Flatbush Gardener

Citizen Journalism

2009-05-07T07:23:00.006-04:00

A meeting of online journalists, professional, citizen, and otherwise, with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz a few weeks ago.Looking forward to seeing my fellow citizen journalists at the Brooklyn Blogfest this evening.I haven't been...

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Brooklyn Blogfest 2009

2009-05-07T19:35:00.000-04:00

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Plant Sale, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

2009-05-05T23:43:00.008-04:00

This afternoon I attended the Members-Only Preview of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's 2009 Plant Sale. The sale opens to the general public all day tomorrow, Wednesday, from 9am to 7pm, and continues Thursday morning, from 9am to 12noon.I haven't been...

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Cellophane Bees Return

2009-05-09T08:20:00.006-04:00

I'm no entomologist, but I think this is the same species, Colletes thoracicus (Colletidae), Cellophane Bees, that "bee guy" John Ascher identified from my photos last year. This is an individual from a colony that appeared this week in the same...

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Wildflowers in a Flatbush Backyard

2009-05-11T14:59:00.013-04:00

Last week was NYC Wildflower Week. Appropriately, here are some wildflowers blooming over the past week in my backyard native plant garden.Wildflowers blooming near the gardener's nook in my backyard for last May's Garden Blogging Bloom...

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The Osborne Garden

2009-05-13T08:14:00.006-04:00

See also The Native Flora Garden and The Bluebell Wood.The Osborne Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, with the Brooklyn Museum as a backdrop, yesterday afternoon.As befits a formal garden, the plant palette of the Osborne Garden - the grand...

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The Bluebell Wood

2009-05-12T22:35:00.007-04:00

See also The Native Flora Garden and The Osborne Garden.The Bluebell Wood at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is at its peak. See it this week, or wait another year.More than 45,000 bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Excelsior') are planted under a...

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The Native Flora Garden

2009-05-14T07:37:00.017-04:00

See also The Osborne Garden and The Bluebell Wood.For the past four years I've been cultivating my backyard native plant garden. I've been adding compost and mulching with leaves and shredded Christmas trees, as much as I can get of all of it. I'm...

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Endangered Plants in New York State

2009-05-15T19:15:00.003-04:00

In observance of Endangered Species Day, here is a list of just some of the plants listed as endangered in New York state. Note that plants endangered in one state may not be listed in another.Aconitum noveboracense, Northern wild MonkshoodAgalinis...

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Tracking to 100,000 and counting

2009-05-25T09:00:00.002-04:00

Sometime this week, one of the counters I use to keep track of visitors to this blog will reach 100,000. I began tracking visits in August 2006, just three months after I launched this blog in May 2006.Each tracking service counts things...

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Bees, a Mockingbird, and Marriage Equality

2009-05-22T17:40:00.006-04:00

Domestic Bliss: Blog Widow (left) and me in the gardener's nook on the occasion of the interview. I had just transplanted the female Ilex verticillata in the background that morning.Two weekends ago, Blog Widow and I were interviewed by WNYC's...

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Viburnum Leaf Beetle reaches New York City

2009-05-28T14:55:00.005-04:00

Viburnum Leaf Beetle, Pyrrhalta viburni, has been confirmed in New York City this Spring:John Jordan, Natural Resources Supervisor at Prospect Park Alliance has found evidence of the beetle there, and says that there was a confirmed report on North...

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Magicicada Brood II emerges

2009-06-04T20:24:00.003-04:00

I was excited to hear that periodical cicadas are emerging on Staten Island. Knowing my interest in such things, Blog Widow alerted me that he had just read about it on one of his favorite blogs, Joe My God, reporting on an article in the Staten...

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Bee Watchers Needed in NYC (and a rant)

2009-06-05T14:18:00.010-04:00

The Great Pollinator Project, a joint effort of the Greenbelt Native Plant Center and the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, is recruiting volunteers for 2009 to record and report observations of native bee species in New York City. They are...

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Save the Baltic Street Community Garden and P.S. 133

2009-06-07T22:55:00.005-04:00

The Baltic Street Community Garden and the century-old gothic P.S. 133 school building in Park Slope are threatened by School Construction Authority (SCA) plans to raze both for a new school building.More details on the issues and what's at stake...

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Native Plant Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden

2009-06-09T22:45:00.003-04:00

At the Chicago Botanic Garden, our first garden stop for Chicago Spring Fling 2009, I made a pilgrimage to the Native Plant Garden. I was surprised that most of the plants were familiar to me as Northeastern natives. However, I had never before...

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Edible Gardens, Chicago Botanic Garden

2009-06-07T21:12:00.009-04:00

The first garden visited by Chicago Spring Fling 2009 was the Chicago Botanic Garden. Spread out over nine islands, the Garden is huge: 385 acres. One could spend an entire day there and not see all of it.The Fruit and Vegetable Garden occupies one...

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Shedd Aquarium, Chicago

2009-06-04T14:36:00.008-04:00

I got to Chicago early last week, ahead of the Chicago Spring Fling 2009 (CSF) weekend meetup of garden bloggers from across the country, so I could do a little touristy stuff. I didn't get out as much as I had planned; mostly, I corrected my sleep...

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Model Railroad Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden

2009-06-01T08:04:00.005-04:00

Last Friday morning, the Chicago Spring Fling meetup of garden bloggers traveled to the Chicago Botanic Garden, one of the sponsors of the event. They provided a shuttle between the train station and the garden, free entry, and passes for the tram...

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Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, Lincoln Park, Chicago

2009-05-31T00:21:00.007-04:00

A masterpiece of Prairie School landscape architecture. Originally built in 1889 for raising tropical water lilies, the Lily Pool was redesigned in the prairie style during the 1930’s by Alfred Caldwell. The landscape design of the Caldwell Lily...

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Chicago Spring Fling 2009

2009-05-29T23:14:00.017-04:00

It's going to take me several days to slog through the 350 photos I shot today, let alone what's coming tomorrow. Suffice to say that I was overwhelmed and inspired by what I saw.Here's the outline for my entire Chicago trip. I'll be adding the...

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Rick Bayless Garden, Chicago Spring Fling 2009

2009-05-30T22:56:00.008-04:00

[bit.ly]Related ContentFlickr photo setChicago Spring Fling 2009LinksChicago NowMr. Brown ThumbMy Skinny GardenOur Little AcreRick Bayless

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BBG Visitor Center design wins City award

2009-07-01T17:46:00.005-04:00

Design cross-section of BBG's planned Visitor Center (courtesy Weiss/Manfredi)The Public Design Commission of the City of New York (formerly the Art Commission) awarded Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Weiss/Manfredi design firm, the NYC Department of...

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Monobia quadridens, Mason Wasp

2009-07-12T19:26:00.005-04:00

Monobia quadridens, Mason Wasp, male (I think), on Aster novae-angliae 'Chilly Winds' in my backyard native plant garden this afternoon.Today was my first full day home since last Monday, and I was sick for nearly a week leading up to that. So I...

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CPC approves Flatbush Rezoning Proposal, Council hearing 7/27

2009-06-18T12:13:00.006-04:00

Update, 2009.07.14: The City Council Hearing on the Proposal has been confirmed for July 27, starting at 10am.Yesterday, June 17, 2009, the City Planning Commission unanimously approved the Flatbush Rezoning Proposal without revision. It now goes to...

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