Great Greening Day on 4th Ave!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for a successful cleaning and greening event . on Saturday, April 26, 2025. We skirted the light rain and had about 40 volunteers come out to clean and green 4th Ave!

Special shout-outs to new and "old" FOFA members who helped lead the troops or invited friends to help - Sally, Pat C, Pat M, Nick, Fiona, Judy J, Kathy R, Miriam, Michael and I'm probably missing people - and all the partners listed below.

See more photos on the FOFA Instagram and also on The City Sponge linked here. 

Some Results of the Greening Day on 4th Ave:

• Tree Count - we stewarded 35+ trees from Garfield to Pacific St, and donated mulch to PS 118 (btw 7th-8th St) for their street trees 

• Volunteers  - approx 40 with 20-25 from FOFA list; 15-20 from BrooklynOrg through GCC

• Native Plants in Tree Beds (from GCC/BrooklynOrg) - over 38 planted 

• Mulch (donated from GreenWood Cemetery) - approx 8 cubic feet spread

• Compost (created at GreenSpace Garden) - an enormous construction bag worth spread over street trees

Thanks again to all the Partners - please follow them or sign up for updates - each are doing great work locally!

• Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC) IG  @gowanuscanalconservancy

• Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture (BSEC) IG @brooklynethical

• Forth on Fourth Ave (FOFA) IG @fofa_brooklyn

• Greenspace on 4th - Please sign up on website to volunteer with the garden! 

• BrooklynOrg IG @bklynorg

• Tool lending from Park Slope 5th Ave BID @theother5th The District 15 Garden Train Tool Library @gardentraind15 and The Old Stone House  @oldstonehousebklyn

• The City Sponge - see Nick's great Instagram Post of the day here IG @thecitysponge

Special thanks to GreenSpace Garden on 4th Ave for providing the "home base" for the event and to Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture for providing snacks, water and bathrooms!  

Here's a few photos from the day - including some before/after shots of tree bed care.