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Nominate a GreenThumb garden group or garden member for the 6th Annual GreenThumb Garden Recognition Awards taking place this winter. You can nominate GreenThumb gardens and gardeners (including your own and yourself!) for one of the awards by completing the 6th Annual GreenThumb Garden Recognition Awards Nomination Form by Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The nomination form is also available to download and mail in at…
The GreenThumb Winter Supply Distribution will take place on Saturday, October 29th from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Pick up basic winter maintenance supplies, including bags of calcium chloride pellets (salt), snow shovels, ice breakers, garbage bags, and more for your registered GreenThumb garden. Please RSVP Here. 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Pick-up with RSVP 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.:…
The 2022 Fall Program Guide for September, October, and November is here! Find out about GreenThumb workshops and other important community gardening news happening this fall here (also available to download at the link below). The in-person workshops in this program guide will not be livestreamed or recorded, but GreenThumb offers virtual webinars year-round that you can join from anywhere, which are also listed…
2023 GreenThumb Relicensing: Survey, Q&A Sessions, and Next Steps Hello GreenThumb Community Gardeners located on NYC Parks property! NYC Parks GreenThumb hopes this garden season is treating you well and you are staying cool! It may be hard to believe, but it is already time to begin thinking about the next license agreement period as the current license agreement nears its…
The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 disease, known as the coronavirus, a pandemic. Due to this, GreenThumb has been making important service changes in the last two years, to ensure the health and safety of our partners and the public. We will continue to monitor COVID-19 related safety, so please visit this page to stay informed of any changes. As of July 2022, COVID-19 is still a public health concern and…
The 2022-2023 GreenThumb Leadership Academy (GLA) is a six-month leadership development program for NYC community gardeners. The program is offered by NYC Parks GreenThumb in collaboration with the Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC . Please apply at bit.ly/GTLeadershipAcademy23 by Monday, November 7, 2022! GLA is designed to strengthen the leadership skills gardeners need for the long haul to…
Join hands with GreenThumb gardeners across the city with your corporate, school, or other community group as a volunteer for one or multiple days with GreenThumb's "Help a Garden Grow" Volunteer Program! Volunteer groups can help strengthen community gardens by weeding, spreading woodchips, planting flowers, bulbs or shrubs, hosting garden clean-ups, building raised beds, providing general maintenance within the…