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- Amazing Gardens SeatingThere’s a reason why a northern quarter of Brooklyn is called <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/carroll-gardens/">Carroll Gardens</a> – the area is one of the greenest neighborhoods in all of New York City. Carroll Gardens is home to no less than seven <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/bushwick%E2%80%99s-cooper-street-garden-reopens-as-an-eco-friendly-community-green-space-in-brooklyn/">community green spaces</a>, all within spitting distance of each other. The area’s public gardens originally started as a community-fueled project to clean up the neighborhood and give the area a new image. What started as a single volunteer-created park sparked a gardening hobby all across the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-waterfront-park-in-brooklyn-will-spruce-up-columbia-streets-industrial-area/">Columbia Street waterfront</a>. Last weekend, we got a chance to stroll around the parks in the area - sit back and enjoy our photos and be sure to visit one or all of these gardens afterwards for yourself!1
- Human Compass TreeThe <a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B408/">Human Compass Garden</a>, located at the corner of Sackett and Columbia Street, was and still remains to be the first community green space established in the area 21 years ago.2
- Amazing Gardens SceneFounded fifteen years ago at Carroll and Columbia Streets, amateur botanists started the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theamazinggarden">Amazing Garden</a> with the help of <a href="http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/">Green Thumb</a>. The garden also uses the tall, whitewashed wall of a neighboring building as a projector screen for public film nights.3
- Summit Garden GrowthAt first glance the <a href="http://summitstreetgarden.blogspot.com/">Summit Street Garden</a> looks like an out of control patch of overgrowth but that’s just because it’s one of the most vibrant and diverse green spaces on the Columbia Street strip.4
- Summit Garden Peach TreeHere you’ll find a variety of plantings including a peach tree, two grapevines, and a peculiar silver-colored bush known as an <a href="http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/artemisia/">artemisia silver mound</a>.5
- Pirate's Cove StretchWith a long lane of grass that would be perfect for a game of shuttle ball, Pirate’s Cove is the newest garden established this very summer6
- Pirate's Cove Growing BedThere are also an ever-increasing number of raised gardening beds where some planters are already growing kale, spinach and squash.7
- Backyard Garden PathThe <a href="http://backyardcommunitygarden.wordpress.com/">Backyard Garden</a> is the largest community garden in the neighborhood spread across six building lots. Among the park's features there's an elaborate landscaping project that includes a round meeting area called the ‘Labyrinth,” a small tunnel, and a short footpath around the park.8
- Backyard Garden BeeThe other half of the 15-year-old community green space is dedicated to 24 growing pods for flowers and other edible vegetables.9
- Urban Meadow Fields<a href="http://urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com/">Urban Meadow</a> is another one of the newer gardens in the area established just five years ago. In that short time, there has been constant work on greening the lot previously home to a 100-year-old church on President and Van Brunt Street.10
- Urban Meadow ChickensCurrently, there are also four additional chickens roaming around the park grounds after being made homeless by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/11-billion-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-waterways-in-hurricane-sandys-wake/">Hurricane Sandy</a>.11
- South Brooklyn Children's Garden Green HouseUrban farming is the <a href="http://southbrooklynchildrensgarden.org/">South Brooklyn Children’s Garden’s</a> main and only focus. The garden was just <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-south-brooklyn-childrens-garden-will-teach-kids-about-urban-farming/">started a year ago</a> in a joint project between three local public schools12
- South Brooklyn Children's Garden PlanterMost of the Children’s garden is dedicated to raised growing plots for a variety of editable greens including cantaloupes, peppers, and eggplant.13