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35th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogetherCUNY Graduate CenterMarch 30, 2019Conference GuideGreenThumb GrowTogether en Español, p. 18
PROGRAMRegistrationBreakfastOpening CeremonyOpening Ceremony en Español8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Dining Commons, 8th FloorDining Commons, 8th FloorProshansky Auditorium (C Level)Room C205 (C Level)Welcome: Bill LoSasso, Director of NYC Parks GreenThumbRemarks: Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, Hon. ASLA, NYC Parks CommissionerRemarks: Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough PresidentKeynote Address: Onika Abraham, Director of Farm School NYCT-shirt Design Contest Winner: Ruth MartinezMorning WorkshopsLunchLunch Meet-Up ALunchtime IntensivesLunch Meet-Up BAfternoon WorkshopsExhibitors / NetworkingT-shirt Pick-UpFollow GreenThumb on:FACEBOOK: @GreenThumbNYC10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.Noon - 1:15 p.m.Noon - 1:15 p.m.12:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.11:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.C Level, 5th, 6th, 8th, & 9th FloorsDining Commons, 8th FloorC Level, 5th, 6th, 8th, & 9th FloorsC Level, 5th, 6th, 8th, & 9th FloorsC Level, 5th, 6th, 8th, & 9th FloorsC Level, 5th, 6th, 8th, & 9th FloorsDining Commons, 8th FloorSkylight Conference Room, 9th FloorTWITTER: @greenthumbgrowsINSTAGRAM: @greenthumbgrowsShare your day at the 35th Annual GreenThumbGrowTogether on social media and use #GTGT2019.We will share some of your posts on our accountsin the coming weeks.Stop by Room C203 to view photos, publications,and past GrowTogether T-shirts fromGreenThumb’s archive. You can also: Get your community garden established on socialmedia! GreenThumb staff or a volunteer can helpyou set up an account today. Sign up to host events at Make Music New York(June 21) and on Open Garden Day NYC (July 20). Submit nominations for the 4th AnnualGreenThumb Garden Recognition Awards. Pick up seeds for the Harvest Fair Competitionat our 40th Annual Harvest Fair (Sept. 21). Bring your hydrant letter to get a hydrant permitfrom DEP.2GreenThumb GrowTogetherComparta su día en la 35ª edición anual deGreenThumb GrowTogether en las redes socialesy use la etiqueta #GTGT2019. En las próximassemanas, compartiremos algunas de suspublicaciones en nuestras cuentas.Visite la sala C203 para ver las fotos, publicacionesy camisetas anteriores de GrowTogether del archivode GreenThumb. También puede: ¡Mostrar su jardín comunitario en las redessociales! El personal de GreenThumb o unvoluntario pueden ayudarlo a configurar unacuenta hoy. Registrarse para presentar eventos en MakeMusic New York (Haga Música en Nueva York)el 21 de junio y en Open Garden Day NYC (Díade Jardín Abierto de NYC) el 20 de julio. Enviar las nominaciones para la 4ª entregaanual de los Premios de ReconocimientoGreenThumb Garden. Recoger semillas especiales para el Concursode la Feria de la Cosecha en nuestra 40ª feriaanual de cosecha el 21 de septiembre. Traiga su carta de hidrante para obtener unpermiso de hidrante del DEP.
