Dear Neighbor,

It is my honor to represent you in the N.Y. State Senate and to serve as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

In 2012, my legislation to increase membership on the State Procurement Council to include a Guide to Community Gardens and representative of the State's agricultural community was signed into law. New York’s farming industry - from wineries, to produce farms, to orchards, to dairy farms, to maple syrup producers, to craft beer breweries, to Greenmarkets in the 25th Senate District artisanal food companies is the cornerstone of our state’s economy.

Building partnerships between upstate farms and green markets, farmers markets, schools and industry are my legislative priorities that will increase access to fresh foods and provide relief from food deserts in our neighborhoods.

The 25th Senate District is home to innovative urban farms and beehives, beautiful community gardens and busy green markets. Community gardens are vibrant resources for our neighborhoods that provide beautiful green spaces. Greenmarkets provide us with affordable and fresh seasonal produce. Albee Square Farmer’s Market Dekalb Avenue I hope you will join me in visiting the markets and community gardens in our community and celebrating the hard (Bond St & Fulton St) work of dedicated volunteers who create these urban oases in our neighborhoods. Open Fridays June 6th - Oct 31st Market Hours: Sincerely, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Senator Velmanette Montgomery Hattie Carthan Community Farmer’s Market 677 Lafayette Avenue

(Marcy Ave & Tompkins Ave) Offers affordable produce programs for seniors and fami- lies & accepts EBT payments BOROUGH HALL Reopens July 2016 On plaza at Court Street & Montague Street Check website for updates: Open Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays (Year-around) www.hattiecarthancommunitym Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. arket.com/ GrowNYC's Textile Recycling: Saturdays 8 a.m. - 4 p.m./Thursdays 8 a.m.—2 p.m. Guide to Community Gardens and Green GrowNYC's Compost Collection: Saturdays 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Marcy Park Market EBT / Debit/Credit Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Marcy Park Markets in the 25th Senate District www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/boro-hall-tu (Myrtle Ave & Marcy Ave)

Open Thu. Jul. 7th-Nov. 17 Market Hours CARROLL GARDENS New York State Senator 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Carroll Street (between Smith Street & Court Street) www.harvesthomefm.org/ Open Sundays (Year-round) VELMANETTE MONTGOMERY brooklyn_markets.aspx#2 Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. GrowNYC's Textile Recycling: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. DISTRICT OFFICE: ALBANY OFFICE: Malcolm X Blvd GrowNYC's Compost Collection: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 30 , Suite 207 903 Legislative Office Building Farmer's Market EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit, WIC & FMNP coupons accepted Brooklyn, NY 11217 Albany, NY 12247 Winter EBT/Food Stamps & Debit/Credit Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Tel: (718) 643-6140 Tel: (518) 455-3451 Malcolm X Blvd. Fax: (718) 237-4137 Fax: (518) 426-6854 (Chauncey & Marion Sts.) www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/carroll-gardens At the Entrance of Jackie

E-MAIL: [email protected] Robinson Park WEBSITE: montgomery.nysenate.gov www.brooklynrescuemission. At Washington Park (between DeKalb Ave & Willoughby Ave) org/ Open Saturdays (year-round) Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Park Slope (Down to Earth GrowNYC's Textile Recycling: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Farmers Market) GrowNYC's Compost Collection: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Revitaliza- OMMUNITY UPPORTED GRICULTURE provides City residents 4th St & 5th Ave EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit, WIC Vegetable & Fruit checks & FMNP coupons accepted. C S A (CSA) tion Project (MARP) has with direct access to quality, fresh produce grown by local farmers. Members pay upfront for a EBT/Food Stamps accepted EBT/Debit/Credit Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. partnered with other local organi- season of fresh produce from regional farmers that can be picked up from a neighborhood location. Open Sundays: www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/fort-greene zations to provide inexpensive or April 24th - December 18th free fresh produce to residents. Bed-Stuy @ the Daily Press Full Lane Market Hours: 505 Franklin Ave * http://www.justfood.org/ Full Lane Logistics, 47 Hall Street * GRAND ARMY PLAZA Fort Greene & Farragut Fresh 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. csaloc/brooklyn/bed-stuy-csa-daily-press www.justfood.org/csaloc/brooklyn/full-lane- West & Flatbush Ave Pantry Open Wednesdays Northwest corner of Prospect Park csa Spring/Summer: Sidewalk on May 11th - Nov 16th Brooklyn Beet Open Saturdays, (Year-round) the NW corner of Navy & Nassau Market Hours: YWCA of Brooklyn, 30 Third Avenue * Green Harvest Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Streets 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. http://www.brooklynbeet.com/ Habana Outpost, 757 * http:// GrowNYC's Textile Recycling: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Winter: Navy Yard Boys and Girls www.downtoearthmarkets. www.ghcsa.org/ Club 240 Nassau Street GrowNYC Compost Collection: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m com/ Clinton Hill When: 3rd Saturday of each month EBT/Debit/Credit Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

