Bread and Roses Collective

Bread and Roses Collective We live in two beautiful houses in the Westcott neighborhood in Syracuse, NY.

The Bread and Roses Collective House provides a model of cooperative living, ecological sustainability, and affordable housing situations in the heart of the city. The Bread and Roses Collective House in a non-profit organization that provides a model of cooperative living, ecological sustainability, and affordable housing in the heart of the city. We live in two houses that share a huge back yard

, in Syracuse, NY: A beautiful old house on a quiet residential street, and another house that we got rebuilt recently for collective living. We subscribe to the idea of "Food, not Lawns" and have a beautiful kitchen garden out front, many raised beds for summer produce, various berry bushes and fruit trees in the back yard, and a bathtub salad garden on our driveway. We also have two plots at the local community gardens and grow most of our own vegetables in the summer. We also have a rain garden, five rain barrels, and four large compost bins (we will soon add two more). We have a strong commitment to social justice activism and community participation. We have hosted or participated in workshops on consensus process and democratic decision making, food preservation, composting, bike fixing, making salves and lotion, natural dyes, and more!
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Some of our current projects are building a brick path, walls and terraces in the back yard, and a ramp for the new house. In 2010, we won the "Green of the Crop" award for being the greenest project in Syracuse:
http://blog.syracuse.com/green/2010/05/green_of_the_crop_winner_bread.html

06/05/2025
Are you looking for a thoughtful Mother's Day present? Need to get your a graduate something to commemorate their big da...
05/10/2025

Are you looking for a thoughtful Mother's Day present? Need to get your a graduate something to commemorate their big day? Thinking of adding something new to your garden? Want to start planting now even though you haven't started seeds yet? Need expert gardening advice? Come to the Native and Edible Plant Sale today from 11am to 2:30pm at 405 Westcott St!

B&R Collective has dozens of types of native and edible plants for you to pick up - Oswego tea, bloodroot, wild bergamot, stonecrop, dogwood, sorrel, mayapple, ostrich ferns (which produce delicious fiddleheads), elderberry cuttings, currant cuttings, chocolate mint, Roman chamomile, endive, horseradish, sea kale, sunchokes, and much more. We also have medicinal plants like St. Johnswort and beautifully potted houseplants like begonias, zebra plants, and succulents.

Proceeds from the sale allow B&R to continue providing affordable housing, gardening advice, and sustainability activism for the CNY community!

Calling all B&R alums - the collective turns 21 this year! Bread and Roses officially incorporated in 2004 and current r...
05/03/2025

Calling all B&R alums - the collective turns 21 this year! Bread and Roses officially incorporated in 2004 and current residents are hosting a reunion from Friday, July 4th to Sunday, July 7th this year to celebrate 21 years of sustainable collective living. There will be partying, games, crafts, stories, time to envision B&R's future, and of course a few potluck meals....

RSVP at tinyurl.com/BRReunion21 or send an email to [email protected] to let us know you're coming. We have space for people to stay at 405 and 162 - just book your room as soon as possible so we know you're coming! *Friends of B&R are welcome to party with us as well ;)

It's that time of year again - Bread and Roses Collective & Alchemical Nursery are preparing for the Native & Edible Pla...
04/19/2025

It's that time of year again - Bread and Roses Collective & Alchemical Nursery are preparing for the Native & Edible Plant Sale! Pre-order young plants now or stop by 405 Westcott St. on May 10th to get everything you need for your garden this year.

We also have houseplants for sale - check out our begonias, grape ivy, zebra plant, and our 40+ year old giant jade plant!

A sample of items folks can get from raffles at the 20th anniversary solstice party...
12/15/2024

A sample of items folks can get from raffles at the 20th anniversary solstice party...

12/08/2024

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162 Cambridge Street
Syracuse, NY
13210

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(315) 422-4924

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