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I ♥ Worms: Heart-Shaped Compost Cookies, with the NYC Compost Project in Queens


Queens Botanical Garden, Queens

Seed Starting Workshop


Old Stone House, Brooklyn

Compost & Healthy Soils Workshop


New York Botanical Garden (in Bronx Park), Bronx

28th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether


Hostos Community College, Bronx

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28th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether

You are invited to join a thousand community gardeners and greening professionals from all over New York City for a day of learning, sharing, networking and greening inspiration at the 28th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether! This year’s conference features favorite workshops from past years, as as well as exciting new ones, including many hands on workshops, and new ones for youth gardeners. Please pass this information out to the…

 

The City Chicken Project Application deadline is fast approaching!

Apply by February 10 to be part of the Just Food City Chicken Project in 2012. We will offer workshops, a coop build and chickens to three more groups in 2012. What we are looking for: Community groups of 8 or more people can apply for this grant. Individuals may not apply. The community group must be located in NYC and must have enough outdoor space for hens (8 square feet per hen). This is for relatively…

 

The Real Food Campaign Course

The Real Food Campaign is announcing a two-session course, presented by Dan Kittredge, at East New York Farms in Brooklyn NY, on Saturdays, February 18 and April 14, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The course is designed for area farmers and gardeners who want to learn how to grow more bionutrient rich food crops so they and others can live healthier lives. Bionutrient rich crop production is a form of biological farming that works to…

 

Workshop Follow Up: Submitting Membership Lists

Thank you for everyone who attended the workshop on Thursday. We will go over everything again at the workshop on Saturday . Thanks to everyone for being understanding as we work through this new process. Once the kinks are ironed out, this will be a much easier and efficient process for everyone. If you prefer to use an Excel format, a template is available to download under the PDFs. 1. Select ' Resources ' under…

 

Calling all community gardeners!

Do you grow fruits and vegetables in a community garden in NYC? If so, the Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities project team is looking for gardeners to help us learn more about fruits and vegetables grown and eaten from community gardens. We hope that our raffle / giveaway program for free garden tools and supplies will show you how much we appreciate your participation! If you would like to receive a survey packet by mail,…

 

Winter 2011-12 Program Guide

Does your graden need Calcium Chloride Pellets, Garbage Bags, Gloves, Ice Breakers, Gardening Books or Compost/Soil/Cleanfill/Mulch Request (Spring Delivery)? Check inside for details! This winter we will need your updated membership lists. As part of Parks' overall Green Initiative, we’re revamping our data collection system in order to make greener, paperless and easier on you and us! Look inside for specific details…

 

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