Post Settlement NYC Community Garden News

Friends,

This missive from the MoreGardens! folks is interesting, because it shows how 
gardeners are interacting with Bronx politicians, and sustainable housing 
groups like Nos Quedamos in the Melrose Section of the Bronx  in this post 2002 
NYC Attorney General/NYC Community Gardening Settlement  environment.   Urban 
Community gardeners are realizing that increasingly, the survival of their 
gardens requires them to be involved in the larger community planning process of 
their neighborhoods and cities.  

Interestingly, it seems that "green roofs" are more and more on the agenda. 

1)  The NYC Community Garden Settlement: 

<A HREF="http://www.oag.state.ny.us/environment/community_gardens_sum.html";>
Community Garden Settlement</A>


2) On Nos Quedamos" 

<A HREF="http://www.sustainable.org/casestudies/SIA_PDFs/SIA_New_York.pdf";>
Nos Quedamos in Melrose, Bronx</A>


3) Sustainability:

<A HREF="http://www.sustainable.org/";>Sustainable Communities Network</A> 

Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
Volunteer, 
 <A HREF="http://www.clintoncommunitygarden.org/";>Clinton Community Garden</A>
 











<< Subj:     CYBERGARDENS: More gardens! Exciting Events!
 Date:  8/14/03 6:05:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time
 From:  aresh@moregardens.org (aresh)
 Reply-to:  cybergardens@treebranch.com
 To:    cybergardens@treebranch.com (CYBERGARDENS Mailing List)
 
    
 
 
   South Bronx Garden Summer, info call 917 518 9987
 
 
 Garden Guerrila Theater
 More Gardens! Slide show, Music and Puppet workshop
 When: Thursday August 14th, 7pm
 Where: ABC No Rio 156 Rivington, by Clinton Street, Manhattan, Subway 
 Delancey Stop
 Creative Resistance Summer Camp/Voices in the Wilderness with More 
 Gardens!, for all the events goto vitw.org <vitw.org>
 
 Festival de los Agricultores
 What: Rincon Criollo hosting this wonderful festival with music,free 
 food, surprises.
 When:Saturday 8/16, 1pm - sunset
 Directions: Rincon Criollo Garden on E. 158th St and Brook
 take 2/5 to 149th and 3rd Ave, walk up 3rd Avenue to 158th then one 
 block right/east OR the D/4 to Yankee Stadium/161st St ... walk east on 
 161st
 
 
 1. Gardening All Tuesdays, Thursdays, and most Saturdays, Gardening in 
 the lushest, most forest-like garden, dense and deep deep green -- and 
 wild, abandoned, awaiting you :
 The Courtlandt Garden on E. 158th St between Melrose and Courtlandt
 take 2/5 to 149th and 3rd Ave, walk up Melrose OR the D/4 to Yankee 
 Stadium/161st St ... walk east on 161st
 
 2. Puppetmaking thru the summer, Aug 18-22 at ABC No Rio 156 Rivington 
 Street, Delancey Subway Stop
 other weeks Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays (afternoons) in El Jardin 
 del Paraiso, E. 4th to E. 5th, between Aves C and D -- or if it rains at 
 107 Suffolk Street 5th floor
 call Lisa (917) 612-3632 or 212-674-0664
 
 3. COME to the next More Gardens! meeting Monday August 18th at 7 pm,
 lots to discuss, share food and plan for the unfolding of the dream of 
 More Gardens!,
 if weather allows we will meet in El Paraiso; else at Aresh's, 79 
 Clinton St. #17 at SW corner of Delancey, take F to Delancey and then 1 
 block North 1 block East
 
 
 
   To Do by phone:
 
 
 1.Call Nos Quedamos Phone # 718 585 2323 - Director: Yolanda Garcia
 Thank and encourage Nos Quedamos for sitting down and talking to 
 community gardens, we need to make sure most of the 26 community gardens 
 are made permanent where they are - especially Rincon Criollo. Melrose 
 Commons has the highest particulate matter and South Bronx the highest 
 national Asthma
 
 There are over 2000 local resident signatures as well as a large group 
 of buisness and spiritual leaders in support of the Melrose Community 
 Gardens!
 
 2. Call Councilmember Serrano - (718) 402-6130
 Thank him and ask him to improve the Melrose Common Plan and make All 26 
 community gardens in the Melrose area Permanent and to create More! 
 South Bronx has the highest Asthma rate in the Nation!
 
