News & Events
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!
November 14, 2024
BQLT kicked off our 2024 BrooklynGives Fundraising Campaign with a Brooklyn Org $5,000 Match--Achieved!! On now, a Sierra Club NYC $3,000 Match thru Dec. 31st 2024!
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!
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.
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.
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!
August 9, 2023
Best Community Garden Streetscape Category Congratulations to BQLT’s Serenity Community Garden in Flatlands, Brooklyn on their 🏆1st place award🏆 in the BBG’s Greenest Block in Brooklyn […]
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 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.