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Places Parks Tompkins Sq. Park southwest corner - managed by Friends of Tompkins Square Park(vol) Inwood Hill Swindler Cove Pelham Bay Park Alley Park Marine Park(vol) Forest Park Brower Park - monarch garden Prospect Park Battery Park - food forest Roosevel...

General community gardening skills: The GreenThumb website provides online resources and a variety of workshops on skills ranging from carpentry to garden design. https://www.nycgovparks.org/greenthumb/resources Taking care of tree beds: The Street Tree Care C...

Reference books Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes Thomas Rainer & Claudia West The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia Messinger Carril Botany for Gardeners Brian C...

Books Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast by Michael Wojtech Identifying Trees of the East: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America by Michael D. Williams Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, Michael A Dirr Zines (available in garden library) Tr...

You're walking around the city and you encounter some plants - maybe a park, a community garden, a street tree, abandoned lot, or even a weed growing in a sidewalk crack. There are maybe some animals, insects, and humans as well. What sort of plants are these?...

Community gardens use technology for communications, planning, management, and storing and sharing knowledge. Here, we refer to community gardens that serve as community centers: spaces for rest, relaxation, play, activism, local arts & culture, educational wo...