SAVE THE DATE NYCCGC was founded in 1996, as the only organization by and for community gardeners. The NYCCGC mission is to promote the preservation, creation, and empowerment of community gardens through education, advocacy, and grassroots organizing. We are excited…
Ray Figueroa to Speak at Our City, Our Climate
Community gardens are at the front and center of the People’s Climate Movement. We are an important solution to climate change. Join us on the 16th!
Statement from Black Urban Growers
A belated re-posting from Black Urban Growers (BUGS): PRESS RELEASE Contact: Karen Washington, BUGs Council Member (347) 979-7127 info@blackfarmersconf.org http://www.blackfarmersconf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2015 Black Urban Growers Joins Fight to Save NYC Community Gardens Black Urban Growers…
Upcoming Workshops for Measuring Good Things in your Garden
D Rooney and Sheryll Durrant, fellows at the Design Trust for Public Space, will be leading a series of workshops on the Farming Concrete (aka Five Borough Farm) Toolkit for measuring the good things happening in your garden. Want to…
February General Meeting
Our next general meeting will be this Thursday, 2/19, at 6:30pm. Please join us to discuss the status of the threatened HPD community gardens and our upcoming elections. As our guest speaker, Steven Rosenberg, Executive Director of the Scenic Hudson…
New York Times HPD/Community Garden Article
IN COMMUNITY GARDENS, A NEW WEED? New York Times FEB. 11, 2015 By MICHAEL TORTORELLO The trouble started with an R.F.Q: a “request for qualifications” in the bloodless shorthand of city government. But that’s not quite right. The shot…