Community Garden To Be Revived In Bed-Stuy: Workshop This Week

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Local groups and a neighbor with dreams of a neighborhood therapeutic garden will meet this week to reimagine a lot on Stuyvesant Avenue, according to event organizers.

The event, organized by several nonprofits and Pratt Institute, will include games, a raffle and refreshments at John the Baptist Community Garden this Saturday while neighbors discuss reviving the community space, according to a flyer.

It will be joined by Monica Rahman, a social worker who has been searching since last year for a space to set up a therapeutic garden for the neighborhood.

"I found a promising location and have partnered with a nonprofit Green Guerillas and Pratt architecture students to clean up the space," she wrote on Facebook about the event. "Anyone in the community is welcome to attend."

The event is being put on by the Brooklyn Queens Land Trust, The Green Stitch and the Green Guerillas, according to the flyer.

The Stuyvesant Avenue lot was originally turned into a garden in 1964. It has been used over the years as a community space, a play area and for performances, according to an information page on the Land Trust's website.

Here's what you need to know about the event:

WHERE: 10 Stuyvesant Ave., at the corner of Vernon Avenue.

WHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20

WHAT: A public event to discuss the revival of the John the Baptist Community Garden. Raffle, bingo and refreshments included.

WHO: Monica Rahman, Brooklyn Queens Land Trust, The Green Stitch, the Green Guerillas, Pratt students.