GreenThumb 2016
Summer Program Guide June • July • August
Our new Director, Bill LoSasso welcomes Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, NYC Parks Commissioner, Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer, NYC Council Member, Mark Levine and NYC Council Member, Mathieu Eugene to the GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference on March 19th 2016. Photo by Malcolm Pinckney | NYC Parks
Does your garden need any of the following supplies? Look inside for details...
Seeds • Lumber Requests (For Fall Delivery) • Gardening Books • Birdhouse Kit • Vinegar Making Supplies • Soil / Compost / Mulch Requests (For Fall Delivery) • Clear and Black Garbage Bags • Hoses • Hydrant Wrenches and Adaptors • Mosaic Supplies • Candle Supplies • Gloves • Wind Chime Supplies • Rakes • Hoes • Shovels • Hand Cultivators • Hand Trowels • Hand Pruners • Balls of Twine (1,000 feet)
Please note that garden members must attend workshops to receive supplies. All workshops are free and open to the public, with no pre-registration (unless otherwise noted). Workshops are rain or shine, canceled only in the event of lightning or other dangerous conditions. All workshop supplies are for registered gardens only and are available first-come, first-served, while supplies last.
WWW.GREENTHUMBNYC.ORG JUNE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday EVENT CALENDAR 1 2 3 4 5 GreenThumb Workshops & Events Greening Partners 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 You Can Make Vinegar Wednesday, June 1st 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. BROOKLYN Summer Supply Giveaway Saturday, June 4th 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 BROOKLYN / BRONX Saturday, June 11th 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MANHATTAN / BROOKLYN Feral Cat Caretaker Certificate 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Saturday, June 11th 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. BRONX To Water or Not to Water Wednesday, June 15th 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. BRONX 27 28 29 30 Making Mosaics Sunday, June 19th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MANHATTAN Building a Social Media & Online Presence Thursday, June 23rd 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. JULY MANHATTAN Replenishing Your Soil Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Saturday, June 25th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BRONX 1 2 3 Growing Perennial Vegetables & Fruit Thursday, June 30th 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. STATEN ISLAND Sowing Late Summer and Fall Crops 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Saturday, July 2nd 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MANHATTAN Double Raised Bed Design Thursday, July 7th 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. BRONX 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Natural Insect-Repellent Candles Saturday, July 9th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BROOKLYN Soil Science 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Wednesday, July 13th 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. QUEENS Build a Birdhouse Saturday, July 16th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BROOKLYN 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Saturday, July 23rd 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BRONX Staying Fiscally Fit Wednesday, July 20th 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. MANHATTAN AUGUST Community Chef Demonstration Wednesday, July 27th 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday QUEENS Greenbelt Native Plant Center Trip 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Friday, July 29th 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. STATEN ISLAND Designing a Children’s Garden Saturday, July 30th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BROOKLYN Musical Mobiles & Wind Chimes Wednesday, August 10th 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. MANHATTAN Power of Herbs 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Saturday, August 13th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. QUEENS Wednesday, August 17th 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. BROOKLYN 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 A-Frame Sandwich Board Sign Demo Saturday, August 20th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BRONX Crispy Rosemary Flatbread Wednesday, August 24th 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 29 30 31 MANHATTAN Seed Saving Saturday, August 27th 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MANHATTAN
