I hope this is my last message on this. I realized I had pasted the wrong dates.
Here it is: FREE COMPOST The Urban Composting Project of Brooklyn Botanic Garden in association with the NYC Department of Sanitation is pleased to offer free unlimited compost to the residents of Brooklyn. NYC residents and non-profits are invited to the Spring Creek composting site Saturday, October 29, 2005 and/or Sunday, October 30, 2005, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, with your shovels and containers to dig "Black Gold" for their gardens. Compost bins will also be available for $20. Come early while supplies last. Residents and non-profits are also invited to any of the following October events, and are able to bring open top trucks (and must bring a tarp to cover the compost for transportation), which you own or rent, to any of these locations. Site personnel with front-end loaders will be on hand to assist filling the trucks. Individuals may attend any or all of these events, regardless of which borough you live in, but must register your truck with the appropriate Botanic Garden. Contact the Urban Composting Project at Brooklyn Botanic Garden to request a truck registration form if you wish to attend the Giveback on October 29 or 30. Other vehicles are welcome, but only trucks must be registered. See directions below to the Spring Creek Composting Facility. Dates: The following Saturdays & Sundays in October: October 1 & 2 at the Fresh Kills Composting Facility, Staten Island October 15 & 16 at the Soundview Composting facility, Bronx October 22 & 23 at the Spring Creek Composting Facility, Brooklyn October 29 & 30 at the Spring Creek Composting Facility, Brooklyn Times: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm; Arrive at least 30 minutes prior to closing to receive compost. Each of these Giveback weekends will be hosted by the corresponding Botanic Garden in that borough, with the exception of the Spring Creek location, which will be used by both Queens Botanical Garden and Brooklyn Botanic Garden. PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO COMPOST FOR PICK UP AT BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN. The Spring Creek Compost Facility is located at 12720-B Flatlands Avenue, which is at the easternmost end of Flatlands Avenue, just past Fountain Avenue. Directions to site: Brooklyn Queens Expressway W to Exit 29B (Tillary St.). Take Tillary to Flatbush Ave. Make a left onto Flatbush and continue (past Brooklyn Botanic Garden) to Linden Blvd. Make a left turn onto Linden and continue to Fountain Ave. Make a right turn onto Fountain and continue to Flatlands Ave. Belt Parkway to Exit 14 (Pennsylvania Ave.). Continue northwest on Pennsylvania Ave. (Granville Payne Ave.) until Flatlands Ave. Make a right onto Flatlands and continue until Fountain Ave. Note: Commercial vehicles are not allowed on the Belt Parkway. Van Wyck Expressway South to Exit 3 (Linden Blvd). Continue west on Linden Blvd., past Aqueduct and over Cross Bay Blvd./Conduit. Continue on Linden about 1 more mile to Fountain Ave. Make a left turn onto Fountain and continue 5 blocks until Flatlands Ave. Public transportation: Take the A or C to Euclid Ave. Transfer to the B13 bus toward Gateway Dr./Erskine St. (Gateway Center Mall/Spring Creek). Exit bus near Flatlands & Fountain Aves. The Department of Sanitation has funded compost education projects at the City's Botanical Gardens since 1993. Ellen Kirby, Director Brooklyn GreenBridge Community Horticulture Program Brooklyn Botanic Garden Phone: 718.623-7251 Fax: 718.857-2430 Address: 1000 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 Web Site: www.BBG.org ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden