International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is May 7-13! Join us for a fun workday at Carver Community Garden — we’ll be preparing the compost site and garden beds for the growing season! Some projects include processing food scraps, maintaining the outdoor worm bin and applying compost to garden beds. This workday involves lifting, bending, and […]
Carver Community Garden, community garden, community garden composting, East Harlem Vegetables, LES Ecology Center, NYC community gardens, NYC Compost Project, urban gardensAs snow fell on New York City this week our gardens remained tranquil. Snowfall offers the opportunity for New Yorkers to slow down from their busy lives and take in their surroundings. Gardens such as Parque de Tranquilidad provide our neighbors a place to stop and enjoy nature all year round. Although our gardens aren’t ready to welcome back […]
Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, Parque de Tranquilidad, snow, urban gardens, winter gardenRegistration 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 […]
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apples, autumn, fall, field trip, NYC community gardens, urban gardensWe 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.
Albert's Garden, community gardens, East Village, Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, urban gardensWe’ve been working throughout the summer on some projects at the Lower East Side People Care Garden. We have had several volunteer groups, including a regular group from the summer day camp program from Henry Street Settlement. We have been working on a variety of projects including building a new picnic table and benches, painting […]
building picnic tables, Henry Street Settlement, Lower East Side People Care Garden, Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, urban gardensGardeners are harvesting lots of vegetables these days, check out the pictures!
Carver Community Garden, community garden, Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, urban gardens, vegetablesCheck out the vegetables (and fruit) growing at Carver Garden in East Harlem!!
Carver Community Garden, community garden vegetables, East Harlem Vegetables, Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, NYC summer vegetable harvest, urban gardensOn 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 preservationWe 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.
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