2 Summer Supply Giveaway GreenThumb Pick-up basic gardening and maintenance supplies for your registered GreenThumb garden. Please make note of the changes to our traditional summer supply giveaway. • You must RSVP online at www.greenthumbnyc.org or by calling our main line at (212) 602-5300 by May 31 • Let us know if another garden group is picking-up on behalf of your group • On-site pick-up only at the dates and locations below • One pick-up per garden group • You can carpool with other garden groups that may not have access to transportation Pick-up by RSVP from 10:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Walk-ins from 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. This workshop is offered with Spanish translation. Saturday June 4th | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BROOKLYN New Vision Garden 590 Schenck Ave. Train: 3 to New Lots Ave. The table is set at a fermentation workshop at this year’s GrowTogether Bus: B15 to New Lots Ave./Schenck Ave., B6 to Conference 2016. Photo by Malcolm Pinckney | NYC Parks Livonia Ave./Ashford St. BRONX Sharing Our Food La Finca Del Sur / South Bronx Farmers Garden 175 East 138th St. (corner of Grand Concourse) Traditions Series: Train: 4 or 5 to 138th St. / Grand Concourse Bus: Bx1 or Bx33 to Grand Concourse/East You Can Make Vinegar 138th St. GreenThumb & The Brooklyn Kitchen Saturday June 11th | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Harry Rosenblum of The Brooklyn Kitchen will lead MANHATTAN this workshop on how to make and use vinegar to La Plaza Cultural Community Garden elevate your cooking and your eating. Vinegar adds 647 East 9th St. (corner of 9th St. and Ave. C) flavor and healthy probiotics to your food and drink. Train: L to 1st Ave., F to 2nd Ave. This workshop will cover the basics, focusing on Bus: M9/M8 to Ave. C/E. 10 St. fruit scrap vinegar using pineapple and any fruit Chenchitas Group Garden that is at peak season. You’ll take home a quart jar 1691 Madison Avenue of proto-vinegar and in about eight weeks you’ll Train: 4 or 6 to 110th St. or 2/3 to Central Park have your own to use! North/110th St. Wednesday, June 1st | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Bus: M1 to Madison Ave./E. 111th St. BROOKLYN BROOKLYN Ten Eyck Houses HDFC Hattie Carthan Community Garden 17 Ten Eyck St. 719 Marcy Ave. Train: J/M to Hewes St., G to Metropolitan Ave., L to Train: G to Bedford – Nostrand Ave. Lorimer St. Bus: B38 to Lafayette Ave./Marcy Ave., B44-SBS Bus: Q54/Q59 to Grant St./Union Ave., B48 to Ten Eyck to Bedford Ave./Lafayette Ave. St./Lorimer St.
3 Feral Cat Caretaker Certificate NYC Feral Cat Initiative & Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals Learn the basics of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony care in this hands-on workshop. Attending a TNR certification workshop is the first step to gain the knowledge and skills needed to help the feral and stray community cats in your garden. Upon completion of the workshop, you will become a Certified TNR Caretaker and be eligible for free or low-cost spay/neuter, A creative mosaic is on display at the Dias y Flores Community Garden in the trap loans, transportation for cats and East Village. Photo by Phillip Kester | GreenThumb traps, educational and networking events, newsletters, community outreach materials, and other services and support. Art in the Garden Series: Saturday June 11th |11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Making Mosaics BRONX GreenThumb St. Mary’s Recreation Center 450 Saint Ann’s Ave. Enhance your garden’s character by creating unique Train: 6 to Brook Ave., 5/2 to 3 Ave.-149th St. and colorful mosaic garden signs. We will use Bus: Bx19 to E. 149 St./St Ann’s Ave., Bx17 to recycled tiles, ceramics, glass, and even CDs. Feel St. Ann’s Ave./E. 146 St. free to bring your own materials, friends, family, and creative ideas! Sunday, June 19th | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MANHATTAN Dias y Flores Community Garden To Water or Not to Water 522 East 13th St. GreenThumb Train: L to 1 Ave., N/Q/R/4/5/6 to Union Square. Bus: M15 to 2 Ave./E.13th St., M14D to E. 14th St./Ave A. Conserving water is an important concern of gardeners. Learn effective ways to water your garden and keep your plants healthy. Building a Social Media & Wednesday, June 15th | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. BRONX Online Presence Padre Plaza GreenThumb 545 E. 139th St. Train: 6 to Brook Ave. Learn basic skills in online communication, including Bus: Bx17 to St. Ann’s Ave./E. 140th St. how to create, manage, and upkeep social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Thursday, June 23rd | 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. MANHATTAN Al Smith Recreation Center 80 Catherine St. Train: 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall, F to E. Broadway. Bus: M103 to Park Row/Worth St., M15-SBS to Madison St./Catherine St.
