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Mark your calendars for the 42nd Annual GreenThumb Harvest Fair on Saturday, Septe mber 18, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Pleasant Village Community Garden , located at 342 Pleasant Avenue, between 118th & 119th Streets, one block East of First Ave., East Harlem, NYC, NY 10035. Join us to celebrate GreenThumb gardeners as the community gardening…
The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 disease, known as the coronavirus, a pandemic. Due to this, GreenThumb is making important service changes, to ensure the health and safety of our partners and the public. You can learn more, including how to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, on the CDC or NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene webpage . Please visit this page to stay…
La Organización Mundial de la Salud ha declarado pandemia la enfermedad COVID-19, conocida como coronavirus. Por esta razón, GreenThumb ha implementado cambios importantes en el servicio para asegurar la salud y la seguridad del público y la de nuestros colaboradores. Puede aprender más del tema para ayudar a parar el coronavirus en las páginas web del Centro de Control de Enfermedades (CDC) o el…
For those interested in starting a new community garden or farm, please fill out the New Garden Intake Form with details about the site and proposed community garden. This form helps us determine what efforts might already be underway and best helps us give you guidance on where to begin. Please keep in mind that there are already more than 550 community gardens and farms registered with NYC Parks GreenThumb across New…
The 2021 Edition of the GreenThumb Gardeners' Handbook is a resource for community gardeners and the general public that covers a variety of topics, including event planning, construction work, accepting donations, selling garden produce, tree pruning, garden bylaws, and much more. The handbook includes many, but not all, GreenThumb, NYC Parks, New York City, and New York State best practices, policies, and laws that…
To watch 2020 webinar recordings, please scroll down. 2021 GreenThumb Webinars January 26: Crop Planning 101 Facilitated by Mara Gittleman (NYC Parks GreenThumb) and Ciara Sidell (Randall's Island Park Alliance Urban Farm) January 28: Make it Rain: Grants for your Green Space Facilitated by Di Cui (Citizens Committee for NYC), and Michael Mullaley (Partnerships for…
Resources for GreenThumb Community Gardeners COVID-19 Related News Please review Important Services Changes ( Cambios Importantes en el Servicio ) which details changes to GreenThumb’s community garden public access, COVID-19 protocols, and food distribution policies. Changes are also in place for programs and services. GreenThumb has developed a number of resources to provide guidance to garden groups…