 3. Call To Mayor Bloomberg to make HPD friendly to Housing and Community 
 Gardens - Now!
 
 Please call Mayor Mike at 212-788-3000 and ask him to tell HPD to ENJOY 
 the community gardens, LET the over 100 remaining endangered gardens 
 become permanent alongside permanent homeless and low income housing. 
 Also to allow the Parks Dept to accept new community garden (GreenThumb) 
 leases. We now have 500 permanent community gardens! The work has just 
 begun, NYC needs to be sustainable, 5000 more gardens needed, on 
 rooftops, subways, relivened streets, SUV's, ....
 
 
   Become
 
 an Intern or a Volunteer for More Gardens!; We need Gardeners, 
 activists, teachers, students, artists, musicians and you!
 
 
   Donate
 
 money to the More Gardens! Coalition - Call 917-518-9987 or 
 212-533-8019, we put it to more green u >>
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  • Subject: CYBERGARDENS: More gardens! Exciting Events!
  • From: aresh a*@moregardens.org
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:41:50 -0400
 

South Bronx Garden Summer, info call 917 518 9987


Garden Guerrila Theater
 More Gardens! Slide show, Music and Puppet workshop
When: Thursday August 14th, 7pm
Where: ABC No Rio 156 Rivington, by Clinton Street, Manhattan, Subway Delancey Stop
Creative Resistance Summer Camp/Voices in the Wilderness with More Gardens!, for all the events goto vitw.org

Festival de los Agricultores
What: Rincon Criollo hosting this wonderful festival with music,free food, surprises.
When:Saturday 8/16, 1pm - sunset
Directions: Rincon Criollo Garden on E. 158th St and Brook
take 2/5 to 149th and 3rd Ave, walk up 3rd Avenue to 158th then one block right/east OR the D/4 to Yankee Stadium/161st St ... walk east on 161st


1. Gardening All Tuesdays, Thursdays, and most Saturdays, Gardening in the lushest, most forest-like garden, dense and deep deep green -- and wild, abandoned, awaiting you :
The Courtlandt Garden on E. 158th St between Melrose and Courtlandt
take 2/5 to 149th and 3rd Ave, walk up Melrose OR the D/4 to Yankee Stadium/161st St ... walk east on 161st

2. Puppetmaking thru the summer, Aug 18-22 at ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street, Delancey Subway Stop
other weeks Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays (afternoons) in El Jardin del Paraiso, E. 4th to E. 5th, between Aves C and D -- or if it rains at 107 Suffolk Street 5th floor
call Lisa (917) 612-3632 or 212-674-0664

3. COME to the next More Gardens! meeting Monday August 18th at 7 pm,
lots to discuss, share food and plan for the unfolding of the dream of More Gardens!,
if weather allows we will meet in El Paraiso; else at Aresh's, 79 Clinton St. #17 at SW corner of Delancey, take F to Delancey and then 1 block North 1 block East



To Do by phone:


1.Call Nos Quedamos Phone # 718 585 2323 - Director: Yolanda Garcia
Thank and encourage Nos Quedamos for sitting down and talking to community gardens, we need to make sure most of the 26 community gardens are made permanent where they are - especially Rincon Criollo. Melrose Commons has the highest particulate matter and South Bronx the highest national Asthma

There are over 2000 local resident signatures as well as a large group of buisness and spiritual leaders in support of the Melrose Community Gardens!

2. Call Councilmember Serrano - (718) 402-6130
Thank him and ask him to improve the Melrose Common Plan and make All 26 community gardens in the Melrose area Permanent and to create More! South Bronx has the highest Asthma rate in the Nation!

3. Call To Mayor Bloomberg to make HPD friendly to Housing and Community Gardens - Now!

Please call Mayor Mike at 212-788-3000 and ask him to tell HPD to ENJOY the community gardens, LET the over 100 remaining endangered gardens become permanent alongside permanent homeless and low income housing. Also to allow the Parks Dept to accept new community garden (GreenThumb) leases. We now have 500 permanent community gardens! The work has just begun, NYC needs to be sustainable, 5000 more gardens needed, on rooftops, subways, relivened streets, SUV's, ....


Become

an Intern or a Volunteer for More Gardens!; We need Gardeners, activists, teachers, students, artists, musicians and you!

Donate

money to the More Gardens! Coalition - Call 917-518-9987 or 212-533-8019, we put it to more green use!


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