4 Soil Health Series: Sowing Late Summer & Replenishing Your Soil Fall Crops GreenThumb GreenThumb & Just Food Want to learn how to keep your plants growing Get the most out of the growing season by sowing strong this season? GreenThumb’s Soil Health late summer and fall crops. Learn about the best Series provides a hands-on educational vegetables, herbs and fruits to plant around this experience to understanding soil science and time. Also, gain insight on good cultivating practices its importance in your garden. In this workshop for supporting this type of plant growth. we will discuss how to use amendments such Saturday, July 2nd | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. as bone and blood meal to reintroduce nutrients MANHATTAN into your soil. Amending throughout the season Dyckman Farmhouse Museum will keep your plants nourished and viable. 4881 Broadway Saturday, June 25th | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Train: A to Dyckman St., 1 to 207th St. BRONX Bus: Bx7 to Broadway/West 204th St., Bx12-SBS to Bryant Hill Community Garden Broadway/Isham St., BxM1 to Broadway West 207 St. 901 Bryant Ave. Train: 6 to Hunts Point Ave., 5/2 to Simpson St. Bus: Bx6 to Hunts Point Ave./Garrison Ave., Bx5 Double Raised Bed Design to E 163 St./Hoe Ave., Bx19 to Southern Blvd./ Hunts Point Ave. GreenThumb Learn how to build a double-high raised bed for your community garden. Higher raised beds provide an Growing Perennial easier gardening experience for senior members and provide better access for community members. All Vegetables & Fruits gardeners are welcome to this hands-on workshop. GreenThumb This workshop is offered with Spanish translation. Come and learn about the wide variety of Thursday, July 7th | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. perennial vegetables and fruits you can grow BRONX right here in NYC. Many people know about New Hoe Avenue Garden asparagus, but did you know that there are 958 Hoe Ave. many different perennial vegetables that do Train: 6 to Hunts Point Ave., 5/2 to Simpson St. well in our climate like rhubarb and strawberries? Bus: Bx6 to E. 163 St./Simpson St., Bx5 to E. 163rd Come learn how to plant and harvest these St./Hoe Ave., Bx19 to Southern Blvd./Aldus St. nutritional and tasty treats.
Thursday, June 30th | 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. STATEN ISLAND Please save the date: West Brighton Community Garden Saturday, September 17th for 899 Henderson Ave. Harvest Fair 2016 Bus: S54/S53/S46 to Castleton Ave./ Caroline St.
Gardeners show off their bounty of fresh local garden veggies at last year’s Harvest Fair. Photo by Phillip Kester | GreenThumb 5 June is GreenThumb Garden Month This June, we invite you to join gardeners across the city to celebrate GreenThumb’s first-ever ‘Garden Month.’ We want to highlight the thousands of green pioneers across our urban gardens while showing all New Yorkers the benefits of a healthy garden by inviting the community to join the celebration, learning, and service. Please tell us about your Workdays, Film Nights, Workshops, Summer Concerts or any free and fun community event you are planning and we will help promote and provide assistance through our online event listing system. Events will be posted for all to see on the NYC Parks website as well as GreenThumb’s web calendar, mailing lists and social media. Help spread the word about our beautiful green spaces and the people who make them thrive. Please submit your events online at: www.greenthumbnyc.org/event_listing_ request.html For more information visit www.greenthumbnyc.org
Gardeners enjoy a spring planting at the City Hall Garden in Manhattan. Photo by Phillip Kester | GreenThumb
Art in the Garden Series: Natural Soil Health Series: Soil Science Insect-Repellent Candles GreenThumb GreenThumb Want to learn how to keep your plants growing strong this season? In this workshop we will cover soil health basics Annoyed by pesky gnats and mosquitos that such as soil sampling and testing, and delve a bit into soil congregate in the garden once the summer sun sets? science covering elemental make-up and building good Interested in illuminating your garden at dusk? Join soil quality with resources that are available. GreenThumb as we create our own natural insect repellent candles using citronella oil and soy wax. Wednesday, July 13th | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. QUEENS Saturday, July 9th | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. GreenThumb Compound (Long Island City) BROOKLYN Queens Plaza South and 10th St. Bears/Pacific Street Garden Train: 7/Q/N to Queensboro Plaza, E/R/M to Queens Plaza 590 Pacific Street Bus: Q32/B62 to 28th St./Queens Plaza S., B32 to 45th Train: B/Q/D/N/R/2/3/4/5 to Atlantic Ave. Barclays Ctr Ave., Q39 to 23rd St./Queens Plaza S. Bus: B41 to Flatbush Ave./Atlantic Ave., B67 to Flatbush Ave./5 Ave.
