Happy first day of school to Poly Prep High School Juniors in Cadman Plaza Park!

The 140 student volunteers joined the Cadman Park Conservancy and NYC Parks Gardeners, Anil Chandrakumar and Jessica Kulig for a community service day in Cadman Plaza Park as their first day of school. The students planted 500 native plants in our pollinator garden starting on the most northwest end of the park. The native plants the students planted were Black-eyed Susans, BeeBalm, Mountain Mint, Echinacea, Butterfly Bushes and Rose Mallow. We are extremely grateful for the tremendous contribution the student volunteers made by planting native plants in the progression of our pollinator garden. Although we had an unanticipated heat wave, the students maintained their vibrancy, active, unfazed and happy to be together. It was a joy for us to participate. Special thanks to all of the student volunteers, Poly Prep teachers, staff and parent volunteers for helping to make this planting event a success! A very special thanks to The Service Collective’s Amanda Jones for connecting Poly Prep with the Cadman Park Conservancy for this day of community service.

Please join the Conservancy for Brooklyn Public Library’s Storytime in Cadman Plaza Park on Wednesday, September 6th at 10:30am.

Cadman Park Storytime | Brooklyn Public Library (bklynlibrary.org)

Meet on the lawn adjacent to Juneteenth Grove.

BPL’s Storytime will take place on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in September and October.

Wednesday September 6th, 9:30am

Meet at the Juneteenth gardens. Fall is almost upon us. I’ve always suggested the cooler temp season as the best time for planting.

The interns worked 25 hours a week for 6 weeks under the guidance and supervision of our AMAZING NYC Parks Gardener II/ horticulturist, Anil Chandrakumar.  Although none of the interns plan on becoming horticulturalists, they all enjoyed working with Anil this summer and each expressed their desire to extend their internships if it were possible.

If you've spent any time in Cadman Plaza Park, you are aware of the capital projects taking place. The north end of Cadman is coming along and last week the AstroTurf replacement began (i'll send you a photo) and is expected to take the next two or three months for completion. In the meantime, the Conservancy is focused on nurturing all of the garden and planted areas surrounding these construction sites. We hope that you will join the Conservancy with one or all of our compost and planting events this fall, and/or create your own gardening circle with family or friends. The Conservancy and NYC Parks Anil Chandrakumar will provide support to individual groups to help with the caretaking of Cadman Plaza Park, Walt Whitman Park and the Korean War Memorial.

The Cadman Park Conservancy is grateful for the opportunity to host the DSNY Compost Giveback Event in Cadman Plaza Park. All Brooklyn residents are able to secure 2 (40lb) bags of Big Apple Compost! The Conservancy and DSNY is looking forward to your interest in picking up bagged compost from DSNY's Brooklyn Curbside Compost Giveback Series. The Conservancy has hosted annual compost and mulching events that have made a big difference in our garden beds. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity and important resource. If you don't have a garden of your own, you are welcome to join the Conservancy volunteers and distribute with us in our pollinator garden or throughout Cadman Plaza Park!

Sunday, October 1 10am-2pm

Cadman Plaza Park-Brooklyn War Memorial

195 Cadman Plaza West

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Join the Conservancy for our annual daffodil planting. The Conservancy joins NYers for Parks with The Daffodil Project, the largest living memorial for remembrance of the victims of 9/11. You may sign up: cadmanparkdaffodils@gmail.com

Next week begins our AstroTurf replacement in Cadman Plaza Park!

Thank you to Councilmember Lincoln Restler for funding this project and to Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Martin Mahar for his support for prioritizing this district need.

Please join our volunteer gardening group led by NYC Parks Gardener II Anil Chandrakumar every Wednesday 9:30-11:30am.  Meet on the Statue side of the Brooklyn War Memorial at 9:30am.

Please join the Conservancy for Brooklyn Public Library’s Storytime in Cadman Plaza Park on Wednesday, August 16th at 10:30am. Meet on the lawn adjacent to Juneteenth Grove. Bring your children and friends! We look forward to seeing you!

BPL’s Storytime will take place on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in August, September and October.