Brooklyn Botanic Garden makes Brooklyn greener far beyond its own walls
Greenest block contest, now in 28th Year, grows pride and beauty on local streets
Brooklyn Botanic Garden announced the winners of the 2022 Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest today at a press conference held on the winning residential block, Lincoln Place between New York & Nostrand Avenues.
Representatives from the winning residential and commercial blocks and other participants were in attendance, along with Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, BBG president Adrian Benepe, and president of National Grid—longtime supporters of the Greenest Block contest—Rudy Wynter.
The Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest was launched in 1994 as a way to bring communities together and beautify the streets of Brooklyn. The contest, 28 years ago and today, is singular in the field of gardening competitions in its connection to a public botanic garden, its focus on the public streetscape and sustainable horticultural practices and ecological stewardship, and its emphasis on block-wide gardening, making the contest as much about civic participation as it is about beautification.
The Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest is free and open to all residential blocks, commercial blocks, and community gardens in Brooklyn. The contest promotes city greening, streetscape gardening, street tree stewardship, and community building.