urban gardening in the 'burg

A friend just forwarded this to me, and I just had to share with you all....will try to sneak outta the trees and see you there!! Wildflower seed balls! Awesome! Happy Spring!!!!

I'm now
heading up North Brooklyn's NAG (Neighbors Allied for Good Growth)
Open Space Committee. We're working on a guerrilla gardening
initiative this spring to get the Williamsburg/Greenpoint community
active in maintaining and improving our open spaces. Our first
workshop is this Saturday, March 21st, to be followed by several more!
The invite is listed below..

Also if you have any open space/gardening/sustainability projects
you'd like us to host or rally volunteers for, I would LOVE to hear
about them.
Spread your seed, everybody!
Best,
Emily Gallagher

Host:
NAG Open Space Group
Date:
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Time:
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
NAG Office
Street:
101 Kent Street at North 8th

Email:
openspace@nag-brooklyn.org

On Saturday NAG Open Space working group will hold a workshop to
create seed balls, a land reclamation strategy for derelict, neglected
and abandoned land. The strategy of combining Terra cotta clay and
hardy annual seeds into dried pellets has been used by groups for
hundreds of years, including the famous London guerrilla gardening
groups lead by Richard Reynolds, as well as natural farmer Masanobu
Fukuoka, and originated as a Native American farming strategy.

NAG (Neighbors Allied for Good Growth) will be constructing the seed
balls (containing wildflower seeds) on Saturday, March 21st, and
distributing them on Saturday, March 28th to be cast into abandoned
lots and neglected patches of land all over North Brooklyn at the
participants discretion.

kelly lane back in the trees*

kelly lane is once again featured on the racks of treehouse*, and this time she's stepped it up a notch with a collection made from all organic and sustainable materials. we just love the shape of the sea strings dress..easy to wear on a springy saturday in the park, or a summer night out. here's how kelly describes her collection:
"Inspired by the delightful discoveries on the shores of Hawaii, what a perfect time to offer dresses made from bamboo, soy, hemp, and organic cotton. Precious pools of water collecting at the shoreline and large piles of pitch black lava dusted with stark white sand, gave way to lovely little creations like the Tidal Pool Dress and Lava Dress. From the versatility of the Canopy dress to the breezy flow of the Sea Strings dress, there's something in this collection for each of your spring-time occasions."