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Activating your team with a day of service helps make New York City neighborhoods more resilient.
We work with corporate groups and businesses of any size to build new community gardens, renovate much loved ones, work at our Teaching Garden on Governors Island, or review grant applications.
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1M+
Square feet of green space added with the help of volunteers
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12K
Volunteer hours at 25 gardens annually
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2K
Volunteers corporate annually
Ways To Give Corporate Volunteer Opportunities
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Garden Builds
Under the supervision of our gardening professionals, volunteer groups build or renovate community gardens throughout the city. Volunteers help clear brush and prune trees, till soil, plant seeds, create walkways, and build garden beds, benches, and green houses.
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Governors Island Teaching Garden
A one acre urban farm with stunning views of the NYC skyline is our most popular volunteer location. Our farm hosts free field trips for school children and older adults throughout the year, and we donate the food we grow to food pantries.
Volunteers help us with farm maintenance like planting, harvesting, watering, weeding, and preparing food for donations, as well as building and art projects. -
Grant Reading for Community Gardens (Virtual)
Want to help us choose our next batch of projects? Every spring, we get dozens of worthy submissions from NYC groups interested in having GrowNYC build them a publicly accessible garden. Help us read those applications and hear about the interesting and unique garden projects New Yorkers are proposing. You’ll read 2-4 applications, submit your feedback in a rubric, and will be kept in the loop as we progress through selecting and building out some new gardens within 4-6 months!
Ready to Rally Your Team?
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with GrowNYC! We work with corporate groups of any size on volunteer projects all across New York City. Building urban farms, planting in community gardens, educational events, and starting new school gardens are all projects that GrowNYC’s corporate volunteers have tackled.
Simply fill out a volunteer application today and someone will contact you soon.
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