OPEN GARDEN / PLANT EXCHANGE

Pink Muhly Garden is 4,000 square feet of magic waiting to happen!

Help us to create a world-class botanical climate resiliency garden that will revitalize & ecologically protect a charming Brooklyn, New York neighborhood, in a high risk flood zone, recently devastated by climate change!

We’re combining lifelong passions, shared backgrounds in education, art, community organizing, data science, land stewardship & regenerative crypto economics to create a restorative laboratory & bring this Public Space to life!

The vision : 

-Regenerate + rewild a vacant concrete lot in Red Hook, Brooklyn with ecologically beneficial plants, crops & animal habitats 

- Seed the garden with the intention of Reciprocity (a.ka. Ubuntu - as we build - “I am because you are” 

- Furnish & decorate our garden to house community events & forums - markets, classes, workshops, meditations, concerts, dances, hangouts, coworking, performances, immersive experiences & more 

- Design + build regeneratively - solar power, rainwater capture, agroforestry, composting toilet 

- Implement regenerative tech to enable MRV as we build - sensors, nfts, eco & biodiversity credits  

- Document our work with blockchain data management, photos & videography to open-source for other neighborhoods & communities 

- Provide art & digital innovation internships for local youth 

- Intergenerational Collaboration - work together with our landlord Tony, a blacksmith & artist, to regenerate his sculpture garden in the concrete yard next door 

- Engage local community members to collectively design, create & evolve the garden, providing a channel for shared vision, creativity & expression 

Timeline:

October 2024: Propagate tall grasses such as Pink Muhly, for flood mitigation; Halloween arts markets

November 2024: Nurse plants to adulthood in greenhouses; Holiday gift markets

December 2024: Nurse plants to adulthood in greenhouses; Holiday gift markets; New Year’s Eve Party

January 2025: Nurse plants to adulthood in greenhouses; Holiday gift markets; sculpture garden; organize neighborhood cleanups & beach cleanups

February 2025: Nurse plants to adulthood in greenhouses; Holiday gift markets; sculpture garden; organize neighborhood cleanups & beach cleanups

March 2025: Nurse plants to adulthood in greenhouses; sculpture garden; prepare ground & soil for Spring planting; community events

April 2025: Nurse plants to adulthood in greenhouses; sculpture garden; prepare ground & soil for Spring planting; community events

May 2025: Spring planting!; sculpture garden; community events

June 2025 & beyond: A world class botanical garden, with events of all kinds

About us:

The Artmageddon Collective is 300-member Brooklyn-based arts community focused on ecological action & collaboration between aesthetic disciplines. The collective was founded in February 2024 as a division of Beautify Brooklyn, a nonprofit that aims to push the boundaries of how we celebrate our planet through free public arts and ecological restoration. Since its founding, the organization has inspired & developed a new approach to community building with a variety of creative endeavors to restore what it means to co-exist & to forge deeper bonds between neighbors. Past projects include a 20,000-attendee art & music festival set on the porches & lawns of Victorian Flatbush, more than 30 public murals, three immersive experiences, dozens of cleanups & workshops & a gallery exhibition focused of saving our seas.

Robert Elstein

@artmageddonbk

@beautifybrooklyn

@robertelstein

ReFi Red Hook is uniting regenerative forces in Red Hook, Brooklyn through the power of emerging tech - AI, blockchain & web3. Red Hook is a diverse neighborhood with a rich history of regeneration & renewal. ReFi Red Hook supports the many organizations that already exist here to flourish & thrive. We are guided by the principle of Reciprocity, or Ubuntu - “I am because you are.” We are a Local Node of ReFi DAO, a collaborative global network of locally rooted regenerative communities. 

Eve Marenghi

@refiredhook

@emarenghi

Thank you for your support & come visit us at 98 Dikeman St in Red Hook! We'd love to have you :)