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Resources for Community Gardeners
Find everything you need to operate and maintain a successful GreenThumb community garden! Help your community garden thrive with events, materials, and more.
Gardener Information
Read The GreenThumb Gardeners’ Handbook
The Handbook is your guide to operating and maintaining a successful GreenThumb community garden.
Hold a Public Event
Your garden group can submit event requests in advance in order to help promote and support your public event and learn about the needed permits.
Request Materials
Request standard garden materials including soil, compost, woodchips, and lumber.
Gardening Workshops
Help grow a greener city! Join free gardening workshops at community gardens across New York City to learn from our staff, partners, and expert community gardeners.
Registration Requirements
Garden groups must have several documents in order and up to date to become and remain eligible for support from GreenThumb.
Free Online Resource Guides
GreenThumb supports community gardeners through free public educational workshops and materials. Access GreenThumb’s instructional videos, handouts, and other resources to deepen your knowledge around growing food, basic horticulture, garden design, and organizing your garden group. These resources are for everyone: garden members, students, teachers, backyard gardeners, and the public!
Learn about composting, crop planning, building raised beds, starting seeds, and everything else you need to know to get started growing your own food in the city.
Planting native plants and other perennials help the local environment and make an attractive landscape at the garden.
Learn how to design and build a garden that adapts to urban conditions and is accessible to gardeners and visitors.
Explore our workshop handouts and webinar recordings on topics related to group development and learn how to organize your garden group and build capacity.
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