At first glance, Lincoln Place looks a lot like streets in Brooklyn: wide brownstone stoops, dog-walkers and stroller-pushers, double-parked delivery trucks.⁠ ⁠ But hang out for a while and you’ll notice that the block, a stone’s throw from Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, is an oasis of trees, plants and flowers.⁠ ⁠ Welcome to the greenest block in Brooklyn, an accolade that Lincoln Place has now earned twice in Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s long-running competition to foster more gardening in the city.⁠ ⁠ Lincoln Place’s forces of nature are Perri Edwards and Althea Joseph, next-door neighbours and friends whose shared love of gardening led them to create an ad hoc group PLANT – “Preserving Lincoln’s Abundant Natural Treasures”.⁠ ⁠ “We started the group so we could bring the neighbours together,” Joseph, a retired fashion designer, told The Independent. “It’s a changing dynamic with properties being sold, different cultures coming in, kids being born. We wanted to unite both young and old and give an opportunity to be part of what we do.”⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Click the link in our bio to read the full feature