WELCOME FROM BILL LOSASSO, DIRECTOR OF GREENTHUMBOn behalf of the entire team at NYC Parks GreenThumb, welcome to the 35th Annual GreenThumbGrowTogether! Community gardeners from across New York City have been gathering atGrowTogether each spring since 1984 to celebrate the start of the garden season with a dayof learning, networking, and reconnecting with friends.New York City is a very different place than when the doors opened for the first GrowTogether.The city has struggled and rallied. Gardens were lost and saved. But the one constant has beenthe dedication and perseverance of GreenThumb’s volunteer gardeners. For over 40 years,community gardens have strengthened neighborhoods across New York City, and for over 40years, GreenThumb has taken pride in supporting them in that effort.The theme of this year’s GrowTogether is “Roots, Shoots, and Fruits: Celebrating Generations ofGardening.” If the roots of a plant are what anchor and nourish it, then certainly GreenThumb’sroots are our volunteer gardeners, especially those who have been with us from the very beginning.Without you, there would be no GreenThumb. Because without you, there would be no gardens.It is your vision and perseverance that has brought us this far, and that is what inspires the nextgeneration of GreenThumb gardeners.We’re thrilled that you’ve joined us for GrowTogether 2019, and this year promises to be the bestone yet. As you enjoy the day, please take a minute to say hello to the GreenThumb staff (we’re allwearing pink) and let us know how we can continue to best support community gardening in NewYork City. Our job is to support you!I hope that you have a wonderful day with us, and we look forward to another great garden seasonin New York City.Best,Bill LoSassoDirector, GreenThumbGreenThumb staff at the 2018 GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference Photo by Daniel AvilaGreenThumb GrowTogether3
ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER:ONIKA ABRAHAMOnika Abraham is the director of Farm School NYC, whichoffers adults comprehensive, professional training insustainable agriculture that is grounded in social and foodjustice. A farmer and educator with more than 15 yearsof experience in nonprofit management, Onika completedthe Farm and Garden Apprenticeship and Certificate inEcological Horticulture at the Center for Agroecology andSustainable Food Systems (CASFS) in Santa Cruz, Calif.She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from GeorgetownUniversity and an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurshipfrom Baruch University. Onika is a founding memberof Black Urban Growers, and she lives and gardens inbeautiful Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with herhusband and son.ACERCA DE NUESTRA ORADORA PRINCIPAL:ONIKA ABRAHAMOnika es la directora de Farm School NYC, la cual ofrecePhoto courtesy of Farm School NYCa los adultos capacitación integral y profesional enagricultura sostenible basada en la justicia social y alimentaria. Onika, una agricultora y educadoracon más de 15 años de experiencia en gestión sin fines de lucro, completó el Programa de Aprendizajey Certificación en Horticultura Ecológica en el Centro de Agroecología y Sistemas AlimentariosSostenibles (Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, CASFS) en Santa Cruz,California. Obtuvo una Licenciatura de la Universidad de Georgetown y una Maestría en marketingy emprendimiento de la Universidad de Baruch. Onika es miembra fundadora de Black UrbanGrowers, y vive y trabaja en el hermoso barrio Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, con su esposo e hijo.4GreenThumb GrowTogether
GROWTOGETHER THROUGH THE YEARSClockwise from top left: Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer with NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver in 2015; Gerard Lordahl representsthe Cornell Cooperative Extension in 1985; a young participant at the 1996 Conference shows off their artwork; Marisa DeDominicis of EarthMatter NY demonstrates vermiculture in 2018.CUNY Graduate Center Room GuideProshansky Auditorium, Rooms C201-C205, C197, C198, C415AC LevelRooms 5382, 5383, 54175th FloorRooms 6417, 6421, 6496, 65966th FloorRooms 8203, 8301, 8304, 8400, 8402, Dining Commons8th FloorRooms 9204-9207, Skylight Conference Room9th FloorGreenThumb GrowTogether5
