WORKSHOPS AND MATERIALS

GreenThumb has developed a new program model to better serve New York City's community gardens. Thanks to the labor of garden advocates, NYC now has more permanent community gardens than ever before. Permanent gardens are made even more precious by the knowledge that there is limited opportunity for new ones to be established. Along with this historic victory has come increased maintenance and operation expectations. In this new landscape GreenThumb is thinking about how to help community gardens be sustainable neighborhood institutions now and for many years to come.

This is a change from the way GreenThumb has operated in the past. Community garden groups will now access materials through small events held throughout the city instead of contacting an Outreach Coordinator. In the past it was impossible for Outreach Coordinators to serve so many gardens in a timely manner. This was often frustrating for community garden groups who had to wait weeks before someone would be able to make it out to their garden. The new Quarterly Program Guide will allow all community gardens equal access to materials, services and educational instruction. It will also allow community garden groups to plan in advance because they will know what materials are available and when. Click on the links on the top of the page to download the appropriate guide.

The events scheduled in the Quarterly Program Guide will provide valuable opportunities for community gardeners to network with each other and with experts from various greening organizations. These fun events will be perfect for recruiting new members to your garden and for cultivating the next generation of garden leaders. By consolidating and streamlining the way materials are distributed, GreenThumb will provide more groups with the basic materials they need to manage a public garden. And GreenThumb knows how concerned its garden groups are about the health of our urban environment; therefore we will strive to provide environmentally appropriate materials whenever possible.

Your garden group has the choice of coming to the workshop that is closest to your garden or picking from the variety of interesting topics. You do not have to come to the workshop in your borough. Each workshop will include a brief educational presentation and the distribution of supplies. For materials too large to pick-up, such as soil or lumber - your group will apply for the materials to be delivered. A member of your garden group must attend a workshop to receive supplies. GreenThumb will no longer be distributing materials through requests to Borough Outreach Coordinators.

Many thanks to the community garden groups and greening organizations that have partnered with GreenThumb to make the spring programs possible.

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