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BBG’s Tulip Giveaway took place on May 21.42 block associations representing 55 blocks attended, along with 54 communitygardens. Approximately 2,000 recycled spring-blooming bulbs, 1300 pottedplants, 2500 summer-blooming bulbs and tubers, and 500 packets of seeds weredistributed
How to Green Your Block workshops, led byBBG staff at the Garden, took place on April 30 and May 29. Both dates reachedmaximum capacity, with 80 attendees in total. 240 pollinator-friendly, nativeplants were distributed to participants
Over 60 enthusiastic Greenest Blockgardeners gathered in July for the third annual Insider Tour of last year’swinning Greenest Block in Brooklyn—Lefferts Avenue between Rodgers and Bedfordstreets. Attendees learned tips directly from the winners of the 2018 contestand shared their own. A mini-plant giveaway of Begonia grandis and Salvialyrate topped off the event.
