JOIN US! Open Street Map is hosting several events for Geography Awareness Week, one of which we’ve helped organize: Map Community Gardens on Open Street Map. WHEN: Saturday, 11/22, 12pm-3pm WHERE: The Bark Room, Ground Floor, Parsons School of Design, 2…
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For Immediate Release: Response to NY Post article “Root of all evil: Vegetables in NYC gardens are ‘toxic’”
For Immediate Release: NYCCGC response to the New York Post November 16th 2014 article “Root of all evil: Vegetables in NYC gardens are ‘toxic’” by Gary Buiso Contact: Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director, New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) — 973-222-5413 aziz@nyccgc.org In response to yet…
Open Letter from East New York Farms
By David Vigil, reposted with permission It was with disappointment, but with little surprise, that we read the article “The Root of All Evil” in this Sunday’s New York Post. This article is the third that Gary Buiso has written…
November General Meeting
Come join us at our November general meeting! All are welcome. We’ll get updates from threatened gardens, plan for December’s Board elections, and start planning for next year. WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 6:30pm-8:30pm WHERE: Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 E. 11th…
Update on LaGuardia Corner Gardens Case
Reposted from Ellen Horan: Dear Gardeners and Garden Coalition members, This is not over. There was ruling today on the NYU case called ‘Glick v. Harvey’ (see here). Just to make clear to you, (and to my best understanding), this is…
More Gardens & HONK NYC presents the East Village Cavalcade for Community Gardens
This Saturday, October 18, More Gardens & HONK NYC is presenting the East Village Cavalcade for Community Gardens from 2-6pm. HONK is an international activist brass band extravaganza and for the third collaborative year with More Gardens! they are marching through to the Lower…
October General Meeting
It’s been quite a month! The People’s Climate March was a great success. We were inspired by the vastness of the issues brought together under fighting climate change, meeting passionate fellow New Yorkers as well as folks from all across…
September General Meeting & Events
GENERAL MEETING September’s general meeting will take place at Phoenix Community Garden in Brownsville, Brooklyn. WHEN: Thursday, September 18, 6:30PM WHERE: Phoenix Community Garden, 2037 Fulton Street The agenda will cover updates about citywide community garden issues, the Peoples’ Climate March,…
Harlem Green: 9th Annual Tour of Harlem Community Gardens
For Immediate Release: July 26, 2014 HARLEM GREEN, 9th ANNUAL TOUR OF HARLEM COMMUNITY GARDENS—FREE! Come see outstanding vegetables, unique herbs, fruit, gazebos, hoop houses, grape arbors, ponds, highly-developed composting systems and more in this sampling of Harlem’s Community Gardens…
August General Meeting: 8/21, 6:30pm
This month’s general meeting will take place in Harlem. We hope to see you there! WHERE: Carrie McCracken TRUCE Community Garden Saint Nicholas Avenue between West 117th and 118th Streets in Harlem, Manhattan – see map. WHEN: Thursday, August 21, 6:30pm…