June 1st – 2nd – 3rd, 2012 REGISTER YOUR SPACE, IDEA, OR WORKSHOP HERE! On the weekend of June 1 to 3, NYCCGC will be collaborating with community gardens city-wide, community-based organizations, and several Occupy Wall Street working groups to hold what is known as an “unconference” in community gardens and other public space venues [...]
Sunday, October 16 is World Food Day – and New York City Community Garden Coalition thinks that the best way for community gardeners to observe World Food Day is to Occupy Wall Street! Meet up with NYCCGC at 3:00pm at Chatham Square (Bowery @ Worth St*) this Sunday, October 16 (map). From there we’ll proceed together to join the food justice delegation, [...]
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Click here to make your reservation. This is a FREE event. On Saturday, May 14th, New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) will present its 2011 Community Gardeners Forum. This year’s event will be youth-driven, focusing on the talent and potential being displayed by youth in gardens and greening programs across New York [...]
Images from “Rally to SAVE GreenThumb!” Photos: Magali Regis/NYCCGC
Eighteen Scholarships Available! New York City Community Garden Coalition would like to share a very special opportunity with 18 lucky community gardening enthusiasts! This July, the amazing Center for Whole Communities at Knoll Farm, in collaboration with NYCCGC, will be hosting andfacilitating a six-day conference aimed at developing and inspiring the next generation of the gardening community’s [...]
Join us at Making Brooklyn Bloom – the unofficial (and free!) start of the gardening season – on Saturday, March 12 at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. NYCCGC’s President and Vice-President, Karen Washington and Eric Thomann will present an overview of the current political climate in New York City as we press on towards permanent garden preservation. [...]
Event: NYCCGC Town Hall Meeting Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010 Location: The New School – Wollman Hall, 66 W. 12th St. Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm On October 2, 2010, the New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) will convene a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the recently published “new rules” for community gardens on City [...]
There will be a public hearing concerning the Park Dept.’s Proposed Rules set to replace the 2002 Community Gardens Agreement/OAG Memorandum of Agreement Tuesday, August 10 @ Chelsea Recreation Center 430 West 25th Street, 11:00am NYCCGC is firmly against the Proposed Rule: While we were heartened to be included in the drafting process of the [...]