On Saturday, May 26th, the Gowanus Canal Conservancy will be partnering with the Gowanus Alliance for a Clean & Green at Ennis Park. The day will begin at 11 am at Ennis Park and focus on litter removal, tree maintenance and pruning, planting, among other activities. After 1 pm, we will barbeque and offer fun, games, and crafts for kids. This also represents an opportunity for community members to come and meet each other and discuss neighborhood issues. We will end the day at around 5 pm. 

Thank you to Pathmark and Whole Foods for supplying food for the barbeque!

The Gowanus Canal Conservancy is happy to announce its first annual Spring Forward fundraiser - an evening of down-home barbeque, craft beer, and local bands on the Gownus Canal.

Date: Wednesday, June 6

Time: 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Location: The Green Building: 452 Union Street

Tickets: $55 Purchase Online

Spring Forward will feature delicious barbeque by chefs from some of our favorite South Brooklyn purveyors of fine food: Applewood, Brooklyn Cured, Lot 2, and Mile End Delicatessen. The bar will be curated by Beer Table, offering beer from Twelve Percent Imports and American Beer Distributors, as well as wine from Red Hook Winery. Music will begin at 8:00 pm, with live performances from local favorites Dawn Landes, The Jack Grace Band, and Diamond Doves.

Proceeds from Spring Forward will directly benefit the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, specifically assisting with our Clean & Green Volunteer Program, Composting and Rain Garden Projects. Tickets are $55 (includes barbeque dinner, two beers, and concert). Additional beer will be available for sale.

To purchase tickets please visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246241. Tickets for this event are limited due to space, and it is advised to buy in advance.

Spring Forward is sponsored in part by National Grid, and has also receieved support from American Beer Distributors, Applewood, Beer Table, Brooklyn Cured, The Green Building, Lot 2, Mile End, Red Hook Winery, and Twelve Percent Imports.

Our Floating Gardens project for 2012 has been approved by IOBY and put up on their website. If you’d like to support this project, visit our IOBY site and donate whatever is within your means. Please tell all of your friends, family members, loved ones, co-workers, bosses, and anyone else to donate!

Floating Gardens is a small scale attempt to provide habitat for marine life as well as remediate the waters of the Gowanus Canal through the creation of inventive floating gardens made of recyclable materials (such as tires).

We had a lot of fun last year making the gardens. This year we are improving on previous designs so that the gardens will be even better! The gardens will be launched on our Sunday, August 19th Clean & Green.

Thanks to IOBY for approving our project!