Plant the Network

On Fulton Street, between a children’s playground and a church, the site sits within a cluster of community gardens and small farms in Bed-Stuy/Clinton Hill. Many of these sites operate on their own even though their aims, operations, and communities overlap. The Fulton Street project uses its unique crossroads, where families come for the playground and neighbors gather at the church, to connect them into a shared network. Urban-farm terraces rise from the playground along the south-facing community wing, continuing the landscape and inviting people in. Inside are a seedling nursery, tool-lending cage, community kitchen, and a reliable SNAP farmstand that coordinates distribution and public access. The street-facing residential wing lifts to form a shaded plaza linking park and church, announcing a civic entrance.