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ASTORIA CENTER
3-17 26th Ave. Queens, NY
718-777-0132
astoria@bignyc.org
GOWANUS CENTER
69 9th St. Brooklyn, NY
718-725-8925
gowanus@bignyc.org
Open Everyday!
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
& Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
In 2012 BIG!NYC:
* Diverted 1,200 tons of reuseable building materials from the landfill
* Donated over 57 tons of lumber to community & school gardens. That's 1,200 raised garden beds in NYC!
* Gave away $58,780 worth of materials to local organizations.
BIG!NYC Calendar:
5/19 MAKESHIFT DIY Chair Workshop & Exhibition @ BIG!NYC Gowanus (5-8pm). Free Party with Krrb & Alabama Chanin!
5/21 BIG!Compost Volunteer Orientation @ LIC (6:30-8pm). RSVP to compost@bignyc.org
5/28 BIG!Workshops: Know Your Tools: Women & Trans Tool 101 @ BIG!NYC Gowanus (6:30-8pm)
6/8 BIG!Workshops: Scaffolding Lumber Benches with Spark Workshops @ BIG!NYC Gowanus (11:30am-1:30pm)
6/15,22,29 BIG!Workshops: Make Your Own Folding Stool with Mr. Fox @ BIG!NYC Gowanus (3 sessions; 12:30-2pm)
Tree Care Workshop in Astoria on Saturday
Join MillionTreesNYC and Build It Green!NYC this Saturday, October 13th from 2-4pm to learn about caring for street trees. We'll get started in the Build It Green!NYC Astoria warehouse at 3-17 26th Ave, Astoria, and then care for street trees nearby.
Register online or email stewards@milliontreesnyc.org with any questions. Care Captains—contact us at stewards@milliontreesnyc.org if you want to co-teach this workshop!
Help water and care for the 60,000 new street trees that have been planted across New York City! Join the MillionTreesNYC Stewardship Corps and help keep New York City GREEN by coming to a free MillionTreesNYC stewardship workshop where you will learn:
- What is MillionTreesNYC?
- How to identify trees in New York City
- Benefits trees bring to our city
- Tree Care - Water! Weed! Mulch!
All participants will care for trees using small gardening tools and watering buckets. Please dress for light gardening work, wear close-toed shoes, and bring a refillable water bottle.
Pledge to take care of a specific street tree and get a FREE watering kit and volunteer card.
Please be able to tell MillionTreesNYC where your tree is located.
See the TreeLC truck in action, and help MillionTreesNYC Care Captains in their tree care efforts in October:
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Saturday, October 14, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
TreeLC truck visit at Linden Blvd. and Lincoln Ave. (in front of the Firehouse) in East New York, Brooklyn -
Saturday, October 14, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
TreeLC truck visit at Vernon Cases Garden (42 Vernon Ave.) in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn
