This is the NYC Parks Report on the DeWitt Clinton Children's Farm Garden: http://www.hellskitchennyc.com/html/farmgarden.htm Chronology of the Park up to 1998: http://www.hellskitchennyc.com/html/timeline.htm Update on volunteer Community gardening in DeWitt Clinton Park from Partnerships for Parks Website: Kathleen Garman- - DeWitt Clinton Park Kathleen Garman is the Head Gardener of the beautiful Maria Perennial Garden in DeWitt Clinton Park. Under her direction, a weed and bottle-strewn space was transformed into picture-perfect parkland. This year, The Rose Garden was created and next year's "Olde Orchard Hill" is being planned. Kathleen has been central in coordinating the "It's My Park!" Days and the Daffodil Project. Thanks to Kathleen, the recently produced Dewitt Clinton Park "Map and Guide" is filled is with historical information about the park. She was also instrumental in the group receiving a Kaplan Grant, to cover the cost of new fencing, pathway reconstruction and the installation of an irrigation system in DeWitt Clinton Park. Ms. Garman and other in the neighborhood have joined other park residents in the creation of the DeWitt Clinton Park Conservancy, an advocacy, and grass roots volunteer group working in tandem with the NYC Parks Dept & Partnerships for Parks to completely renovate the park, maintain its new childrens garden, keeps its dog run running ( bad pun) and to make its very active ballfields accessible to children of the neighborhood. The DeWitt Clinton Parks Conservancy, in tandem with the Hudson River Park Conservancy, Manhattan Community Board 4, the Parks Dept, the NYS/NYC Depts of Traffic is working to create a pedestrian bridge from DeWitt Clinton Park to the new Hudson River Park over the very busy, and dangerous Miller/West Side/Joe DiMaggio Highway so all New Yorkers and visitors can enjoy both spaces without risking life and limb. Best Regards, Adam Honigman Vice President DeWitt Clinton Park Conservancy ACGA rank-and-file member Despite the cutting up of the space by Robert Moses to create the Miller Highwa -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org Sent: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:09 AM Subject: [Community_garden] wanted: community garden photos-early 20th century/Touch the Soil
Hi everyone, If anyone has any photos of community gardens or school gardens from the 1890s-WWI they would be able to scan and email me by Friday I would be most appreciative. They would be used in an article about early cg's for a magazine, Touch the Soil ( www.touchthesoil.com ). Or, if you have an interesting history tidbit you would like to share feel free to email me or give me a call. Check out the Nov/Dec issue of Touch the Soil for 2 beautiful glossy articles about community gardens! Thanks, Lexie * * * * * * * * * * Lexie Stoia Operations Administrator American Community Gardening Association 614-645-1880 www.communitygarden.org _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20061115/b15eece8/attachment.html
