GreenThumb 35th Annual GrowTogether Conference

February 4, 2019 / Safiya / Events, Workshops

Registration is now open for the 35th Annual NYC Parks GreenThumb GrowTogether conference on Saturday, March 30, at the CUNY Graduate Center – 365 5th Ave. Manhattan, NY. How to register: ONLINE: http://bit.ly/GrowTogether2019 IN PERSON: Monday – Wednesday, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Please bring your ID to get through security. GreenThumb 100 Gold […]

community gardens, GreenThumb, urban gardens

Albert’s Garden–Serenity in the City

August 8, 2011 / E.M. / Gardens, Work Days

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We did some work at Albert’s Garden last Thursday–sanding the fence so that in the future it can be primed and painted. We made good headway on the project and hope to schedule another workday in the future.

Compost Bin Build at Carver Garden

July 5, 2011 / E.M. / Gardens, Work Days, Workshops

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We had a great workday last week as we built a new three-bin compost system at Carver Garden in East Harlem. The bin build was sponsored by the NYC Compost Project in Manhattan, hosted at the Lower East Side Ecology Center, with technical assistance from Charlie Bayrer, of Earth Matter.

Land Trust Members Attend Rally to Save GreenThumb

April 6, 2011 / E.M. / Rally

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Bronx 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 […]