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Everything's Coming Up Roses and Daffodils!

 

Build It Green!NYC has already donated 17,000 linear feet of lumber to local community and school gardens this spring!

Here are some featured recipients of the donated materials:

  

GreenThumb & Grow To Learn deliver BIG!Blooms lumber to PS 303 Queens School Garden:

Queens Botanical Garden's Intergenerational Garden:

Brooklyn Queens Land Trust's Seven Garden:

   

  

 

 

 

View more donor stories at  

bignyc.org/bignycs-donations 


Summer CSA Shares Now Available at BIG!NYC-Gowanus!

 

The Full Plate Farm Collective will return to Build It Green!NYC's Gowanus space (we love helping local farmers!) to offer a summer-season share beginning June 14th. The share will include certified organic and biodynamic salad greens, melons, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, beets, squash, broccoli, cabbage, and much, much more.  Members will also enjoy a weekly newsletter, filled with info about the veggies in your box, recipe ideas, and news from the farmers.

 

WhereBuild It Green!NYC - Gowanus, 69 9th St. Brooklyn, NY

When: Every other Thursday, from June through November

How Much: $325 for 12 boxes of organic produce over 23 weeks

Sign up: Online or call Sara for more info at (607) 379-2866.


 
MAY SALE: $5 Sinks, Plus 20% Off Select Clawfoot Tubs, Chairs & More!
61in. Clawfoot Tub
SALE $400 in Gowanus
ALU: 20388
Drop In Bathroom Sinks SALE $5 each in Astoria

ALU: 19990


Support Composting in Western Queens!  

 

Composting in western Queens will bring more materials, workshops, and infrastructure for composting to Astoria, Long Island City, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, & Woodside. Donate here!  

Shop in Astoria! Questions? Email astoria@bignyc.org
Upholstered Chair  

SALE $40 in Astoria  

(2 available) ALU: 21180

Leopard Print Chair

SALE $40 in Astoria  
ALU: 21179
Modern Vintage Chair

SALE $52 each in Astoria  
ALU: 21099

Matrix Link-able Chairs 

SALE $40 in Astoria

ALU: 21181
Polyurethane Moulding
$0.25 per foot in Astoria
ALU: 21511
Decorative Moulding  

$6 each in Astoria

ALU: 21507

Shop in Gowanus! Questions? Email gowanus@bignyc.org
60in. Clawfoot Tub
SALE $280 in Gowanus
ALU: 19611
60in. Clawfoot Tub
SALE $400 in Gowanus
ALU: 19596
Bathroom Vanity

SALE $36 each in Gowanus

(4 available) ALU: 19868


Flaminia Bath Vanity 
SALE $200 each in Gowanus
(2 available)
ALU: 19503 
4 for $1 Small Paperback

SALE $1 for 4 small (4in x 7in) paperback books in Gowanus

ALU: 21537

Bookshelf 
SALE $28 in Gowanus
ALU: 19605
Environmental Events in NYC










Thursday, May 3, 6-8pm.

Green Shores NYC and Greening Western Queens are co-hosting a FREE Tree Care Workshop. Bohemian Hall, 29-19 24th Ave., Astoria, Queens. Call Kyle Richard at (917) 613-5724 or KRichard@CityParksFoundation.org 

 

Friday, May 4, 6-11pm.

Dance Your Values at Solar One. Solar One, under the FDR at 23rd Street. Free!


Friday, May 4.

Friday, May 5, 11am-5pm.
2012 Go Green! Greenpoint Earth Day Festival. McCarren Park, Brooklyn. Free! Rain date 5/11).

Wednesday, May 16, 6-9pm.
FIND introduces Libby Langdon's Upholstered Furnishing to Brooklyn. FIND Home Furnishing, 43C 9th Street, Free - RSVP required.

Saturday, May 19, 12-3pm.
4th Annual Build It Green Grow NYC Block Party & Stop 'N' Swap. Build It Green!NYC-Astoria, 3-17 26th Ave. Free!

Saturday, May 19, 10am-5pm.
2nd Annual Lexington Craft Fair. Lexington School for the Deaf's Soccer Field, 25th Ave between 75th and 73rd St. Free!

Saturday, June 2, 11am-3pm.
Volunteer at BIG!NYC Astoria. 3-17 26th Ave. Free! Please RSVP (pizza lunch provided).

Monday, June 11, 6-10pm.
Solar One's Annual Fundraiser: Revelry by the River. Guastavino's, 409 East 59th Street, NYC. Tickets available now. 

BIG!NYC-Astoria

BIG!NYC Astoria Map
Mon-Fri 10-6
& Sat-Sun 10-5
718-777-0132 x21
astoria@bignyc.org 
BIG!NYC-Gowanus
BIG!NYC Gowanus Map 
Wed-Fri 10-6
& Sat-Sun 10-5
718-725-8925
gowanus@bignyc.org