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Apr 10 2026Virtual GrowNYC Plant Sale Order Deadline
ATTENTION COMMUNITY GARDENERS: Every year since 1986, GrowNYC’s Annual Spring Plant Sale has provided community groups with perennial and annual flowering plants, herbs, and vegetable seedlings from Greenmarket...
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Mar 11 2026Virtual Spring Preparation for School Gardens
Spring is almost here! Learn to prepare your school garden for the spring season. As the weather warms, spring is a crucial time for school gardens. Thoughtful planning ensures your school garden community can learn...
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Feb 24 2026Virtual Hands-On Garden Skills & Curriculum Integration
Discover how your school garden can become one of your most powerful teaching tools. In this workshop, educators will dig into real gardening skills while learning creative, standards-aligned ways to connect planting,...
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School Gardens Handbook
This GrowNYC School Gardens Handbook is a compilation of 10+ years of experience working with over 1K schools in all five boroughs. We’ve distilled best practices, resources, technical considerations, and more into one place. It is meant to be a starting point,...
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A Year in the Life of a School Garden
Maintaining a school garden isn’t as simple as it looks; multiple facets are involved and tasks are not always linear. In this guide we detail those garden tasks for each month and go behind the scenes with garden committee meetings, budgeting, events, fundraising,...
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Indoor Seeding Starting Guide
Seed starting is the process of sowing seeds indoors during the late winter or early spring, weeks before transplanting outdoors in the warmer spring temperatures. Use this handbook to learn the process for starting seeds indoors, the necessary supplies, the science...
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