P.S. 56 , 170 Gates Ave * http:// Park Slope  FREE produce for residents of EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit, WIC & FMNP coupons accepted. clintonhillcsa.org/ Garden of Union, 634 Union Street * http:// Farragut, Whitman & Ingersoll Red Hook Community Farm www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn-grand-army-plaza www.parkslopecsa.org/ houses Columbia Street Common Hands Farm ( Sigourney St & Halleck St) SUNSET PARK Brooklyn Boulders, 575 Degraw Street * Prospect Heights Farm Fresh Box EBT/Food Stamps, WIC & Debit/ 4th Ave (between 59th & 60th Streets) http://commonhandscsa.com/ P.S. 9, 80 Underhill Ave * http:// $10 box of locally sourced produce Credit accepted Open Saturdays ( July 9th - November 9th) prospectheightscsa.org/ available to all residents who sign Open Saturdays Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Crown Heights up:. June – November GrowNYC's Compost Collection: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Georgia’s Place, 691 Prospect Place * Prospect Park Check website for updates: For more info, call (718) 230-1689 EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit, WIC & FMNP coupons accepted http://chfarmshare.org/ Fountain Studios, 604 Grand Ave * www.added-value.org/farmers- or visit http://myrtleavenue.org/ www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/sunset-park https://prospectparkcsa.org/ market/ Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden - Von King Park & Cultural Center Garden - 670 Walt L. Shamal Community Garden - Dean North - Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden - 20 Lincoln 774 Halsey Street Lafayette Ave. 1093-1095 Dean Street Place * http://bqlt.org/Gardens/BQLTGardens/ index.php?gIndex=17 Hart to Hart -104-108 Hart Street Welcome Home Garden – 681 Halsey Street * Westbrook Memorial Garden - 1233 Pacific Street http://welcomehomegardenbk.com/ * http://bqlt.org/Gardens/BQLTGardens/index.php? Warren-St. Marks Community Garden - 623

Hattie Carthan Community Garden - 719 Marcy gIndex=32 Warren Street * http://wsgarden.org/ Avenue * www.hattiecarthangarden.com/ Whole Neighborhood Garden - 1001 Bedford Ave- nue * www.grownyc.org/openspace/gardens/bk/ FORT GREENE PROSPECT HEIGHTS

Heaven's Gate Community Garden (Hart Street) - whole-neighborhood-garden 169-171 Hart Street * http://bqlt.org/Gardens/ Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden - 397- St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community 401 Carlton Avenue * https:// BQLTGardens/index.php?gIndex=13 BOERUM HILL Garden - 207 St. Marks Avenue * http://bqlt.org/ brooklynbears.wordpress.com/carlton-avenue/ Gardens/BQLTGardens/index.php?gIndex=30

Hull Street Playground - 145 Hull Street *

RED HOOK www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/garden-details/hull-

street-community-garden Backyard Garden - 61 Hamilton Avenue *

www.greenthumbnyc.org/ BEDFORD STUYVESANT Jane Bailey Memorial Garden - 327 Greene Avenue

* www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/garden-details/jane- NYCHA Farm at Red Hook Houses - 10-46 Wolcott 100 Quincy Community Garden -100 Quincy Street bailey-memorial-garden Street * http://www.added-value.org/ourfarms/

700 Decatur Street Block Association Garden - Madison Harvest Community Garden - Red Hook Community Farm / Added Value - 580 700 Decatur Street 894 Madison St. Columbia Street * www.added-value.org/ourfarms/

462 Halsey Community Garden—462-466 Halsey Madison Hill Community Garden (Madison Street Street * http://462halsey.com/ David Foulke Memorial Garden - 248-250 Bergen STUYVESANT HEIGHTS Block Assoc. #2) - 88-90 Madison Street Street * http://bqlt.org/Gardens/BQLTGardens/ Lefferts Place Block Association - 162 Lefferts A Better Community Garden—762-764 Herkimer index.php?gIndex=8 Myrtle Village Green (Pratt Area Community Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden - 590 Place/13-21 Hunterfly Place Place Council) - 636 Myrtle Avenue Pacific Street * https:// Hoyt Street Garden - 100 Hoyt Street

American Heart Garden - 122 Hart Street brooklynbears.wordpress.com/pacific-street/ New Age Pride (Victory Garden's Group) - RESOURCES FOR Wyckoff-Bond Garden - 189-195 Wyckoff Street Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger Urban Farm 953 Gates Avenue Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden - 65-73 COMMUNITY GARDENS (BSCAH Farm) (Brooklyn Food Coalition) - 1965- BROWNSVILLE * https:// Nicole’s Place – 154 Tompkins Avenue brooklynbears.wordpress.com/rockwell/ 1971 Fulton Street * www.bedstuyagainsthunger.org HAVE AN IDEA FOR A COMMUNITY GAR-