Morning Workshops10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. p. 8Lunchtime Meet-Up ANoon – 1:15 p.m. p. 12Featured PanelsLiving the Dream: Starting a FarmProshansky Auditorium (C Level)CultivatingCommunityEngagementCommunity Cats in our Community GardensRoom 8301Bronx Gardeners Meet-UpRoom C204Growing NYC’s Solidarity EconomyRoom C205Brooklyn Gardeners Meet-UpRoom C197Living Archives: Uncovering Grassroots Stories ofWomen and Cultivating Community Room 5383Manhattan and Staten Island Gardeners Meet-UpRoom C201Preserving Communities and DocumentingLocal Heritage Room 5382Queens Gardeners Meet-UpRoom 6421South American Indigenous Agroecology PracticesRoom 6496School Gardeners Meet-UpRoom 6494Financial andPolitical SupportMake It Rain: Getting Grants for your Green SpaceRoom 6495Food JusticeTracing and Reclaiming Southern CropsRoom 6417For Teachers andGarden EducatorsIt’s Not All Lettuce!Room 8304Gardening andHorticultureBeekeeping in NYC Room 8402Tracking Butterflies in NYC Community GardensRoom 6494Caribbean Vegetables Room 8203Climate-Friendly Gardening Room 5417Composting 101 Room 6421Crafting with Compost: Earthy Crafts for Every GardenRoom C201Garden Design with Perennial Edibles Room C415AGrowing Mushrooms in Gardens and at Home Room C198Herb Spirals and Straw Bales: Small Space GardeningMethods that Produce Bountiful Harvests Room C204Tomato Heaven Room 9206Welcoming Wildlife in Your Garden: Part 1 – InvitingWildlife Room 8400Making Things withPlants and HerbsHerbal Hand Sanitizer Room C197Herbal Soap Making Room 9204Make Your Own Herbal Bath Salts and Shower ScrubRoom 9205Natural Bath and Body Products Room 9207Information andResourcesGreenThumb Information Room C203 Get your community garden on social media! Sign up to host events at Make Music New York andOpen Garden Day NYC Submit nominations for our annual GreenThumb GardenRecognition Awards Pick up special seeds for the Harvest Fair Competition Bring your hydrant letter to get a hydrant permit from DEP6GreenThumb GrowTogetherLunchDining Commons, 8th FloorT-shirt Pick-up (until 3:30 p.m.)Sky Conference Room, 9th Floor
Lunchtime Workshop Intensives12:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. p. 13Lunchtime Meet-Up B1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. p. 12Afternoon Workshops3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. p. 14Growing for the Future: Learning fromBlack and Indigenous Farming PracticesProshansky Auditorium (C Level)Film Screening: Green StreetsRoom 6417Film Screening: City FarmersRoom 6496Film Screening: El Rincón Criollo A Tribute to José “Chema” SotoRoom 6495Training of Trainers with Farm School NYCRoom 9207Ask Bill! Room 8203Garden Coordinators Meet-UpRoom C202Garden Elders Meet-UpRoom 9206Oral Histories Projects Meet-UpRoom 5383Urban Farmers Meet-Up Room 8400Youth Meet-Up Room C205Breath and Meditation in the Community GardenRoom 8203Empowering Youth in Community GardensRoom C205Introduction to Off-Grid Solar for your CommunityGarden Room 6495Living Archives: Uncovering Grassroots Stories ofWomen and Cultivating Community Room 5383Urban Agriculture Policy and CommunityGardens Room 6417Beyond GreenThumb Room 6421Eminent Domain for Good Room 6496The Enterprising Garden: What’s OK to Sell andHow to Do It Room C198Consenting Hearts, Minds and Bodies inthe Garden Room 5382Composting as an Act of LiberationRoom 8304Healing and Restoration in CommunityGrowing Spaces Room 9205Seed Sovereignty in a Colonized FoodSystem (and a Seed Swap!) Room C198Uprooting Racism in the Community GardenRoom 5417Afro-Centric School Garden Lessons Room C201Food, Gardens, and Agriculture in YourClassroom Room 8402Multicultural Children’s Literature inthe Garden Room 8301Using Scientific Experimentation to OptimizeGrowth on a Hydroponics Farm Room C204Keeping your Garden Rat-FreeRoom C415ABrassica Pests Room 5417Building a Simple Rainwater Harvesting SystemRoom C197Cheap or Free Urban Gardening Room 9206Cultivating a Pollinator Garden Room 6494Garden Design with Perennial Edibles Room C415AThe Hip-Hop Hauler Room 5382Just Soil: A Community Science Partnership forLimiting the Legacy of Lead Room 9207Rebuilding Soils: Linking You to theNYC Compost Project Room C202Welcoming Wildlife in Your Gardens: Part II –Coexisting with Wildlife Room 8400Herbal Soap MakingRoom 9204Herbs for the AnxiousRoom 9205GreenThumb Information Room C203GreenThumb Information Room C203 Get your community garden on social media! Get your community garden on social media! Sign up to host events at Make Music NewYork and Open Garden Day NYC Sign up to host events at Make Music New Yorkand Open Garden Day NYC Submit nominations for our annualGreenThumb Garden Recognition Awards Submit nominations for our annual GreenThumbGarden Recognition Awards Pick up special seeds for the Harvest FairCompetition Pick up special seeds for the Harvest FairCompetition Bring your hydrant letter to get a hydrantpermit from DEP Bring your hydrant letter to get a hydrant permitfrom DEPGreenThumb GrowTogether7
