeners, who have been busy the past few weeks planting bulbs for daffodils and tulips that will bloom in the spring, are having a bake sale this Saturday, December 4, from 11:00 a.m. “until the last crumb”. The sale will take place on the Promenade at the Montague Street entrance. The rain date […]

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Petunias

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

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:

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