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Work Day – Removing a Dead Tree and Relandscaping a Common Area

September 16, 2024September 8, 2024 by chris
Garden Members posing around the common plot that was recently cleared out

On a recent Saturday morning, garden members met to clear out a dead tree in the center of the main common area that had been trimmed down the week before. … Read more

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Sol Hosts Queens Botanical Garden Staff for Bokashi Training

September 27, 2023 by chris
Five people stand in a garden smiling at the camera. Three of them are holding shovels. Behind them is a large wooden composting bin and a wall mural.

El Sol Brillante and Down to Earth Garden hosted four staff members from the Queens Botanical Garden to go deep into our bokashi composting process. Our resident expert led them … Read more

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Garden Members March to End Fossil Fuels

September 17, 2023 by chris
Members of El Sol Brillante walk down a crowded Manhattan street carrying signs and banners protesting the continued use of fossil fuels

Garden members joined tens of thousands of others marching across New York to demand the end of fossil fuels ahead of the UN Global Climate Action Summit.

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Additional $500 Grant Received for our Composting Project

September 17, 2023September 13, 2023 by chris
A bucket of food waste treated with bokashi, and another bucket showing the resulting worm compost

El Sol Brillante receives $500 grant for composting efforts

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El Sol Receives $7500 Grant for Composting

September 17, 2023January 1, 2023 by chris
A close-up of our Bokashi rotator - a metal keg placed sideways on a platform which causes the keg to rotate continuously

For 2023, LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) was selected to receive a $7500 grant for Down to Earth Garden/El Sol Brillante. The grant is from the Manhattan Composting Initiative for fiscal … Read more

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