- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Spots available: 10+
Garden Workday at Amboy Street Garden
ORGANIZATION: NYC Parks GreenThumb
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
Spots available: 10+
Saturday, October 12, 2024
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
208 Amboy St, Brooklyn, NY 11212
GreenThumb community gardens are developed, led, and cared for by dedicated volunteers who critically upkeep community gardens as public green spaces.
Amboy Street Garden is a spacious, thriving green space in Brownsville, Brooklyn where an active garden group enjoys vibrant pollinator gardens, 44 food-growing plots, fruit trees and berry bushes, and an inviting space to sit and commune with nature.
Join GreenThumb gardeners and staff for a volunteer day to remove invasive weeds, plant pollinators, and spread wood chips! Volunteers will learn seasonal garden maintenance and how to join a GreenThumb community garden. Gloves and tools will be provided. Bring water, snacks, and clothes and shoes/boots you don't mind getting dirty. Please note that this activity is outdoors and may require bending, kneeling, and lifting heavy material.
Groups should contact the volunteer coordinator at Kyleen.Sanchez@parks.nyc.gov before signing up.
This event is co-hosted by NYC Parks GreenThumb. We are proud to be the nation’s largest urban community gardening program, sustaining over 550 gardens throughout New York City. With GreenThumb’s support, community gardens are centers of environmental justice, ensuring that our city is fairer, safer, and greener for all. GreenThumb’s events are free and open to the public.
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About NYC Parks GreenThumb
Location:
100 Gold Street, Suite 3100, New York, NY 10038, US
Mission Statement
Established in 1978, GreenThumb is proud to be the nation's largest urban gardening program, sustaining over 550 community gardens and supporting thousands of volunteer gardeners throughout New York City. GreenThumb gardens create hubs of neighborhood pride and provide a myriad of environmental, economic and social benefits to the neighborhoods in which they thrive. GreenThumb's mission is to support and educate community gardens and urban farming across the five boroughs, while preserving open space. By providing free garden materials, technical assistance, educational workshops, and seasonal programs, GreenThumb supports neighborhood volunteers who steward community gardens as active resources that strengthen communities.
Description
GreenThumb was initiated in response to the city’s financial crisis of the 1970s, which resulted in the abandonment of public and private land. The majority of GreenThumb gardens were derelict vacant lots renovated by volunteers. These community gardens, now managed by neighborhood residents, provide important green space, thus improving air quality, bio-diversity, and the well-being of residents.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
208 Amboy StreetBrooklyn, NY 11212
DATE POSTED
September 27, 2024
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
- Environmental Education
- Farming
- Botany
- Gardening
- Horticulture
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
- Private Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 13
- 4 hours
- Volunteers under the age of 18 need to have an adult guardian present. All volunteers must complete a volunteer waiver at the volunteer event.
Private Group Details
- Group Size Range 1 - 10
- Event can be held at a volunteer group location (e.g. office, park)
- No Donation