Maureen O’Brien
Maureen O’Brien is the community field manager at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. She is a committed master composter, Greenest Block in Brooklyn participant, and longtime Brooklyn community gardener. A dedicated greening activist, food grower, and environmental educator, Maureen has extensive experience with BBG, Added Value, Just Food/Farm School, 6/15Green. She has a BFA in communication design from Kutztown University and is a Just Food/City Farms trainer.
Online Articles
- Preventing Pest Problems
- Trees are for Kids!
- Saving Tomato Seeds
- Eat Local: Snap Peas and Garlic Scape Mint Dip
- Starting Tomatoes from Seed
- Eat Local: Late-Season Tomato Tips and Easy Salsa Recipe
- Grow Greens and Herbs Indoors on a Windowsill
- Groundcovers for Tree Beds
- Grow Mizuna and Other Greens in a Container, Window Box, or Garden
- Tough Natives for Tender Tree Beds
- Germination Test: Are Your Old Seeds Still Good?
- Much Ado About Mulch
- Community Rain Gardening
- Spring Spruce-up for Street Trees
- Making Brooklyn Blue
Image, top of page: Antonio M. Rosario