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| Bronx River View at Drew Gardens |
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| Cutting Tool for Branches |
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| Cutting Branch |
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| Trimming Branch |
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| Cutting Branch with Tool |
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| Pruning Tree |
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| View of Drew Gardens |
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| Planting Bulbs |
The New York Botanical Garden's, Bronx Green-Up provides horticulture education, training, and technical assistance to Bronx residents, urban gardeners, local schools, and community organizations. This blog is a photo essay that documents the many idyllic gardens within this urban environment, as well as a Green-Up guide to gardening.
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| Bissel Garden Mural |
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| Students Starting Seeds in Trays |
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| Mixing the ORGANIC Potting Soil to Perfect Consistency |
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| Waster the Soil, So It Can Be Shaped into a Loose Ball |
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| Filling the Starter Trays with Prepared Dirt |
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| Organic Soil with Perlite Being Placed in Tray |
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| Heirloom Seeds to Place in Starter Trays |
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| Placing Seeds Into Tray |
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| Watering Seeds To Germinate |
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| New Roots Garden in Mid March |
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| Hairy Vetch a Cover Crop that Releases Nitrogen Into Soil |
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| Close-up of Roots with the Bacteria Rhizobium |
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| Cover Crop Close-Up |
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| Turning Over the Hairy Vetch, which Promote Nitrogen Rich Soil from the Rhizobium |
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| Ursula Uprooting Hairy Vecht |
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| After Cover Crop is Removed, Soil will be Ready for Planting |
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| Cover Crop, Buckwheat |
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| Buckwheat, Cover Crop, Decomposing for Compost |
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| Pulling The Buckwheat Out of the Bed |
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| Raking Out the Green Buckwheat from Roots |
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| Little Worm from Garden Bed |
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| Volunteer Turning Over the Buckwheat to Expose Roots and Bury the Green |
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| Ursula and Khadeesha Turning Over Buckwheat, Cover Crop |
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| Prepping Raised Beds For Spring Planting |
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| Volunteer Picking up Straw that was Protecting Soil From Winter's Elements |
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| Instructor, Kadeesha, Combining Soils For Seed Starters |
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| Students Planning Their Planting Strategy |
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| Student Filling Their Seed Tray with Dirt |
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| NYBG's Kadeesha Instructing Class |
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| Planting Seeds in Starter Tray |
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| Students Planning Seeding Cycle |
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| Botanical Square Community Garden |
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| Compost Bin with Compost |
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| Close-up of Leaves and Organic Matter in Compost |
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| Volunteer Gardner with Shears for Tree Trimming |
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| Covering Fall Gardens with Leaves for the Perfect Nitrogen Rich Mulch |
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| Trimming Trees with Shears |
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| Garden View with Metro North Train Passing By |
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| Cutting up Sticks and Leaves For Mulch |
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| Tree Prunning |
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| Identifying Branches to Trim |
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| Tree Pruning |
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| Pruning Shears |
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| Cut Tree Branches and Leaves for Mulch |
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| Botanical Square Head Gardner |
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| Beautiful Head of Cabbage |
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| Raking Leaves For Mulch |
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| Planting Bulbs For Next Growing Season |
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| Our Garden Team |
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| Cutting Brush for Compost |
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| Compost |
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| Adding Dead Growth to Compost Bin |