Gardens are not one and done. Our new Green Team First Saturdays are a chance to meet up with neighbors and continue the flowering of South Midwood. We will kick off on March 7 by brightening up our Foster Avenue Greenway. Working on Foster from 9 to 11, we will reward ourselves afterwards with coffee and croissants. It’s an opportunity for you to get a jump on spring AND talk gardens with your Brooklyn peeps. What will we be doing? Depending on the weather, we may be reins

Phase 2 of the five-year Foster Avenue Greenway Project was completed on Saturday, Nov. 1.  And Foster Avenue is looking pretty spiffy!! In the days preceding the Phase 2 work day, significant prep was required. For example, concrete in some of the tree pits had to be broken up and removed. Hard-as-a-rock soil was softened and loosened. The prep work paid off: Nine tree guards were added; two to the Phase 1 block between Ocean and E21, and seven to the Phase 2 block. More tha

Daffodils bloom in the spring protected by a new tree guard, built by South Midwood volunteers. The South Midwood Pollinators believe...

On a lovely Saturday in June, Pollinators took a midday break to chit chat about gardening successes and quandaries and geek out on all...

Pollinator work wagon, on the job! With rain on the way, Natasha, Alenya, Zach, Andi, Anne, John, Marj, Virginia, Mario, and Stephanie...

Collage of photos from Ernest Skinner's garden. Pollinator and South Midwood neighbor Alexandra Baltarzuk put together a record-setting...

As required by New York State, the South Midwood Pollinators held its annual meeting on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Several major items...