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October 16, 2017 100 Gardens – Honoring Lys McLaughlin Pike
Lys McLaughlin, 1982 at Amboy Neighborhood GardenMarian Heiskell, GrowNYC’s founder, left, and Lys, right, in 1986 at Brooklyn’s first Lots-for-Tots park/playground. So many people have contributed to GrowNYC’s commitment to community greening over the years. We...
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October 10, 2017 100 Gardens – Protests of the 1999 Garden Auction
NYC's community gardens haven't always been so idyllic!Many of New York City’s community gardens got their start in the 1970s as residents, in an effort to revitalize their neighborhoods, began to reclaim vacant and trash-filled lots and turn them into beautiful,...
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October 06, 2017 Harvest Dinner at Project Farmhouse
On Thursday, November 2, join GrowNYC for the next installment of our Greenmarket Seasonal Dinner Series! Grab your passport because the theme for this seated, four-course feast, prepared by a coterie of celebrated NYC chefs, is International Harvest.The menu will...
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October 05, 2017 100 Gardens – Garden Preservation Efforts
In the 80’s and 90’s, community gardeners, green non-profits, and newly emerging local garden coalitions were fighting to save community gardens from destruction. New garden preservation strategies were put in place, generated in earlier days from the Mayor’s Open...
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October 03, 2017 Community Garden Transformations
Since 1979, GrowNYC's Gardens program has helped build 100 new community gardens, and rebuild and support countless more! Here are some of our best garden transformations!You can help ensure that all New Yorkers have access to green space by making a donation today...
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September 26, 2017 100 Gardens – Remembering Kevin Shank
Kevin C. Shank in the Miracle Garden on the Lower East side, Manhattan, 1987.The AIDS Memorial quilt for Kevin Shank displayed in Washington, D.C.A well-traveled plantsman with an extensive background in horticulture, Kevin C. Shank left his mark on the NYC community...
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