A Bushwick Community Garden

A Bushwick Community Garden


It's pretty impossible to imagine a community garden, complete with chicken coops and actual chickens, in the midst of a noisy and garbage-strewn main drag in Brooklyn. Yet that's exactly what I pass by every time I walk down Broadway. Perhaps I'm on my way to Mr. Kiwi's organic store, or Little Skips Cafe (or just mayyybe somewhere less hipsterrific... like Family Dollar, or KFC :P)

Either way- a rad group of people took the time to try and better their community by installing this little oasis in the middle of all the chaos. Pretty beautiful, right?

I remember seeing people working in there when I first glimpsed it. I passed by it very slowly, trying to sink in every detail. It looked like such a little utopia that the grimy City could never touch (although you'll see remnants of the City in the pictures- like the graffiti, or the fact that I had to take the pictures through a chain link fence.) I wanted to find out more, but at the time, was too shy to go in and ask how to get involved.

On this day when I happened by, there was no one in the garden. It was locked up, so I did have to take my pictures through the fence. Still. I'm glad it's there. That people care enough to make something like this a reality. It's kind of incredible.

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16 comments

  1. That's really great that they have that. I signed up for the waiting list for our community garden....fingers crossed!

    Love the song and the video!

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  2. yay! i'm happy there are more and more of these! we have one in Sandpoint, too

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  3. That's really cool but I can't help but wonder how loud the chickens may get especially early in the morning. :) True story, the in the building I grew up in the Bronx, someone kept a rooster in the back and every morning we'd hear it! LOL!

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  4. so sweet. it's good to see good things happening. <3

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  5. hipsterrific = great word.

    I love this little garden and its handpainted signage.

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  6. I love your video and your song. I am so sharing it with every every people I know. You are a talented and a beautiful lady. Thanks for inspiring.

    xoxo

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  7. Anonymous1/19/2013

    Ah so sweet!! I'm definitely envious that you get to walk past there regularly :) I would love to have something like that around my home.

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  8. I love all of these community gardens popping up, we are getting a lot more in Sydney lately too, it's awesome that the space is being used productively :)
    x

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  9. Fantastic place! Every city should have one :-)

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  10. Anonymous1/19/2013

    That is amazing!! I love seeing the ways that people better their communities.

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  11. Now how did I miss that Bushwick has a community garden? That's inspiring to see. (I'm a Brooklyn native and still visit pretty often.)

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  12. Awe, what a cool place! And the photos came out lovely ;).

    Happy Saturday!

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  13. Love this post!
    I'm curious though, have you announced the winner of the shabby apple giveaway? My fingers are still crossed! :)
    -Bekah
    madame.kent at yahoo(dot)com

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  14. How awesome is this! I wish we had something like this near us, I would adore being able to visit chickens!

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  15. I love community gardens so much! Thanks for sharing these photos. It warms my heart to see them :)

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  16. I'm loving the urban farming trend that is happening. A friend of mine keeps trying to convince me to get chickens. And I would totally do it if I had the time. Something I'll keep in mind for the future.

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