Volunteer
Imagine if Brooklyn's fences — ones that currently say "keep out" — were instead lush hedges of native berries, buzzing with bees and alive with butterflies, free for anyone in the neighborhood to harvest.
We call it Fences of Abundance and we need your help to make it happen.
Our first official Fence of Abundance is underway at the DOE District 13 office on the corner of Underhill Avenue and Park Place in Prospect Heights. Right now it's a forbidding double fenced fortress with a weedy lawn that everyone walks past and ignores. But it’s actually a sundrenched plot with the potential to be so much more. The chainlink fence is coming down. Native wildflowers, berries and fruit trees are moving in.
Will you help us build an ecological corridor that benefits wildlife AND offers the community the gift of berries?
Register to volunteer with Brooklyn Rewilders
Upcoming Opportunities
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Sheet mulching the remaining ground to prepare for fall planting
Friday, July 17th, 11:00AM-2:00PM
District 13 office
Cnr Underhill Ave and Park Place
in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Help us prepare the ground for Fall native planting! We’ll layer brown cardboard boxes and woodchips over the remaining grass. All welcome to help.
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Sheet mulching the remaining ground to prepare for Fall Planting
Saturday, July 18th, 9:00AM-1:00PM or until the woodchips are spread.
District 13 office
Cnr Underhill Ave and Park Place
in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Help us prepare the ground for Fall native planting! We’ll layer brown cardboard boxes and woodchips over the remaining grass. All welcome to help.
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ongoing stewardship
Dates TBC
District 13 office
Cnr Underhill Ave and Park Place
in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Join a group of engaged stewards who monitor and maintain the Fence of Abundance at D13.
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Fall Native Planting
Date TBC
District 13 office
Cnr Underhill Ave and Park Place
in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Family Friendly Community Planting Day
Join us to plant native fruit trees and plants, creating native wildlife habitat & the gift of berries for the community (and the birds).