6 Build a Birdhouse Sharing Our Food Traditions Just Food & GreenThumb Series: Community Chef Interested in building a birdhouse? Come and learn how to build a birdhouse to invite our Demonstration feathery friends to the garden. GreenThumb & Just Food This workshop is offered with Spanish translation. Join GreenThumb for a cooking demonstration led by Saturday, July 16th | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. one of Just Food’s Community Chefs, where we will BROOKLYN learn how to prepare local and seasonal dishes that Know Waste Lands Community Garden will inspire the whole family. 1278 Myrtle Ave. Wednesday, July 27th 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Train: M to Central Ave., L to DeKalb Ave. QUEENS Bus: B38 to Myrtle Ave./DeKalb Ave., B60 to Wilson Evergreen Farms Ave./Suydam St., B54 to Myrtle Ave./Hart St. 46-20 Colden St. Saturday, July 23rd | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Train: 7 to Main St. BRONX Bus: Q17/Q25/Q27/Q34 to Kissena Blvd./45th Ave., College Avenue Garden Q20A/Q44-SBS to Main St./Elder Ave. 1420 College Ave. Train: 4/B/D to 170th St. Bus: Bx1 to 170th St./Grand Concourse, Bx32 to Morris Ave./E. 170th St., Bx11 E. 170th St./ College Ave. Start composting at your community garden! Staying Fiscally Fit GreenThumb & Brunch & Budget The NYC Compost Project works Learn how to effectively keep track of your to rebuild NYC’s soils by providing community garden expenses. This workshop is New Yorkers with the knowledge, an introduction to basic bookkeeping tools and skills, and opportunities they need systems to manage garden finances, including to make and use compost locally. receipt organization, and sticking to a budget. Led by Pamela Capalad, CFP. Let our teams help you start, improve, or expand your garden’s Wednesday, July 20th | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. compost system! MANHATTAN Arsenal Gallery (Central Park) 830 5th Ave. team near you, visit Train: N/Q/R to 5 Ave./59 St., 4/5/6 to 59 St./ nyc.gov/compostproject. Lexington Ave. Bus: M1/M3/M4/M5 to East 64th St.
7 Greenbelt Native Plant Center Art in the Garden Series: Field Trip Musical Mobiles & GreenThumb Wind Chimes Join GreenThumb on a field trip for a tour of the GreenThumb Greenbelt Native Plant Center-NYC Park’s 13-acre greenhouse, nursery, and seed bank complex on Staten In this workshop we will create our own unique, Island. Participants will learn how the center provides rustic and recycled wind chimes! We will hang terra native plants and seeds from local plant populations cotta pots and any other “found” items you bring in support of the restoration and management of many along to hang from branches to create mobiles. of the City’s most valuable natural areas. We will hear GreenThumb will provide basic materials, but feel from the center staff, which have extensive knowledge free to bring your own creative ideas and materials of the local ecosystems of the region. Their seed to add to the pizzazz! collectors alone log thousands of hours each year Wednesday, August 10th | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the field. RSVP by calling (212) 602-5300 or go to MANHATTAN www.greenthumbnyc.org. Siempre Verde Garden Limited spots available. RSVP required. RSVP does 137 Attorney St. not guarantee participation; GreenThumb will confirm Train: J/M/Z to Essex St., F to Delancey St. if spots are available. Bus: M14A to E. Houston St./Essex St., M9/M21 to E. Houston St./Clinton St., B39 to Delancey St./Essex St. Friday, July 29th | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. STATEN ISLAND Greenbelt Native Plant Center Power of Herbs 3808 Victory Blvd. Sebert Harper & GreenThumb Bus: S62/S92 to Victory Blvd./Baron Blvd. On-site and street parking available Herbs are powerful in treating common sicknesses Shuttle bus from the following three locations will provide as well as other aspects impacting our quality of life. pick-up and drop-off for gardeners who RSVP only. Let us explore the ancient art of herbs for arthritis, asthma, diabetes, blood pressure, even beauty care Pick-Up #1: 9:30 a.m. GreenThumb Office, 100 Gold St. and much more. Pick-Up #2: 10:30 a.m. The Arsenal, 830 5th Ave. (Meet at the front steps of the Arsenal building in Central Park) This workshop is offered with Spanish translation. Pick-Up #3: 11:00 a.m. Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Saturday, August 13th | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Washington Ave. QUEENS Sparrow’s Nest Community Garden 54-01 101st St. Designing a Children’s Garden Train: 7 to 103rd St. - Corona Plaza. Bus: Q38 99 St./55th Ave., Q58 108th St./53rd Ave. GreenThumb Wednesday, August 17th | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Huge sunflowers, purple hyacinth bean, and bitter BROOKLYN gourd are just a few of the colorful and magical crops Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition you can grow to interest young children in gardening. 2871 Surf Ave. Come to Keap Fourth Community Garden and learn Train: D/F/N/Q to Coney Island/Stillwell Ave. about great crops and structures that you can design Bus: B36 to Surf Ave./West 29th St., B74 to Mermaid for a thriving children’s garden. Ave./West 29th St. Saturday, July 30th | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BROOKLYN Keap Fourth Community Garden 347 Keap St. Train: J/M to Marcy Ave., L to Lorimer St., G to Metropolitan Ave. Bus: B62 to Driggs Ave./South 2nd St., B32 Broadway/ Roebling St., B24 to Marcy Ave./South 4th St.
