Type of Project: Garden

Name of Project: Urban Assembly Institute’s Educational Garden

Location: Downtown Brooklyn

Use: Institutional, Education

Size: 720 SF

Completion Date: 2010

Designer: Alive Structures

Project Description: The UA Institute of Math and Science for Young Women in Downtown Brooklyn received funding to install an ecological garden and space to grow vegetables. The garden features two tall River Birch trees, several Ink Berries and flowering woodland perennials. There are stepping stones throughout the garden for the students to go through it and do maintenance. The students participated in the installation of the garden.

Photographer: Marni Majorelle, 2010