Artist Melanie Hoff uses power to make electric patterns on plywood

New SHFT series Brooklyn Informed launches with a look at water conservation efforts in the borough.

Andrew Casner's conversation-starting compost art.

Brad Estabrooke's micro-distillery keeps things local.

A celebration of urban agriculture in Brooklyn.

Sowing seeds on a Brooklyn rooftop

A '60s flower child and native Brooklynite shows off his gawwden

A landscape designer's backyard oasis in Williamsburg.

Urban gardening comes up from underground.

Todd St. John's NYT-commissioned animation explores the theme of giving