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…

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 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…

We understand that weather prevented a lot of people from making it to the workshop on Saturday. We of course value your safety above all else, so there will be NO consequence for not attending. We will not be holding a makeup session; however, you should know we are now requiring that gardens submit their membership and assigned contact people via online. We are getting a new database and the online forms will allow us to save…

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…

Just Food Conference 2012 February 24-25th 525 West 50th Street New York, NY 10019 For information and tickets go to: http://www.justfood.org/events

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,…

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…

Certificate Application Deadline is November 15th. Certificate Applications: The application for 2012 Certificate students are available now and are due by November 15. To find out more information click here . Applications will be reviewed by the Farm School Students Committee, a group made up of activists, current students, community gardeners, and leaders in the field of Food Justice. This diverse committee will…

A chicken coop has arrived in Brook Park and residents like 56-year-old Danny Cruz say they aren’t quite sure what to make of these new, clucking neighbors.... For full article go to: http://motthavenherald.com/2011/10/04/chickens-come-to-roost-in-brook-park-2/

Change by Us NYC is the City’s new social media tool for greening New York’s neighborhoods. Change by Us NYC allows participants to start meet-up groups, raise funds, and work with community organizations and City agencies to develop projects. So if you have an idea for a greater, greener New York, log on and connect to the people and resources you need to make it happen. Change by Us NYC is also offering…

Check out this short documentry about Jenny's Garden!

A comunity's health ultimately depends on their Soil As what is in the soil, will get into the groundwater, As what is in the soil, is in our food and environment. To create healthy communities we must repair the health of our soil Our unsustainable building practises have degraded our soil Our poor business practises have caused us to decide to dump waste into the soil Our disconnection from the Earth has…

GreenThumb's Summer 2011 Program Guide is now available! Look inside the program guide for more information on: Summer Supply Giveaway Hosting Events & Boosting Membership Workshop (in English and Espanol) MillionTrees Events ACGA Conference And more!

The Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Giving Through Growing Project, in partnership with the American Community Gardening Association, has long been committed to cultivating awareness and support of community gardens and the greening movement. That’s why we want to celebrate four gardening heroes—extraordinary individuals who are making a difference in their communities—and grant them up to $20,000 to help them grow their…

The Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Giving Through Growing Project, in partnership with the American Community Gardening Association, has long been committed to cultivating awareness and support of community gardens and the greening movement. That’s why we want to celebrate four gardening heroes—extraordinary individuals who are making a difference in their communities—and grant them up to $20,000 to help them grow their…

The Brooklyn Community Foundation's Micro Grants program accepts requests for $500 or less to help support smaller scale projects and organizations throughout Brooklyn. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Our Micro Grants serve two purposes: to support grassroots, community efforts like beautification campaigns, Parent-Teacher Associations, youth sports teams, or community gardens and to serve as seed funding for…

You are invited on April 2nd, 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 27th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether from 9am to 4pm at Hostos Community College! Please pass this information out to the rest of your garden group and anyone else who might be interested. This form is also available to download on our…

The application for the 2011 City Chicken Project is ready. If you know of any community gardens, urban farms, schools or other community projects that might be interested in keeping chickens, please pass this on to them. We generally work with 2-3 projects per year. 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…

Farming Concrete : Measuring Food Production in NYC’s Community Gardens If you are a community gardener interested in tracking your harvest in 2011: Click here to sign up! Not every member in your garden needs to be weighing in order to get a garden-wide yield estimate. We’ll supply the equipment, training, and support throughout the growing season, as well as the final garden harvest report at the end of the…

Karen Washington is a member of Garden of Happiness, La Familia Verde Garden Coalition, a Just Food City Farms Trainer, and President of the NYC Community Garden Coalition. From the Associated Press/Yahoo News: First lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Gregory Long, the director of The New York Botanical Garden, in New York, center, and community member, Karen Washington,…