2012 Season at the Urban Meadow

We're getting ready for the new season at the Urban Meadow and will be holding our first planning and membership meeting on Sunday, March 25 at 4 PM, location TBA. 

We'll be renewing memberships for our current members and signing up new members.  If you have friends who want to be part of the Meadow this year, let them know about the meeting.  Other meetings will be scheduled - the sign up process will be wrapping up by the end of April.  

Welcome to Stephanie Cherry, who is starting as a new coordinator of the Urban Meadow, along with Tamar Smith and Michael Golub.  Stephanie joined the Meadow last year and was an active participant in our activities. For current members:  We have one more spot open for a coordinator to round out the group so if you're interested, send an email to urbanmeadow@gmail.com.

Upcoming events - we'll need help to make all of this happen, so please volunteer to help out at the meeting!

- 4th Annual Spring Egg Hunt will be on Sunday, April 8th from 10AM-12PM.  

- Plant Sale fundraiser Saturday, May 5 - 10 AM - 3 PM

- Red Hook Jazz Festival Sunday June 10 and Sunday June 17

Happy Halloween!

Join us at Mother Cabrini Playground and the Urban Meadow for the 9th Annual Columbia Waterfront Halloween Party and Parade!

Sunday, October 30 from 10 AM - 12 PM. Both the playground and the Urban Meadow are on President Street between Columbia and Van Brunt.

Bring the kids in costume for fun at this long standing tradition in our neighborhood. There'll be treats and Urban Meadow t-shirts for sale, a costume parade led by the Underground Horns band and a fire engine from a local FDNY ladder company, hula hooping in the Meadow and more!

This event is brought to you by volunteers for the Urban Meadow. Contact stephanie_cherry@gmail.com if you can help decorate/bake/volunteer in the morning.

Welcome Back to Fall!

We had such a wet summer, with an earthquake and hurricane Irene thrown in for good measure, that if anything the Urban Meadow's garden flourished a little too much - with vines growing like crazy in the garden.  But the good news is that many of the new plants/shrubs and trees that were planted this spring and last year did very well over the summer - one of the butterfly bushes in particular is in beautiful bloom right now.

We have two more busy months left to the official community garden season - the Urban Meadow will be open every day through September and October and then closed beginning in November, just after the annual Columbia Street Halloween party and parade.

Brooklyn County Fair - Summerfest 2011 at the Meadow July 9

Jalopy Theater and Brooklyn Country are bringing the Brooklyn County Fair back to the Urban Meadow on Saturday, July 9 from 12 PM  - 6 PM. $10 for adults ($5 for children) gets you admission to music at the Meadow all day and an evening show at Jalopy (315 Columbia Street).

The County Fair is also sponsored by Sixpoint Craft Ales, which means locally made beer - plus food from Jake's Bar-B-Que, raffles, giveaways, face painting, balloons and more - not to mention an all day extravaganza of bluegrass, folk, and country blues from bands including Dirt Floor Revue, Kamara Thomas, Big Slyde, The Newton Gang, the Whiskey Boys, I'll Be John Brown, Maynard and The Musties, Jack Grace Band, Ramblin' Andy and the See Ya Laters, Trailer Radio, The Dustbusters and Hans Chew.

Brooklyn Country is also releasing a new album that day - This is Brooklyn Country, Volume 1, featuring many of the bands from Summerfest.  The first 50 listeners to buy tickets online or come through the gate on the 9th will receive a free copy.  You can buy advance tickets on Jalopy's website.

Pictures from RHJF Spring 2011

Pictures from the Red Hook Jazz Festival Spring 2011 shows at the Urban Meadow - Sunday, June 12 and Saturday June 18.