Morning Workshops:10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Featured PanelLiving the Dream: Starting a Farm /Proshansky Auditorium (C Level)Thinking about scaling up, starting a farm, orretiring on a farm, but don’t know where to begin?Hear stories about the inspirations, challenges,and experiences of farmers who transitionedfrom life as NYC community gardeners and urbanfarmers to rural farmers. Rock Steady Farm &Flowers, Rise and Root Farm, and Truelove Seedsall still maintain close ties with and sell theirproduce and seeds back here in NYC, and considersocial justice as part of their mission. GreenThumbOutreach Coordinator Gregory Anderson willmoderate a conversation about what inspiredthem to do this work, what it was like accessingland, what the work is like, and how and why theystill remain tied to communities here in NYC.Moderator: Gregory Anderson (NYC ParksGreenThumb)Panelists: Rafael Aponte (Rocky Acres Community Farm) Maggie Cheney (Rock Steady Farm & Flowers) D. Rooney (Rock Steady Farm & Flowers) Owen Taylor (Truelove Seeds)Cultivating CommunityEngagementCommunity Cats in our Community Gardens /Room 8301Anja Krause (Mayor’s Alliance NY Feral CatInitiative)The feral and stray cat population in many NYCcommunity gardens can sometimes interferewith the use and enjoyment of our precious greenspaces. This workshop will provide an overviewof the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program andaddress the question of how to reduce theabundant cat population in our communities.Este taller se ofrecerá con traducción al español.Growing NYC’s Solidarity Economy /Room C205Evie Zavidow and Jess Turner (CooperativeEconomics Alliance of NYC)Explore how community gardeners can work withother collectively managed and democraticallygoverned initiatives throughout the city, likeworker, food, housing, and financial cooperatives,CSA programs, and land trusts.Living Archives: Uncovering Grassroots Storiesof Women and Cultivating Community /Room 5383LaTonya Jones and Raul Flores (NYC Departmentof Records and Information Services)Explore ways to capture and preserve the unknownnarratives of women in your community garden. Inthis workshop, gardeners will learn about the NYCDepartment of Records and Information Services’work with community gardens to document andcelebrate their experiences, how to interviewsomeone, what questions to ask to elicit memories,and how to permanently preserve these importantnarratives in the NYC Municipal Archives.Este taller se ofrecerá con traducción al español.Preserving Communities and DocumentingLocal Heritage / Room 5382Taina Evans and Acacia Thompson (BrooklynPublic Library)Explore Brooklyn Public Library’s oral history/community scanning events as part of the OurStreets, Our Stories oral history project. Attendeeswill learn preservation methodologies to documenttheir own garden’s history.South American Indigenous AgroecologyPractices / Room 6496Katharhy G. (Victor Flores) (EnvironmentalSciences Analytical Center, Brooklyn College)This workshop will help us understand ourrelationship to agroecosystems and the immediateenvironment by exploring a 1000-year-old socialecology practice in Andean indigenous communitiesof Ecuador.Este taller se puede ofrecer con traducción alespañol, portugués, y quechua a pedido.8GreenThumb GrowTogether
Financial and Political SupportMake It Rain: Getting Grants for your GreenSpace / Room 6495Lindsay Sierra (Partnerships for Parks)Learn the basic components of writing a grantand about some financial resources available forcommunity garden projects.Este taller se ofrecerá con traducción al español.Food JusticeTracing and Reclaiming Southern Crops /Room 6417Maya Stansberry and Shannon Burgher(KCC Urban Farm)Learn about the rich agricultural and culinaryhistory of Southern American cuisine! See howsustaining our communities is rooted in traditionsplanted by our ancestors.For Teachers and GardenEducatorsIt’s Not All Lettuce! / Room 8304Manna Hara, Shari Rose, and Gabrielle Hayes(City Parks Foundation - Learning Gardens)One of the goals of Learning Gardens is to engage,inspire, and teach youth in our gardens. Thisworkshop will highlight varieties of leafy greensthat can be planted year-round, both indoors andoutdoors. A recognizable crop for all ages, leafygreens are easy to grow, have nutritional andagricultural benefits, and are delicious to eat.Tracking Butterflies in NYC CommunityGardens / Room 6494Katie Grassle (Citizens Committee for New YorkCity), Chrissy Word (City Parks Foundation),Ursula Chanse (Bronx Green-Up), and DinaGarcia (New Roots Community Farm)This interactive workshop on butterflies introduces anexciting citizen science project for adults and youth.Learn about these amazing creatures and how toprovide long-term data to support their conservation.Este taller se ofrecerá con traducción al español.GreenThumb GrowTogether9