8 A-Frame Sandwich Board Garden Sign Demo Thanks for making the GreenThumb GrowTogether 2016 a huge In this workshop you will learn how to build a welcoming A-frame/sandwich bulletin board to invite neighbors into success! We had over your community garden. This workshop is offered with Spanish translation. 1,600 attendees learning Saturday, August 20th | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BRONX and sharing at over 65 Melrose New Generation Community Garden 377 East 160th St. workshops, Zumba Train: 2/5 to 3rd Ave./149th St., 4/B/D to 161st St. - Yankee Stadium. classes, kids activities, Bus: BxM4 to Grand Concourse East 161st St., Bx41- SBS to Melrose Ave./East 161st St., Bx32 to Morris seed giveaways and Ave./East 156th St. dozens of raffle prizes. Sharing Our Food Traditions Series: Crispy Rosemary Seed Saving Flatbread GreenThumb GreenThumb As we approach the end of the growing season, learn how to save seeds in preparation for next Join La Plaza Cultural-Armando Perez community year. The practice of seed saving has allowed garden members as they demonstrate how to make gardeners to create new varieties, save money, rosemary flatbread on a grill, using herbs from your preserve genetic diversity, and retain a plant’s garden. The garden is located on the southwest corner pest resistance. Join us in learning about this of Ave. C and 9th St. vital tradition. Wednesday, August 24th | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 27th | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MANHATTAN MANHATTAN La Plaza Cultural – Armando Perez Maggie’s Magic Garden 647 E. 9th St. 1574 Lexington Ave. Train: L to 1st Ave. Train: 6 to 103rd St. Bus: M9/M8 to Ave. C/E. 10th St. Bus: M101/M102/M103 to 100th St./Lexington Ave., M2/M3/M4 to Madison Ave./E. 95th St., M15-SBS to 1st Ave./E. 97th St.
Tanya Fields pours a delicious and healthy smoothie at this year’s GrowTogether Conference 2016. Photo by Malcolm Pinckney | NYC Parks 9 GreenThumb en Español Distribución de Verano de Diseño de Camas Elevadas Suministros Dobles para Jardinería GreenThumb GreenThumb Reciba suministros básicos de jardinería para su Aprenda a construir una cama elevada doble para jardín registrado con GreenThumb. Por favor revise los su jardin comunitario. Camas elevadas ofrecen una cambios a nuestra distribución de suministros. experiencia más fácil para jardineros que son adultos • Usted debe hacer reservación a través de mayores al mejorar el accesso a los miembros de la www.greenthumbnyc.org o llamando a nuestra comunidad. Todos los jardineros son bienvenidos a línea principal (212) 602-5300 hasta Mayo 13 este taller práctico. • Déjanos saber si otro grupo de jardinería va a recoger Este taller incluye traducion en Español. los suministros en representación de su grupo Jueves, Julio 7 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. • La distribución es solo en las fechas y lugares establecidos BRONX • Un solo paquete de suministros por jardín New Hoe Avenue Garden • Usted puede venir con otros grupos de jardínes en el 958 Hoe Ave. mismo automóvil Tren: 6 a Hunts Point Ave., 5/2 a Simpson St. Grupos con reservación pueden recibir suministros Bus: Bx6 a E. 163 St./Simpson St., Bx5 a E. 163rd St./ desde las 10:00 a.m. hasta las 12:30 p.m. Hoe Ave., Bx19 a Southern Blvd./Aldus St. Grupos sin reservación pueden recibir suministros desde las 12:30 p.m. hasta las 1:00 p.m en orden de llegada hasta que los suministros se acaben. Este taller incluye traducion en Español. Sábado, Junio 4 | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BROOKLYN New Vision Garden 590 Schenck Ave. Tren: 3 a New Lots Ave. Bus: B15 a New Lots Ave./Schenck Ave., B6 a Livonia Gardeners enjoy building