Resources

The following are websites that may be of of interest to community garden members. If you have any resources to add, send them to us!

Gardening Guides

2019 GreenThumb Program Guide (PDF)
Farmers’ Almanac Gardeners’ Planting Table
Newsletter from the National Gardening Association

Gardening in New York City

NYC Garden Maps
New York City’s Gardens: A Timeline

NYC Garden and Open Space Organizations

GrowNYC OASIS Community Garden Mapping Project
Green Guerillas
GreenThumb
New York City Community Gardens Coalition
New York Restoration Project
OASIS Community Garden Resources
NYC Mayors Office of Resilience (GreeNYC)
Trust for Public Land (New York City Gardens)

NYC Community Gardens

6/15 Green
6BC Botanical Garden
6th & B Garden 
9th Street Community Garden (Email)
11 BC Community Garden
Brooklyn Bears Community Gardens
Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park
Clinton Community Garden
Creative Little Garden
El Sitio Feliz/ Union Settlement Assoc. 
Greene Acres Community Garden
Hattie Carthan Community Garden
Hollenback Community Garden
JFK High School – Enchanted Garden 
La Familia Verde
La Perla Garden
La Plaza Cultural
LaGuardia Corner Gardens
Liz Christy Garden
M’finda Kalunga Garden
Red Shed Garden
The Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden (RING)
Summit Street Garden
Two Coves Community Garden
West 104th Street Community Garden
Woodbine Street Block Association Garden

Books

Allotment Gardening by Susan Berger
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, and Steven L. Hopp
City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America by Laura J. Lawson
The Curious Gardener’s Almanac: Centuries of Practical Garden Wisdom by Niall Edworthy
Our Community Garden by Barbara Pollak (Children’s)
Farmers’ Almanac 2008
Garden Guide: New York City by Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry
Gardening for Dummies (several books in the series including Basics, Organic Gardening and editions on specific plant types)
Gardening for the Future of the Earth by Howard-Yana Phd Shapiro and John Harrisson
Greening the City Streets: The Story of Community Gardens by Barbara A. Huff and Peter Ziebel
Growing Home: Stories of Ethnic Gardening by Susan Davis Price
Loisaida: NYC Community Gardens by Michela Pasquali
Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth by Barbara Berst Adams
Month-By-Month Gardening in New York : What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year by Andre Viette, Mark Viette, Jacqueline Heriteau
Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work by Mel Bartholomew
The Struggle for Eden: Community Gardens in New York City, by Malve von Hassell
Sustainable Living: For Home, Neighborhood and Community by Mick Winter
You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening by Gayla Trail