Friends of Brower Park, Inc.
September 12, 2015: Its My Park Day–A busy day of harvesting seeds and turning compost.
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
September 20, 2015: Its My Park Day–We planted a garden and the insects moved in.
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
September 26, 2015: Observations
The playground and skateboard area, sandwiched between the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the George V. Brower Elementary School is often used by Crown Heights cultural institutions as a rehearsal space.
October 10, 2015: Its My Park Day–Weeding, Planting, and Mulching
Rina, a community service volunteer from Pearson weeded the Prospect Place Welcome garden on Friday, October 9, 2015. The International Mosaic Church volunteers performed the next step of winterizing the garden with root and soil protecting mulch. Well… Read More
October 12, 2015: Community Service Volunteers
The International Mosaic Church in Crown Heights Brooklyn has once again volunteered to help Friends of Brower Park care for its gardens and park infrastructure. Today, we prepared the Prospect Place Welcome garden for upcoming fence repair and… Read More
July 29, 2015: More than a selfie opportunity…
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
October 18, 2015: Its My Park Day–Raking leaves.
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
New York Restoration Project Tree Giveaway
As part of Friends of Brower Park’s sustainability mission we hope to keep our community up to date on green events happening in Brower Park and within the five boroughs. Trees reduce energy costs, filter pollutants including carbon… Read More
October 14, 2015 Brower Park Reseeding Meeting
As per Community Board 8 As a follow-up to the August 2015 meeting regarding the Brower Park Lawn reseeding project, please be advised that another meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 6 to 8… Read More
July 11, 2015 It’s My Park Day–Eastern Swallowtail Siting
As we worked in the Monarch Butterfly habitat a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail dined on the nectar of the purple coneflowers (Scientific/Botanical name: Echinacea purpurea). The Echinacea is pollinated by bees and butterflies as they flit from flower to flower…. Read More