bird houses at College Avenue Community Garden. Ave./Ashford St. Photo by Brittany Quale | GreenThumb BRONX La Finca Del Sur / South Bronx Farmers Garden Construye una Casa para Aves 175 East 138th St. (en la esquina de Grand Concourse) GreenThumb Tren: 4 o 5 a 138th St. / Grand Concourse Bus: Bx1 o Bx33 a Grand Concourse/East 138th St. ¿Interesado en construir una casa para aves? Aprenda a construir una casa para aves para inviter a nuestros Saturday June 11th | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. amigos con plumas al jardin. MANHATTAN La Plaza Cultural Community Garden Este taller incluye traducion en Español. 647 East 9th St. (esquina de 9th St. y Ave. C) Sábado, Julio 16 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Tren: L a 1st Ave., F a 2nd Ave. BROOKLYN Bus: M9/M8 a Ave. C/E. 10 St. Know Waste Lands Community Garden Chenchitas Group Garden 1278 Myrtle Ave. 1691 Madison Avenue Tren: M a Central Ave., L a DeKalb Ave. Train: 4 o 6 a 110th St. o 2/3 a Central Park Bus: B38 a Myrtle Ave./DeKalb Ave., B60 a Wilson Ave./ North/110th St. Suydam St., B54 a Myrtle Ave./Hart St. Bus: M1 a Madison Ave./E. 111th St. Sábado, Julio 23 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BROOKLYN BRONX Hattie Carthan Community Garden College Avenue Garden 719 Marcy Ave. 1420 College Ave. Tren: G a Bedford – Nostrand Ave. Tren: 4/B/D a 170th St. Bus: B38 a Lafayette Ave./Marcy Ave., B44-SBS a Bus: Bx1 a 170th St./Grand Concourse, Bx32 a Morris Bedford Ave./Lafayette Ave. Ave./E. 170th St., Bx11 E. 170th St./College Ave. 10 GreenThumb en Español El Poder de las Hierbas Sebert Harper & GreenThumb Las hierbas son poderosas al tratar enfermedades al igual que otros aspectos que impactan nuestra calidad de vida. Explore el arte antiguo del poder de las hierbas para curar la artritis, asma, diabetes, presión sanguínea, incluso para el cuidado de la belleza y mucho más. Este taller incluye traducion en Español. Sábado, Agosto 13 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. QUEENS Sparrow’s Nest Community Garden 54-01 101st St. A beautiful tomato, ready for harvest is on display at the Hattie Carthan Tren: 7 a 103rd St. - Corona Plaza. Community Garden in Brooklyn. Photo by Phillip Kester | GreenThumb Bus: Q38 99 St./55th Ave., Q58 108th St./53rd Ave. Miércoles, Agosto 17 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. BROOKLYN Compost your weeds and Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition garden trimmings! 2871 Surf Ave. Tren: D/F/N/Q a Coney Island/Stillwell Ave. Receive NYC Organics Collection Bus: Q38 99 St./55th Ave., Q58 108th St./53rd Ave. in your community garden! If your garden is in a neighborhood Taller de Construcción de that receives DSNY Organics Collection, your community
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En este taller usted aprenderá a cómo construir un To sign up, send us a message at: letrero de bienvenida para invitar a sus vecinos al on.nyc.gov/email-DSNY jardín comunitario. Select “Organics/Compost” as Este taller incluye traducion en Español. your Message Topic.
Sábado, Agosto 20 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. DSNY will contact you to attend a BRONX training to learn how to participate. Melrose New Generation Community Garden nyc.gov/organics NYCzerowaste 377 E. 160th St. Tren: 2/5 a 3rd Ave./149th St., 4/B/D a 161st St. - Yankee Stadium. Bus: BxM4 a Grand Concourse E. 161st St., Bx41-SBS to Melrose Ave./E. 161st St., Bx32 a Morris Ave./E. 156th St.
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Here are a few city chickens at the Urban Meadow Community Garden. Photo by Phillip Kester | GreenThumb
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