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38th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference Part 2
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 at 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Get ready for three days of exciting hands-on workshops in NYC community gardens on:
- Wednesday, April 20 / Rain Date: Thursday, April 21
- Friday, April 22 / Rain Date: Saturday, April 23
- Saturday, April 23 / Rain Date: Sunday, April 24
Registration is now open for Part 2 of the 38th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference! Check out the map of workshops and the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.
Please do not register for multiple workshops that take place at the same time – we want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to sign up in advance! For information on accessibility, please contact Twywana Bush at twywana.bush@parks.nyc.gov.
Part 2 of the GreenThumb GrowTogether conference will be hosted in-person in community gardens in all five boroughs in celebration of Earth Week. Join us for workshops about growing food, healthy eating, native pollinators, flower arrangement, planting seeds, screen printing garden swag, volunteer projects, and more. All the activities are free and open to the public!
Established in 1978, NYC Parks GreenThumb is proud to be the nation’s largest urban gardening program, assisting over 550 gardens and over 20,000 volunteer gardeners throughout New York City.
The theme of this year’s GrowTogether is “Deeply Rooted: Growing Community Connections.” Community gardeners from across New York City have been gathering at the GrowTogether conference each spring since 1984 to celebrate the start of the garden season with a day of learning, networking, and reconnecting with friends. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference is hybrid this year, and we’re spreading it out over the course of two weeks. Part I took place virtually in February (watch all the webinar recordings here!) and Part 2 will be in community gardens around the city in April.
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DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
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BRONX
- Composting and Human Digestion | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Bathgate Community Garden
1818 Bathgate Avenue
BROOKLYN
- Kimchee Culture | 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Cooper Street Block Buster Block Association Community Garden
41 Cooper Street
- Sowing the Garden: Planting Workshop and Seed Distribution | 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.|
UCC Youth Farm
620 Schenck Avenue
- Plant Powered Nutrition for Vibrant Health | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Poppa and Momma Jones Historic Community Garden
337 Van Siclen Avenue
- Keeping Chickens in Our City Garden | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Tranquility Farm
659 Willoughby Avenue
- Tomato Heaven Part Two: Step Up, Harden Off, Plant Out | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
6/15 Green
274 15th Street
MANHATTAN
- Empowering Youth in Gardens | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Frank White Memorial Garden
506 West 143rd Street
- Children and Climate Change | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Vamos a Sembrar
198 Avenue B
- Natural Plant-Based Bath and Body Products | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
M’finda Kalunga Garden
179 Chrystie Street
QUEENS
- Tree Identification and Care | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Smiling Hogshead Ranch
25-30 Skillman Avenue
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DAY 2: FRIDAY, APRIL 22 (Earth Day
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BRONX
- Spring Foraging | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Concrete Plant Park
1357 Westchester Avenue
- High Tunnels in the City (Bus Tour) | 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
New Roots Community Farm, Garden of Happiness, Bissel Gardens
670 Grand Concourse
BROOKLYN
- Using iNaturalist for Community Gardens and Gardeners | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Vernon Cases Community Garden
48 Vernon Avenue
- Soap Making 101 | 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Phoenix Community Garden
16 Somers Street
- Black Gold and Other Stories: The Art and Science of Composting and Bokashi | 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Powell St. Community Garden
410 Livonia Avenue
MANHATTAN
- Garden Meditation | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
LaGuardia Corner Garden
511 LaGuardia Place
- Rat Academy: Keep Rats Out of Your Garden! | 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
(In the event of rain, this workshop will move to a virtual webinar.)
Carver Community Garden
242 East 124th Street
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DAY 3: SATURDAY, APRIL 23
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BRONX
- Urban Berry Management | 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Rivers Run Community Garden
675 Co Op City Boulevard
BROOKLYN
- Movement for Gardeners | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Good Life Garden
46 Goodwin Place
- Growing Mushrooms in Your Garden | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
First Quincy Street Community Garden
401 Quincy Street
- Strategies to Create Inclusive Nature Spaces | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Powers Street Community Garden
278 Powers Street
- Mono Print Using Plant-based Resist | 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Prospect Heights Community Farm
256 Saint Marks Avenue
- Earth Day Volunteer Day in East New York | 10:00 .m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sponsored by East New York Garden Advocates (multiple gardens)
MANHATTAN
- DIY Screen Printing Garden Swag | Noon – 4:00pm
9th & C Community Garden
703 East 9th Street
- Creating a Seed Start Mix | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Governors Island, Soil Start Farm @ Earth Matter
758 Enright Road
- Tea in the Garden | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Rev. Linnette C. Williamson Memorial Park
65 West 128th Street
- LUNGS Spring Awakening | All day
Sponsored by Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (multiple gardens)
- Social Mixer in the Garden | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez
East 9th Street & Avenue C
Celebrate the beginning of the gardening season and the close of the 38th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference together. All are welcome!
QUEENS
- It’s an EM1 World | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Paradise Community Garden
107-29 Inwood Street
- Crafting a Floral Centerpiece for Beginners | 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
LIC Roots Community Garden
1101 47th Avenue
STATEN ISLAND
- Meet and Greet New York City’s Native Pollinators | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Hill Street Community Garden
50 Hill Street
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DAY 4: SUNDAY, APRIL 24
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MANHATTAN
- Spring Sunday at Rockefeller Center
From Window to Table: Growing Microgreens at Home| 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Rockefeller Center
45 Rockefeller Plaza