- Brooklyn Botanic Garden <BBG.org> -
1000 Washington Ave. (between Empire Boulevard and Eastern Parkway),
Brooklyn, NY 11225
(718) 623-7200
- Casa del Sol <CasaDelSol.org> - This seems to be a South Bronx garden related site as it was linked from other NYC gardening sites. But info is lacking on their web site.
- 2001 April 29Su
- Clinton Community Garden <ClintonCommunityGarden.org> -
P.O. Box 214, New York, NY 10108-0214
- Earth Celebrations <EarthCelebrations.com> - "preserving the gardens of New York through art and community action"
web site excerpts: "Earth Celebrations, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering ecological awareness through the arts. Earth Celebrations responds to the growing need to reconnect art with our lives, community, and the social responsibility we all share for the preservation of a natural and ecologically balanced world! Art does not only have to reflect life, but can effect it too, by inspiring people's imagination and bringing them together to address crucial issues. Right here in New York City, where we may often feel disconnected from the natural world, we are also part of a unique ecosystem, one where we can curb our production of waste, pollution, and environmental destruction, as well as restore the ecological balance in our city. Earth Celebrations programs include: theatrical pageants, educational art & ecology workshops for youth and adults, artist residencies, exhibitions, web-site, video programs, creative advocacy campaigns, and partnerships with schools, community centers, and gardens. Since 1991, Earth Celebrations has been working to preserve the network of over 50 community gardens on the Lower East Side of New York City through innovative and creative programs, pageants, and workshops. Earth Celebrations inspires the community to cultivate its diverse cultural traditions, invent new multi-cultural myths and symbols, document and perform their own local histories, and create art to preserve the earth, build community, and celebrate life!"
Earth Celebrations, Inc., 20 E 9th St. #10D, New York, NY 10003
(212) 777-7969
- Green Guerillas <GreenGuerillas.org> -
web site excerpts: "Green Guerillas was founded in 1973 by a group of spirited visionaries who cleared and reclaimed a vacant, rubble-strewn lot on New York’s Lower East Side – now known as the Liz Christy Bowery Houston Garden. Since that time, we have helped thousands of people throughout New York City transform abandoned lots into vibrant community gardens that not only beautify a neighborhood, but serve as outdoor environmental, educational, cultural and social centers. Where other people see abandoned lots and barren rooftops we see community gardens."
Green Guerillas, 151 West 30th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 594 2155
- Green Thumb <GreenThumbNYC.org> - City of New York Parks & Recreation
GreenThumb, 49 Chambers Street, Rm 1020, New York, NY 10007
(212) 788-8070
- La Plaza Cultural <LaPlazaCultural.org> -
web site excerpts: "La Plaza Cultural, is a unique open green space-combining a
neighborhood garden, performance space and cultural center which is free
to the public-serving the community for more than 25 years. La Plaza is one of 15 gardens that participates in The City Farms, a city-wide network of community gardens, providing organic produce and nutritional education to the hungry. La Plaza is a registered Backyard Wildlife Habitat-with its six-story
willows trees-give shade and shelter to humans and wildlife. La Plaza has been home to artists, including Tito Puente, Buckminster Fuller, Gordon Matta Clark, Keith
Haring, Robert Wise.
location: SW corner of Ninth St. and Ave. C
- More Gardens <MoreGardens.org> - "creating thriving green community spaces in New York City"
(212) 330-6851
- The New York Botanical Garden <NYBG.org> -
- Trees New York <TreesNY.com -
web site excerpts: "Our mission is to plant, preserve, protect and care for New York's trees through education and action. We are active in all five boroughs of New York City and the surrounding region.Why trees? Urban Forests make city life more tolerable. Trees add beauty and soften the angular look of city streets. Trees provide cleaner air
by removing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen and trapping pollutants. Shading in the summer and solar heating in the winter provide climate control and energy savings. Finally, city trees aid community health by increasing property values by up to 20%
and adding to the attractiveness of a neighborhood by acting as sound barriers and screening unpleasant views. Trees are the prime providers of clean air, climate control, pollution abatement, community health, energy savings, and stabilized property
values."
Trees New York, 51 Chambers Street, Suite 1412A,
New York, New York 10007
(212) 227-1887
.