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Friday Fun Facts: Can You Put Your Green Thumb to Work This Weekend in Bushwick?

Celebrate National Gardening Day this weekend in one of Bushwick's many community gardens.

Friday Fun Facts: Can You Put Your Green Thumb to Work This Weekend in Bushwick?

Friday Fun Facts: Can You Put Your Green Thumb to Work This Weekend in Bushwick?

Celebrate National Gardening Day this weekend in one of Bushwick's many community gardens.

Friday Fun Facts: Can You Put Your Green Thumb to Work This Weekend in Bushwick?

It’s time to flex those green thumbs, Bushwick!

April 14th is National Gardening Day, and the weather gods have finally decided to send some spring to get you outside and gardening. Not sure where to go to commemorate the day? Bushwick has plenty of options for you.

Bushwick has 14 community gardens, which is just about average for Brooklyn. That totals about 2 acres, or 1 acre per square mile, of garden space in…

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