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Barnett Avenue Garden and Compost Area Expansion

This project will better serve the community by create more available gardening space for community members, and allow us to better serve the community with a larger compost intake area.

Leader

Peter Coyne

Location

50th Street and Barnett Avenue Sunnyside, NY 11104

About the project

This project is designed to expand the existing garden area as well as create a new and larger compost area.

The Steps

1. Add topsoil to the new garden space (Approximately 2,000sq feet)

2. Build a fence to protect the new garden area and help avoid erosion problems

3. Build new compost intake area

4. Build compost and vermicomposting bins

5. Use hand tools to build and maintain new garden plots

Why we‘re doing it

This project will better serve the community and remove an eyesore and dumping ground.  

$3,290.00 / $3,290.00