It's been a while since Brooklyn and Queens lead the country in vegetable production, but the new Brooklyn Grange farm may take the city a step back to those days. The group began installation on their rooftop farm at the Standard Motor Products building on 38-17 Northern Boulevard, Queens on Monday, dumping out two-ton bags of soil and rolls of green roof membrane materials. Head farmer Ben Flanner told the Daily News, "It just makes sense because we're using space that is not utilized and we're growing things that are usually shipped into the city from far away." more ›

An expert from Rose Red & Lavender in Brooklyn, Kimberly Sevilla, took some time to talk urban container gardening with WG News recently. We already know fire escape gardens aren't exactly legal, but let's say you scoff at the law, or better yet, have a small balcony or outdoor space or even an ounce of natural light peeking in through your window... what do you plant? more ›

Seen here is the awesomeness of P.F. 1, the sustainable urban garden project now in its final days at the P.S. 1 art center in Queens. The project comes from the imaginations of Amale Andraos and Dan Wood. P.F. 1, winners of MoMA’s Young Architects Program, and is described in amazing detail on its website and this Times article. In a nutshell, however, P.S. 1 is a miniature farm constructed completely from recyclable materials: chiefly 260 gargantuan paper towel-esque industrial tubes. Andraos and Wood conjoined and converted them into working planters, building the tubes out to form a wavy plane that swoops up over a P.S. 1 wall brimming with things like beets, kale, and dill. Now at the end of the season, the plants are still growing, seemingly creeping off toward the sides of One Court Square just down the block, Day of the Triffids style. Also integral to P.F. 1’s design are rainwater collection and solar power systems, a tiny kiddie pool, and four chickens. more ›