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Read MoreLocavore Harvest Festival – Horticultural Society of New York
Bronx Land Trust and Manhattan Land Trust would like to invite you to the Locavore Urban Harvest Festival on October 16, 2014 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Horticultural Society of New York. WHEN: Thursday, October 16, 2014 WHERE: Horticultural Society of New York 148 W. 37th Street between 7th & Broadway. New York, NY 10018 […]
Read MoreGarden Profile- Palmas Del Caribe Community Garden
Ten years ago gardeners Olga and Carmen Rodriguez moved back to Puerto Rico entrusting Palmas Del Caribe Community Garden to Alfonso Rodriguez and Julio Medina. The strawberry patch that Olga started in 1972 remains today a permanent fixture of the garden. The garden is located on Eagle Avenue in a fraction of the footprint of […]
Read MoreBank of Tokyo at Roberto Clemente Garden
Friday August 12th was a busy day at the Roberto Clemente Community Garden. With the assistance of 25 volunteers from the Bank of Tokyo we built two picnic tables and four benches. We also waterproofed the gazebo and planted lots of perennials and annuals in the flower bed along the front of the garden. Thanks so much […]
Read More Bronx Gardens, Bronx Green-Up, Bronx Land Trust, NYC community gardens, Roberto Clemente Community Garden, urban land preservation, vegetable planting, vegetablesHarvest Time at Roberto Clemente Garden
Now that late summer has rolled around its harvest time for Roberto Clemente Garden. This year’s harvest will include many fruits and vegetables including: tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, apples, cherries, pears, figs, peaches, broccoli, lettuce, beans, sweet and hot peppers, as well as a plethora of herbs.
Read More Bronx Gardens, Bronx Land Trust, community gardens, GreenThumb, harvest, NYC community gardens, Roberto Clemente Community Garden, urban gardens, vegetable planting, vegetablesImprovements at Daly Avenue Garden
Daly Avenue Garden in the Bronx has been undergoing some major changes this summer. One project that was recently completed was a new children’s area that was planned and built by the Gear Up program of the New York Botanical Garden.
Read More Bronx Gardens, Bronx Green-Up, Bronx Land Trust, Daly Avenue Garden, Harlem Hard HATS, NYC community gardens, urban gardens, vegetable harvestNew Shade Structure and Rainwater Harvesting System at Fordham Beford Community Garden
After several workdays over a month or so, the new shade structure and rainwater harvesting system was finished at Fordham Bedford Lotbusters Community Garden in the Bronx. We had several groups help with this project. Early in June we had a cleanup day that including get rid of the wood from the old gazebo–see the […]
Read More Bronx Gardens, Bronx Green-Up, Bronx Land Trust, Fordham Bedford Lotbusters Garden, NYC community gardens, rainwater harvesting, shade structure constructionBronx and Manhattan Land Trusts Officially Own Gardens
On a historic Monday, June 27th, the 18 gardens from the Bronx Land Trust and the 14 gardens from the Manhattan Land Trust were officially conveyed from the Trust for Public Land to their respective land trusts. This means that the land trusts officially own the gardens, and can help preserve the gardens for future […]
Read More Bronx Land Trust, Manhattan Land Trust, NYC community gardens, preserve nyc gardens, urban gardens, urban land preservationWorkday at Daly Avenue Garden
Things are looking great at Daly Avenue Garden, where we had a workday last Saturday with Bronx Green-Up. Check out the photos of the vegetables and the juice cartons that scare away the birds.
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