As you many of you know the Boardwalk Garden in Coney Island is in a fight to retain its land. It represents but one of a handful of gardens and open spaces that are in distress. On Wednesday December 4,…
Category: Actions
Come Rally for Parks and Community Gardens at City Hall!
Come Rally for Parks and Community Gardens at City Hall! Join New Yorkers for Parks and fellow open space advocates from every borough as we call upon the Mayoral candidates to make parks and gardens an election-year priority. We’ve invited…
Help GreenThumb get more seeds for gardeners!
Hudson Valley Seed Library, a local seed company, will donate 10% of online seed catalog sales and lots of seeds to support GreenThumb from now through February 21! All of GreenThumb’s seeds go straight to gardeners, so help spread word.…
Volunteer day and resources for post-Sandy garden cleanup
Meeting notes summary and resources for gardeners See complete notes here – Gardeners from flooded gardens in Coney Island and the Lower East Side came to share stories and voice their concerns and needs Lots of fallen trees Need help…
Help our gardens rebuild
Gardens throughout the city were flooded during Superstorm Sandy and need your help. See below for volunteer opportunities happening this weekend. Report back at our next general meeting, Thursday, November 15, 6:30pm-8:30pm, 232 E. 11th Street in Manhattan! If your…
NYCCGC calls on members and gardeners to protest NYC Council’s approval of NYU Expansion
Council Hearing on Wednesday, July 25 @ 1:30 PM at City Hall The proposed NYU expansion on the site of the Morton Williams supermarket (S.E. corner of La Guardia & Bleecker Street) will cast a permanent shadow on the LaGuardia Corner…
Join With Us: NYC Community Gardeners Occupy Wall Street SUN.16.OCT
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…
One Day, Two Important Meetings THU.16.JUN
This Thursday, June 16, NYCCGC begins its annual tradition of holding its summer meetings in community gardens around the city, giving everyone a chance to see what’s going on in other gardens and neighborhoods. Details below. Earlier in the day,…
NYCCGC & Allies Rally in the Rain to Save GreenThumb
NYCCGC thanks our many allies and fellow gardeners who braved the temperamental Spring weather to join us on the steps of City Hall today to raise our voices in an united effort to save GreenThumb, whose sole funding source, federal…
Rally to SAVE GreenThumb! TUE.05.APR
Rally: Tuesday, April 5th • 12:00 Noon • Steps of City Hall View/Download the Press Release (PDF) Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Threaten Funding of New York City’s Community Gardens In response, the New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) is leading a…