Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is pleased to announce the 36th annual Making Brooklyn Bloom, Brooklyn\u2019s yearly kickoff of the spring gardening season. Gardening enthusiasts from throughout the New York metro area gather for this spring event, which features a full day of conversations, presentations, and films to inspire and engage gardeners of every type and level. The day includes workshops by community gardeners, BBG staff, and other experts.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s conference theme, \u201cConnecting the Drops,\u201d is inspired by BBG\u2019s newly opened Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden, a 1.5-acre wetland and riparian environment designed to highlight the beauty of water elements at BBG; educate visitors on native plants and wildlife, water conservation, and the role water plays across ecosystems; and anchor BBG\u2019s garden-wide Water Conservation Project, a multifaceted approach to water conservation and sustainability\u2014the first project of its scale and complexity in North America. Through workshops, discussions, films, and more, \u201cConnecting the Drops\u201d will give special attention to water wisdom, interconnectedness, and citizen action.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Wilbur A. Levin Keynote Address will be delivered by author and environmental activist Courtney White. Of White\u2019s recent book, Grass, Soil, and Hope: A Journey Through Carbon Country, author Michael Pollan said: \u201cHope in a book about the environmental challenges we face in the 21st century is an audacious thing to promise, so I\u2019m pleased to report that Courtney White delivers on it.\u201d White\u2019s most recent book is Two Percent Solutions for the Planet: 50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought, and Climate Change.<\/p>\n
White\u2019s keynote address for Making Brooklyn Bloom, entitled \u201cGrassroots: Regenerative Solutions for a Changing World,\u201d covers his journey from environmental activist to member of the New Mexico Cattlegrowers Association to his current role as author of books on soil carbon, sequestration, and regenerative agriculture. In the address, White will talk about collaborative conservation, the radical center, land health, progressive cattle ranching, ecological restoration, grass-fed beef, resilience, the carbon ranch, climate change, and a variety of hopeful solutions for 21st-century challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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