As Tomas, a steadfast volunteer, works harvesting milkweed seeds he observes many new insects that have been attracted to the milkweed plants. Milkweed plants attract aphids and ladybugs provide natural insect control. Ladybugs dine on aphids. Tomas, also… Read More

Today has been a busy day for Friends of Brower Park volunteers. Tomas helped  harvest sunflower seeds.         With Janice and other community volunteers.   We turned the leaf mold [compost) that we have been… Read More

We planted milkweed to save the Monarch butterfly. Word went out and an ecosystem has begun to reestablish itself. The milkweed plant is the only plant that the Monarch butterfly will lay its eggs on and the only… Read More

the mammoth sunflowers planted by Friends of Brower Park with the Crown Heights community are beautiful and provide food for the park’s birds, bees and squirrels. Many park visitors have been taking selfies in the Monarch Butterfly Habitat…. Read More

Today was a beautiful fall day to volunteer in Brower Park–cool, windy, with passing clouds. We’ve begun putting our compost into the flower beds of the Monarch Butterfly habitat winterizing the garden to protect the soil and plant… Read More

Today volunteers weeded the flower bed near the handball court. A layer of mulch was added to reduce weed growth, conserve moisture, and facilitate nutrient development for the plants by adding organic material to create a habitat for micro-bacteria… Read More

A Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) found the Swamp Milkweed plants (Asclepias incarnata)  in our Monarch Habitat. Two of the Common names for this variety of milkweed is swamp milkweed and rose milkweed. Milkweed is the host plant for the… Read More

Crown Heights families came out to rake leaves after the long cold winter. The air was chilly but it did not interfere with the cleanup or investigations of the worms and insects living under the damp leaves.

 Friends of Brower Park has planted over 5000 daffodils over the last few years. In the fall of 2014 community volunteers planted 2000 bulbs throughout Brower Park. The April display of yellow, orange and gold blossoms was a… Read More

On July 20, 2015 we had our first Monarch Butterfly siting. The Monarch has come to the garden habitat to consume plant nectar in our Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) blossoms. These milkweed plants were purchased in the spring of… Read More