Gardening, Composting, andHorticultureGarden Design with Perennial Edibles /Room C415ABeekeeping in NYC / Room 8402Do you want to grow superfoods in yourcommunity garden? Gardening with perennialedible plants can be easy with some guidance.Learn about some locally adapted fruits, nuts,and vegetables and how to harvest nutrientdense, delicious crops year after year.Gemma Garcia (St. John Cantius CommunityGarden), Sara Jones (LaGuardia Corner Gardens),and Liane Newton (nycbeekeeping.org)Curious about what it takes to keep honey bees inyour community garden? Join longtime beekeepersfor an introduction to the world of bees and learnabout what it takes to be a beekeeper.Caribbean Vegetables / Room 8203Marlene Wilks (Triple R Garden)Learn how to grow a variety of Caribbean cropsthat thrive in this region. This workshop willcover how to plant some Caribbean vegetableshere in New York City, as well as some of theirmedicinal benefits.Climate-Friendly Gardening / Room 5417Shawn Connell and Spencer Harbo (GrowNYC)This workshop will demonstrate how to reduceyour garden’s climate footprint and tips on howto make your garden a model for responding toclimate change in your community.Composting 101 / Room 6421Jenae Joseph, Malcom Reid, Al Reid, RemarlWilkinson, Jefferey Smith, and Tamara Davis(Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger –Saratoga Farm)What exactly is compost, and how do you do it?Join us for an introduction to composting in thecity. We’ll be covering several types of compostmethods, from vermicomposting to yard trimmings.Crafting with Compost: Earthy Crafts forEvery Garden / Room C201Vanessa Ventola (NYC Compost Project hosted byQueens Botanical Garden) and Lia Lucero (NYCCompost Project hosted by LES Ecology Center)Compost can be used for so much more thantopping off your raised beds each season! Learnfun uses for compost in potting mixes, startingvegetables, and making wildflower seed balls.10GreenThumb GrowTogetherJohn Paul LearnGrowing Mushrooms in Gardens and at Home /Room C198Yolanda Gonzalez (Cornell Cooperative Extension)and Jie Jin (Curiouseed)Mushrooms are a wonderful crop to grow in thecity, and can be incorporated into many existinggrowing systems to offer healthy, nutritious, andmedicinal food to people and community. Thisworkshop will offer gardeners and farmers of allsizes insight into a wide range of both outdoor andindoor growing methods for mushroom production,including a hands-on demonstration of growingoyster mushrooms using toilet paper rolls.This workshop is offered with Chinese translation.
Herb Spirals and Straw Bales: Small SpaceGardening Methods that Produce BountifulHarvests / Room C204Carolyn Zezima and Chris Batenhurst (CamposCommunity Garden)An herb spiral is a permaculture garden that usesa spiral of rocks or bricks to contain soil and otherfiller to grow a diverse array of herbs. Strawbales are another fun and easy way for new andexperienced gardeners of all ages to grow lotsof health
offers adults comprehensive, professional training in sustainable agriculture that is grounded in social and food justice. A farmer and educator with more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit management, Onika completed the Farm and Garden Apprenticeship and Certificate in Ecological Horticulture at the Center for Agroecology and
El equipo de Planificación y Programas de GreenThumb sienta las bases para el éxito a largo plazo de GreenThumb y ofrece a los jardineros acceso a las habilidades, apoyos y recursos que necesitan para prosperar. Además de dirigir el esfuerzo de GreenThumb para expandir nuestro alcance e impacto, este
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The 2019 Edition of the GreenThumb Gardeners' Handbook answers frequently asked questions regarding a variety of topics, including accepting donations, selling garden produce, tree pruning, and garden bylaws. The handbook is a one-stop-shop for all GreenThumb, NYC Parks, NYC, and NY State policies and laws that govern community gardens in the
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