Highlights
December 22, 2024
BQLT's 2024 Year-at-a-Glance highlights our many accomplishments—a 2nd successful year of our youth internship program, garden improvements, workshops, and community-building events. See the report here and contribute to our 2024 Brooklyn Gives Fundraising Campaign before midnight on Dec. 31st!
December 13, 2024
A wonderful new garden pathway, new metal raised garden beds, a plant giveaway, several workshops, and a tool library were all made possible by an Urban Farms and Community Gardens Grant ($22,000) from the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets. This grant ultimately supported all BQLT gardens to increase food production during the 2024 Season!
May 29, 2024
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust (BQLT) was awarded a 2024 grant from the NYS Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP). Funding will enable BQLT to hire a Part-time Executive Director!
February 27, 2024
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust is proud to highlight Zachary Schulman's 2024 "The Community Gardener Portrait Project: NYC" that included five portraits of BQLT gardeners. See post for exhibit details.
December 30, 2023
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust is proud to highlight Zachary Schulman's 2023 "The Community Gardener Portrait Project: Brooklyn" that included four BQLT gardens and eight of their gardeners: 1100 Block Bergen Street Community Garden, Clifton Place Block Association Garden, Mama Dee's Garden and Woodbine Street Block Association Garden.
October 28, 2023
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust started an internship program for high school students this summer that continues into the fall, thanks to grant support from the Land Trust Alliance. Intern Samiha Akter shares her personal reflections from summer into fall!
May 8, 2023
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust was selected as a project partner with Xerces Society during the 2023 season to distribute free pollinator-friendly plants to our gardens!
December 16, 2022
During much of the year, BQLT’s Rogers/Tilden/Veronica Place Garden (RTV) in Flatbush, Brooklyn is vibrant and colorful with raised beds of fruits—boysenberry, strawberry, and goldenberry—growing alongside […]
September 5, 2022
Thanks for Hosting and Sharing your Gardens with Us at the BQLT Monthly Operations Meetings during Summer 2022!
May 19, 2022
Our Arbor Day event was a success! Despite the cloudy weather, tree enthusiasts came determined to learn more about and care for our trees...
May 18, 2022
BQLT's citizen pruners-in-training had their live pruning session at RTV garden. Next stop, licensed citizen pruners!
February 15, 2022
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation awarded BQLT an Urban & Community Forestry Grant totaling $30,940, which enables BQLT to hire professional arborists to carry out […]