Phoenix Community Garden - 2037 Fulton Street * Patchen Avenue Garden - 49 Patchen Avenue * / DEN PROJECT? There are many funding op- Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola www.grownyc.org/openspace/gardens/bk/phoenix Green Garden - 2 South Portland * http://bqlt.org/ bqlt.org/Gardens/BQLTGardens/index.php? portunities for garden projects! Grant pro- Bryant Comm. Garden) - 95 Malcolm X Boulevard * Gardens/BQLTGardens/index.php?gIndex=12 gIndex=24 grams available for a variety of projects in- www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/garden-details/ Preston Community Garden - 1711 Park Place Ingersoll Garden of Eden - 120 Navy Walk bedford-stuyvesant-community-garden/ clude: Patchen Community Square Garden - 142 Patchen Sterling Community Group Garden - 1715 Sterling Avenue * http://www.patchensquare.com/ Cedar Tree Garden - 305 Greene Avenue Place ’s GreenBridge ini-

tiative is a community environmental horticul- Plenty Food For All (Garden of Plenty) - Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden - CLINTON HILL ture program that promotes urban greening 19 Hunterfly Pl. 277-279 Bainbridge Street * http://bqlt.org/ through education, conservation, and creative Gardens/BQLTGardens/index.php?gIndex=3 Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park * 123 Malcolm X Brooklyn's Finest Garden - 48 Lefferts Place partnerships. For more information on Green-

Blvd. Bridge, gardening tips and composting informa- Citizens for a Better Community - 127 Patchen Ave Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden - 474

Classon Avenue * http://bqlt.org/Gardens/ tion, please visit www.bbg.org Red Gate Garden - 604 Marcy Avenue Clifton Place Memorial Park & Garden - 1031 Bed- BQLTGardens/index.php?gIndex=4# ford Avenue * cliftonplacememorialgardenpk.com/ Citizens Committee for New York City of- Seasons of Vision - 9-11 Rochester Avenue fers technical assistance and micro-grants for Clifton Place Block Association Garden - 289 Farmers Garden - 1897-1905 Bergen Street Shiloh Garden Inc. - 323 Monroe Street * Grand Avenue * http://cliftongarden.blogspot.com/ community building projects. Grant opportu-

www.shilohgardenbrooklyn.com/ nities include the Neighborhood Grant, Love F.A.R.R. Block Association - 808 Herkimer Street Hollenback Community Garden - 460 Washington Your Block Grant, Composting Grant and Ac-

Spencer’s Little Heaven – 2 Spencer Place * http:// Avenue * www.hollenbackgarden.wordpress.com/ Walt Whitman Garden of Victory - 287 Myrtle Ave. First Quincy Street Community Garden - 397-401 tive Design Grants. For more information www.grownyc.org/openspace/gardens/bk/spencers Quincy Street CROWN HEIGHTS about the funding process and to apply for GOWANUS their grants, please visit www.citizensnyc.org/ Spencer Street Community Garden - 230 Spencer Garden of Angels - 978 Greene Avenue * bqlt.org/ 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden - 1101 & Street Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) - 534 Carroll grants Gardens/BQLTGardens/index.php?gIndex=11 1105 Bergen Street Street * https://www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/

Stars of Hope Community Garden - 213 Madison garden-details/gil-hodges-community-garden/ Grow to Learn NYC offers resources for Garden of Hope - 392 Hancock Street * www.nyrp. Garden Kitchen Lab at St. John's Rec. - 1251 Street funding school garden programs. For more org/green-spaces/garden-details/garden-of-hope/ Prospect Place * www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ PARK SLOPE recreationcenters/B245 info, visit www.growtolearn.org/resources/ Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Assn) - Golden Harvest Garden – 338 Throop Avenue funding-your-garden/ 931 * www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/ Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) - 634 Union * http://www.grownyc.org/openspace/gardens/bk/ Imani Community Garden I - 87 Schenectady Ave- garden-details/target-community-garden-brooklyn Street * www.thegardenofunion.com/ golden-harvest-garden nue * www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/garden-details/ NYC Housing Authority offers resources for

imani-community-garden T&T Hancock Block Assn. - 322-324 Hancock St. Green Space @ President Street - 222 5th Avenue NYCHA residents interested in fighting cli- Greene Acres Community Garden - 322 Franklin * http://www.grownyc.org/openspace/gardens/bk/ mate change & beautifying & preserving pub- Avenue * https://www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/ Imani II Community Garden - 1680 Pacific Street United Herkimer Garden Club - 97 Herkimer greenspace lic housing. For more information, visit garden-details/greene-acres-community-garden/ Street * http://bqlt.org/Gardens/BQLTGardens/ Mama Dee's Community Garden - 1399 Bedford http://greennycha.org/ index.php?gIndex=31 GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Greene Avenue United Neighbors Association - Avenue * http://bqlt.org/Development/Gardens/ Environmental Center - 207 4th Avenue * http:// 490 Greene Avenue BQLTGardens/index.php?gIndex=18 NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets Vernon Cases - 42-48 Vernon Avenue greenspaceon4th.org/ offers information on fundraising strategies

and government and nonprofit resources that The Brooklyn Land Trust (BQLT) is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization incorporated to manage 34 community gardens in Brooklyn fund community gardens. For more info, visit and Queens and has more than 500 volunteers. For more information about the organization and their gardens, please visit http://bqlt.org/ www.agriculture.ny.gov/cg/CGFunding.html