Join us at Neighborhood Preservation Center (232 East 11th St in Manhattan) on Thursday, April 19, from 6:30 to 8:30pm, for our monthly meeting of gardeners from across the city to discuss topics ranging from neighborhood issues to city-wide policies. Tell us what’s going on in your garden! This is NYCCGC’s annual meeting, during which our Board of Directors elections will be held. This year [...]
Voting for the election of the 2012 NYCCGC Board of Directors will take place Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 6:30 pm in the East Village at theNeighborhood Preservation Center (232 East 11th St). According to our bylaws a majority of votes cast in person or by written proxy are required for a candidate to be elected. The [...]
Congratulations to the six people who have been nominated to run for the NYCCGC Board of Directors 2012. Kate Temple-West is a brand new nominee.The other five dedicated people, Karen Washington, Vandra Thorburn, Magali Regis, Haja Worley and Eric Thoman currently serve on the Board. KATE TEMPLE-WEST I has been a community gardener in NYC [...]
Spring is prematurely in the air, and plants are stirring from their winter slumber: it’s time to talk gardening! Join us at Neighborhood Preservation Center (232 East 11th St in Manhattan) on Thursday, March 15, from 6:30 to 8:30pm, for our monthly general meeting of gardeners from across the city to discuss topics ranging from neighborhood issues to city-wide policies. [...]
Join us at Neighborhood Preservation Center (232 East 11th St in Manhattan) on Thursday, February 16, from 6:30 to 8:30pm, for our monthly general meeting of gardeners from across the city. Topics for discussion include: our upcoming trip to Albany to urge Governor Cuomo to support community gardens, the 2012 NYCCGC Board of Directors elections, [...]
Just around the corner is perhaps New York’s most magical season: Spring! Heralding its arrival is the annual avalanche of noteworthy events, compiled here. Just Food Conference 2012: Eat • Work • Grow the Movement Friday & Saturday, February 24 – 25 Food & Finance High School, Manhattan Just Food Conference 2012 will bring together [...]
Join fellow gardeners from across the city at Neighborhood Preservation Center (232 East 11th St in Manhattan) from 6:30 to 8:30pm on Thursday, January 19 for our monthly general meeting as we discuss current news and events in the citywide gardening & greening scene. Topics for discussion include: our upcoming trip to Albany to urge Governor Cuomo to support community [...]
At its core, New York City Community Garden Coalition is a human rights organization. Therefore, in lieu of our regular monthly meeting, scheduled for Thursday, October 17, we are asking all our members and supporters to join us in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement by participating in the planned International Day of Action. The [...]
Dunton Community Garden Thursday, September 15 6:30 – 8:30pm 143 – 01 Shore Avenue Jamaica, Queens • map rain or shine Join NYCCGC and gardeners from across New York City for the final general meeting of the season (all good gardeners know that summer does not end on Labor Day!). This summer’s al fresco sessions have taken [...]
New York City Community Garden Coalition will convene its monthly meeting of gardeners from across the city on Thursday August 18, 6:30 – 8:30pm, at Prospect Heights Community Farm, located at 252-256 Saint Marks Avenue between Vanderbilt and Underhill Avenues (map). Prospect Heights Community Farm got its start in the late 1990s, when community leaders and gardening [...]