News & Events
May 18, 2022
BQLT's citizen pruners-in-training had their live pruning session at RTV garden. Next stop, licensed citizen pruners!
April 8, 2022
With a majority vote at our 2022 Annual Meeting, the BQLT membership welcomes a second affiliate garden, the Transit Garden.
April 8, 2022
On Saturday, April 2, 2022 we hosted our first Annual Membership Meeting in person since 2019!
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 […]
January 22, 2022
In a moving event last fall in Serenity Community Garden, community gardeners gathered with local elected officials to celebrate their accomplishments, and unveil a new garden sign...
January 19, 2022
Together we raised $16,220, which was 77% of a very ambitious $21K goal. We'd like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the BQLT volunteers, board, staff and supporters who participated!
November 18, 2021
BQLT has joined the #BrooklynGives initiative from the Brooklyn Community Foundation once again this year, hoping to reach an even larger goal of $21,000 in 2021. #BrooklynGives seeks […]
July 30, 2021
“The trees that this programming sustains will improve air quality and provide shade for New Yorkers facing a changing climate.” - Steven Thomson, President of the BQLT Board of Directors.
December 15, 2020
BQLT has joined the #BrooklynGives initiative from the Brooklyn Community Foundation. #BrooklynGives seeks to unite donors and nonprofits across our borough in support of social change on Giving Tuesday, […]
March 25, 2020
Dear BQLT Community, As the situation with COVID-19 continues to change, BQLT has been locked in constant internal discussion and deliberation on how best to adapt […]
March 17, 2020
We have spent the past days reflecting on how Brooklyn Queens Land Trust can best respond to the current COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. As we face […]
September 12, 2019
Day of the Tour Meet us at 1:30 pm at Rogers/Tilden/Veronica Place Garden for check-in, where you will pick up your free BQLT water bottle. If […]