Many thanks to all who helped make the Community Gardeners Forum 2010 a huge success!
Post-Forum reports, images, and videos coming soon!
Saturday February 6, 2010
The New School 66 West 12th St NYC • 9:00am - 4:30pm
9:00-11:30am, Wollman Hall: Keynote Speaker Livia Marqués (Director, USDA People's Garden Initiative); Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. SOLD OUT!
12:30-4:30pm, New School Auditorium: Panel Discussion about the future of our city's gardens with key players from local and state agencies including Christina Grace (NYS Office of Community Gardens), Edie Stone (Director, GreenThumb), Melissa Mark-Viverito (City Council Committee on Parks & Recreation), Aresh Javadi (More Gardens!, NYCCGC), followed by breakout sessions/ACGA Workshop, and a wrap-up session at 4:00pm. Wine & cheese reception to follow.
Sunday February 7, 2010
12:00-5:00pm, Wollman Hall: Join Amanda Maria Edmonds (executive Director, Growing Hope) and ACGA President Bobby Wilson for a taste of ACGA's outstanding "Growing Communities" workshop series. Seating is limited! [flyer].
Read up about the current community garden movement
and ways we are looking at to make our gardens permanent
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2010 NYCCGC Community Gardeners Forum
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| Links for Further Reading: "The Agreement" This is the Memorandum of Agreement between NYS Attorney General and New York City currently protecting many of our gardens from development and set to expire in September 2010. Profile of Keynote Speaker Livia Marqués from USDA Publications; Peoples Garden Initiative project homepage. Well-written history of NYC's community gardens on the NOSC (Neighborhood Open Space Coalition) website. |
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