Brunswick St
5th Street
Jersey City
Brunswick Community Garden
![Community Garden: Often planted on public or formerly abandoned land, community gardens are run by volunteers who cultivate vegetables or flowers and closer relationships to nature and one another. Generally open to all participants, they are sometimes fenced, locked or threatened by development. May offer hands-on learning and a habitat for birds and insects. Community Garden](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_77.gif)
![Eco-Agriculture/Permaculture: Encompasses small-scale city farm to full-size rural farms that are organic, biodynamic or using other sustainable methods. May indicate organizations linking urban communities and nearby farmers though community-supported agriculture (known as CSAs or box schemes), 4H demonstration farms, agriculture schools or food security resources and networks. Eco-Agriculture/Permaculture](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_2.gif)
![Organic/Local Food: Food grown close to where it is consumed, reducing shipping impacts and increasing freshness. Organic food is grown without pesticides (biocides), genetic modification or synthetic fertilizers. Minimally processed, with no chemicals or waxes added after harvesting. May include fair trade or direct trade practices. Organic/Local Food](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_3.gif)
![Insect Watching Site: Good area to view insects and bugs as they fly or crawl though life. Insect Watching Site](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_89.gif)
![Composting Site: Place where food waste, leaves, garden and lawn cuttings are biodegraded into rich new soil. Can include large-scale or demonstration projects, drop-off sites, or places to buy locally produced compost, or to get information, worms and resources for indoor and garden composting. Composting Site](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_25.gif)
Overview
A well tended and established community garden on Brunswick St, between 5th and 6th, bordering on the 6th Street Embankment. A budding butterfly garden was planted summer 2011 and will be registered as a wildlife habitat with the National Wildlife Federation.
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