- Subject: Fwd: CYBERGARDENS: Laura Braddock Community Gardener
- From: A*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:47:04 EDT
- Full-name: Adam36055
Friends,
I'd like to share with the American Community Gardening Listserve the
following press release.
One of the small, unexpected treasure's of NYC's community gardens is the
turtle pond at the Liz Christy Garden in the Bowery. Laura Braddock was
central to making this happen in an area where bottles of Night Train and
prowling real estate developers are more common.
This award is particularly important to this garden, possibly the first of
the new community gardens to bloom through the work of the NYC Green Guerilla
movement during the early seventies. Official recognition like this is
always helpful as another exhibit for governmental hearing table
documentation. (I'm also very pleased that Laura Braddock has another star in
her crown.)
Until recently, a two lane road had been proposed by NYC planning to bisect
this small garden as a thoroughfare to a proposed new shopping district.,
part of the Cooper's Square Development plan. Fortunately, citywide garden
organization and neighborhood lobbying to the local community board, elected
and appointed officials, petitions and the sheer beauty of the garden seem
to have prevailed with NYC's Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development.
The loveliness of this garden and its' wonderful, year-round turtle pond are
an inspiration to anyone who wants to recreate natural beauty in an urban
badland.
Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
volunteer, Clinton Community Garden
- Subject: CYBERGARDENS: Laura Braddock Community Gardener
- From: D*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 20:04:21 EDT
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News from the CYBERGARDENS mailing list
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Laura Braddock is given voluntary award by the National Recreation and Parks
association
Ashburn, VA - The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is proud to
announce the winners of its 2001 national award programs. These awards will
be presented at the 2001 NRPA Congress & Exposition to be held in Denver, CO
from October 3-7. A booklet that overviews each of these award winners will
be distributed at the Congress.
National Voluntary Service Award:
Laura Braddock - New York, NY
Ms. Braddock has also won the EPA Environmental Achievement in 1998
EPA HONORS NEW YORKERS FOR OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS
FOR RELEASE: Thursday, April 23, 1998
EPA Region 2 presents Environmental Quality Awards annually to
individuals, nonprofit groups, educators, businesspeople, government
officials and journalists from New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands who have made significant contributions to improving
the quality of the environment in the region. Winners are chosen by an
internal panel that reviews nominations submitted from inside and outside
the Agency.
Environmental Quality Award Winners: New York
Individuals
Laura Braddock, New York City
As a member of the Liz Christy Bowery Houston Garden, Laura has helped
her community develop gardens and open space. Traditionally,
this community had no resources to build gardens. Laura lent them her
technical expertise and provided the only turtle pond with nine red eared
sliders open to the public in Manhattan.
She is not only fostering a community appreciation for the
environment, she is also beautifying the city -- one garden at a time.
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