News
March 6, 2025
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust (BQLT) is pleased to introduce our new Executive Director, DeVonne Jackson Perez (she/her/hers).
February 21, 2025
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust (BQLT) is pleased to announce we have successfully gained land trust accreditation.
January 24, 2025
The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust is seeking candidates to serve as members of the BQLT Board of Directors for the 2025-27 Term.
December 30, 2024
Community Composting is thriving in BQLT gardens! Learn how two BQLT gardens—Q Gardens (QG) and Rogers Tilden Veronica (RTV) Place Community Garden in Flatbush, Brooklyn—do this community, planet-loving work!
November 14, 2024
BQLT raised $19,812 or 99% of our $20K goal during our 2024 BrooklynGives Fundraising campaign from 102 donors, making us #5 on the Brooklyn Org Leaderboard for most number of donors. Thanks to everyone who donated!
November 14, 2024
BQLT is honored to be a 2025 Brooklyn Org SPARK PRIZE Finalist! BQLT is one of the 20 nonprofits advancing in consideration for the 2025 Brooklyn Org Spark Prize, which celebrates the work of long-standing local organizations championing racial justice across issues and communities in Brooklyn.
August 5, 2024
There is some great new energy and membership on the Brooklyn Queens Land Trust as of this year! Here are our new members: Tiffany Dixon Gardener […]
June 19, 2024
Jazz in the Gardens Summer Concert Series BOLT turns 20 this year! We kicked off our growing season celebration with a series of jazz concerts in […]
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!
January 13, 2024
We made $14,210 in our 2023 BrooklynGives Fundraising Campaign thanks to 3 generous Double Matches and our 120+ individual donors who support our vital mission to preserve our 37 community gardens in perpetuity!
December 30, 2023
The BQLT continued the internship program for high school students into Fall 2023, thanks to grant support from the Land Trust Alliance.
September 7, 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.