Honoring the late grandfather of one of our garden members, Buster Bailey Day is a fun garden party with jazz music, good food, and great company. Spend the day in Greene Acres Garden in Bed-Stuy surrounded by beautiful greenery and help us celebrate our favorite space in Brooklyn on a lively summer day!
Date: Saturday, August 17th, 2024 | 12PM- 4PM (NOTE: NEW DATE)
Make Music New York is a unique festival of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City. All of the performances take place annually on June 21, the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music New York is open to anyone who wants to take part. From ten in the morning to ten at night, every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto streets, sidewalks, parks, and plazas to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers.
This year, we’re thrilled to open the gates of Greene Acres and host several musical guests.
We’re still waiting to confirm some bands, but here is the schedule so far:
Time TBD: Greg and the Rocking Chair a performance for kids through our partnership with Mi Casita.
1 to 2 pm: Tony Daniels
4 to 5 pm: Our fellow gardener Damian Waber
7 to 8:30 pm: Cliff's Garage - Bed-Stuy based, intergenerational band playing music based on R&B, Soul, and funk traditions.
Join us this Saturday, May 4th from 12 - 4 pm for our 2024 Annual Potluck!
Bring a tasty dish or beverage and come enjoy a (hopefully) lovely day in the garden. In case we do end up getting a little rain, our rain date will be Saturday, May 11th - we'll let you know if things change!
Last year our garden was selected as one of the Vital Brooklyn grantees, you can read more about the initiative here
During the past months we worked as a community on a list of projects that we could tackle with this grant and it’s finally happening.
Contractors set aside May 27-29th to start construction work in the garden. So if you want to visit, please be mindful that on those dates the contractors will be using machinery and moving things around, so we ask that you plan your visit for other time.
Starting June 1st the garden the garden will open again and we will have access to most of the garden through the Franklin Ave. entrance while the contractors work in the areas marked off by construction fence.
List of projects
Water Supply: This was installed a few months ago so we have have potable water.
New Beds: 24 6x4 new beds made of a more durable material. Stayed tuned for Junes 22nd work session, all hands on deck.
Compost foundations and new bins: We are not taking scraps till construction is done, we’ll resume activities in July.
Rain water Harvesting system: The base of our tank is sinking, so we are getting a new structure to support it and repair of any parts that are not working on the tank.
Pond Rehab
Solar panels: to power solar pump, water heating system for the hens and new compost system.
Come join us this Sunday October 14th, 3pm-5pm, Fragmentario is coming to Greene Acres to give a beautiful free workshop about dyeing with wildflowers. Bring your own fabric or dye the one provided in the workshop.
As in every workshop, we’ll have a tin for donations that will go to the fund of our Chickens operation.
