Grassroots Gardens WNY is proud to facilitate and support the creation of new community and school gardens in #Buffalo and #NiagaraFalls, NY. Gardeners interested in founding a new community garden can download our 2025 Garden Application, with forms due by November 30, 2024. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eKCwGuS6
Grassroots Gardens WNY
民间和社会团体
Buffalo，NY 616 位关注者
Working towards a lasting network of land and people growing healthy communities.
关于我们
Grassroots Gardens WNY (GGWNY) enables community-led efforts to revitalize the city and enhance quality of life through the creation and maintenance of community gardens that beautify blocks, grow healthy food, and strengthen neighborhood spirit. Grassroots Gardens of Western New York is a determined group of activists who educate and lead committed neighborhood gardeners. We collaboratively cultivate and manage more than 300,000 square feet (and growing!) of green space in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Our work is rooted in the belief that a garden has the power to transform an urban neighborhood. Gardens deliver beauty and escape and produce healthy food. A garden creates a shared sense of purpose that empowers a community and acts as a vehicle for environmental awareness and public health in unexpected places that previously had little to no value. Since 2010, Grassroots Gardens’ network of community and school gardens has doubled to over 100 gardens. We steward a network of over 2,000 gardeners tending over 300,000 square feet of previously vacant land. These gardeners represent more than 30 cultural backgrounds, and cultivate more than 150 varieties of vegetables and fruits in gardens that are designed and maintained by and for the communities they are in. This growing season, we will provide roughly 250 cubic yards of soil and mulch, 6500 seedlings, 500 seed packets, and enough lumber to construct nearly 100 raised beds for food production. In 2015, an estimated 30,000 lbs of food was produced by our gardeners. We anticipate more than 35,000 in 2016.
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https://www.grassrootsgardens.org
Grassroots Gardens WNY的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 民间和社会团体
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Buffalo，NY
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1992
- 领域
- Community Gardening、Urban Agriculture、Community Revitalization和Community Engagement
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389 Broadway
US，NY，Buffalo，14204
Grassroots Gardens WNY员工
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Timothy Chen
Experiential Educator, Nonprofit Program Professional
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Raana Azam
Chair of Science Department at Universal School
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Eitan Stant
Data analyst with 10 years of experience working with executives for data driven decision modeling
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Sylvin Ashbrook
Land Stewardship Coordinator??Grassroots Gardens WNY??Outdoor Recreation BS 2017??Sustainability Leadership MS 2022??Informal…
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We're ten days from our Fall 5K/10K/15K! Register today and run with us in Niagara Falls! https://lnkd.in/epXctrV3
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Grassroots Gardens is deeply committed to our communities across Western New York. The health and?well-being?of our neighbors and our environment is paramount?in?our mission to grow healthy food, heal systemic harm, and strengthen neighborhood connections through community gardens. The work of our community and school gardens remains our focus, regardless of future shifts in our federal administration and its priorities. The neighborhood gardens we partner with and support have demonstrated, again and again, that hope begins on your block and at your school; that the stewardship and use of public green spaces is essential for physical, social, and mental health; and that in communities of color and communities that experience generational disinvestment, we cannot wait for someone else to fix our problems. As we wind down the 2024 growing season, we stand firm in our belief that our work will continue to build bridges and relationships, promote sharing and gratitude, and address inequities across our region. We hope you'll join us in 2025.
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Happy Halloween! ?? Today's the perfect day to think about your Fall decorations... specifically pumpkins, gourds, and cornstalks. Don't just throw out decorative veggies, let them help the next harvest. Our friends at Pelion Outdoor Classroom at City Honors School are hosting the Pelion SQUASH CHOP-n-DROP on November 9!
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We had the honor of participating in the book launch of Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture: Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building. Written by more than 50 contributors, the book celebrates the legacy of food systems planning scholar, Jerome (Jerry) Kaufman. The book is available to download for free here: https://lnkd.in/eEf-Q3W5 The evening featured a symposium on the possibilities of fostering equitable urban agriculture through community-led planning and policy. As part of the program, Grassroots Gardens WNY Executive Director Tim Chen joined a panel of Buffalo-area food system leaders to speak on how policy can support work as urban agriculture practitioners. We're thankful to be joined by so many friends in the Buffalo food system and are grateful for all those who helped make this impactful evening happen! Special thanks to our friends at the University at Buffalo Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab, Massachusetts Avenue Project, Groundwork Market Garden, and BUFFALO GO GREEN INC.
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There's still so much to do in the gardens, even this far into Autumn! Alpha Kappa Chi UB helped get Cottage Community Garden in #Buffalo ready for the winter during a volunteer day over the weekend! #WNY University at Buffalo #CommunityGarden #Enviornment
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We had a blast at today's volunteer Service Day alongside the incredible Tooligans from The Tool Library! Perennial plants were split and repotted, crab apples were picked up, and tree branches were trimmed. Bailey-Dartmouth Community Garden looks great thanks to everyone who joined the fun today! #WeGardenCommunities #Buffalo #WNY
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Community and school gardens provide so much more than growing space for veggies (though that's just as important!) They cultivate new friendships, are educational spaces for students, foster neighborhood connections, and provide homes for local pollinators. As we help some of our gardens rest for the winter, we're already planning for a big 2025! Help our network of 100+ gardens in #Buffalo and #NiagaraFalls grow by making a tax-deductible donation today: https://lnkd.in/etgRBsTx #WNY #Donate #UrbanAgriculture #CommunityGarden
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