On a historic Monday, June 27th, the 18 gardens from the Bronx Land Trust and the 14 gardens from the Manhattan Land Trust were officially conveyed from the Trust for Public Land to their respective land trusts. This means that the land trusts officially own the gardens, and can help preserve the gardens for future […]
Bronx Land Trust, Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, preserve nyc gardens, urban gardens, urban land preservationThe Bronx Land Trust had their spring Gardens, Operations, and Maintenance Committee meeting on Saturday, April 30 at Tremont Community Garden. The Manhattan Land Trust followed with their spring committee meeting on Wednesday, May 4th at the Jewish Home and Hospital. These meetings are composed of representatives from each of the gardens that are part […]
Bronx Gardens, Bronx Land Trust, Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, soil testing, urban soil remediationThe Bronx Land Trust and Manhattan Land Trust had their annual meetings on Saturday, March 26th. The meetings were a chance for the land trust staff to share about the work they have completed over the past year. Gardeners also had a chance to share about the events that have occurred in their own gardens. […]
Bronx Green-Up, Bronx Land Trust, Harlem Hard HATS, Manhattan Land Trust, New York Cares, NYC community gardens, Sustainable South BronxBronx and Manhattan Land Trusts had several representatives at the “Rally to Save GreenThumb” on Tuesday, April 5th at City Hall. Attending were executive director, Erica Packard; community organizer, Catherine Wint; board member, Edie Kean; and Davidson Avenue gardener, Kim Brown. The rally was in response to cuts to community block grant funding, which funds […]
Bronx Land Trust, community gardens, GreenThumb, Manhattan Land Trust, rallyClassie Parker, a longtime Manhattan Land Trust gardener at Five Star Community Garden in Harlem, was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about land preservation. Classie Parker, along with Bertha Rady (La Perla Garden) and Ronnie Rivera (Davidson Avenue Garden) spent the day Monday, March 14 in Albany speaking about the importance of urban […]
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