This week, we heard the wonderful news that the Elizabeth Street Garden is finally saved from development! The Elizabeth Street garden is located in lower Manhattan in an area with extremely little green. It was established in 1990 by the… Continue Reading
Yesterday, we held our traditional June Garden Party. As for all previous events this year, the weather looked rather iffy with thunderstorms in the forecast. Also, the previous days were so unseasonably cool that we feared we would need a… Continue Reading
Every year on the day of the summer solstice, people gather to make and listen to music for “Make Music”, an event that happens all around the world in 120 countries and over 1000 cites, including New York. We have… Continue Reading
This year, the Weather Gods are smiling at our plants but not at GreenThumb events. This weekend was “Open Garden Day”, two days of fun events at all community gardens in the city. And it rained – again. Saturday was… Continue Reading
This week was the National GrowTogether Conference, a meeting of community gardeners from all over the country. It was organized by the NYC ParksGreenThumb in partnership with the American Community Gardening Association and the Denver Urban Gardens’ Urban Garden Project.… Continue Reading