Category Archives: Events

Season recap part five. September: A gallery on the fence

Posted on 2025-11-17 by Karin Kiontke

Aside from beautiful flowers, our garden grows a variety of fruit and vegetables. Everybody who has the tiniest bit of land wants to grow their own delicious tomatoes. Some of our gardeners plant much more than that: different varieties of … Continue reading →

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Party!

Posted on 2025-06-19 by Karin Kiontke

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 →

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Let’s Make Music!

Posted on 2025-06-16 by Karin Kiontke

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 →

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Not a day for butterflies

Posted on 2025-06-15 by Karin Kiontke

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 →

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Let’s Grow Together

Posted on 2025-06-07 by Karin Kiontke

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 →

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