Beautification – 1200 Dean Street Block Association Inc.

Kids Are Blooming Event: May 12th

The 1200 Dean Street Block Association is proud to present:

the 7th Perennial

Kids Are Blooming All Along Dean Street!

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018

For The Residents of the 1200 Block of Dean Street Only

The Planting, Potting and Fun All Start at 10:30 AM
WHERE: 1230 Dean Street

Additional water station at 1251 Dean Street

Pot Luck Refreshments For All, Contributors Are Welcomed!

What truly makes our block beautiful are the people who live on it. Including you. Please join in on this special day.

For more information, please email us at 1200-dean-st-block@googlegroups.com

COME GET YOUR FREE PLANTS, FLOWERS AND MULCH FOR YOUR TREE BEDS AND FRONT YARD POTS!

ALL ARE FREE BUT WE CERTAINLY HOPE YOU MAKE A $2, $3 OR MORE CONTRIBUTION — THANK YOU!

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Join Your Neighbors on Clean Dean Day

Come help us keep our very special block as beautiful as we all want it to be!

Saturday, April 21st, 10:30 AM
Please come to the driveway at 1230 Dean Street

We will happily supply free garbage bags, gloves and brooms on a first come, first served basis.

Please place larger refuse curbside on Wednesday, April 25th. Clean Dean Day is for the front of your house, not the back or inside, thank you.

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Kids Are Blooming on Dean Street 2014 – Photos

On May 3, 2014 we held our annual Spring planting and beautification event, “Kids Blooming on Dean Street”. The weather was perfect, and we had a super turnout. Dr. Loni, a volunteer from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was on hand to help us care properly for our trees and treebeds. Take a look at the photos below:

Helpful Gardening Tips from The Brooklyn Botanic Garden

We were lucky to host a wonderful urban gardening clinic held by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on the eve of our “Kids are Blooming” spring planting event last weekend. We put this helpful information to use in caring for the trees and treebeds on our block during the event, and the BBG has sent along some helpful support material which is full of great urban gardening tips. You can download them here:

Street Tree Bed Care Give Trees a Chance (PDF)

Plants for Tree Beds (PDF)

MulchResources (2) (PDF)

Container Gardening (PDF)

More info from the BBG Green Bridge program: http://bbg.org/greenbridge

Come join us for our spring planting event! May 3 @ 10:30 A.M.

THE 1200 DEAN STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION

is proud to present

Kids Are Blooming All Along Dean Street!

Meet your neighbors, plant some flowers, celebrate living on one of Brooklyn’s most beautiful blocks.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Planting and Fun All Start at 10:30 AM

Free Mulch!
and a Wide assortment of Beautiful Plants and Flowers to Select From!

Where: 1230 Dean Street additional water station at 1251 Dean Street

Pot Luck Refreshments — All Contributors Welcomed!

What truly makes our block beautiful are the people who live on it. including you. Please join in on this special day.

For more information, please email us at 1200-dean-st-block@googlegroups.com

Link to PDF of our poster: KIDSAREBLOOMING20142014

New York Tree Trust Tree Guard Program

We are undertaking efforts to get the city to provide tree guards for the remaining tree beds on our block that do not have them. But in the meantime, residents are able to have one installed through a donation program run by the New York Tree Trust. You basically look through the styles they offer, and sizes then make the requested donation, and they will handle everything. It seems that this is cheaper than privately going elsewhere to have this work done, and certainly quicker than waiting for the city to approve the expense.

You can read more about the plan here: http://stewardship.nycparks.org/library/tree_guard.php

And here is a list of the treeguards they offer, and the prices: http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/downloads/pdf/tree_guard_donation_table_2014.pdf

Thanks to Randall for bringing this info to the block association’s attention!