New York Restoration Project

Our Essex Street Community Garden coordinator Zonobia Crowell is NY1 News's New Yorker of the Week! Thank you for using this NYRP garden as a community hub, Zonobia. It's awesome to see the neighborhood's involvement thanks to your initiative and leadership. https://lnkd.in/e_7h6wnQ

Thank you Congressman Ritchie Torres for stopping by our the grand reopening of our Members Garden in the Melrose section of The Bronx this past weekend! It was a great day full of music, grilling, and family friendly activities in the garden. Come visit! https://lnkd.in/eQgMTc_5

We're #hiring a Director of Finance & Accounting to join our expert team of gardeners, landscape architects, community organizers, and fundraisers. Join us! https://lnkd.in/e7q7yUyE

Learn how to grow edible mushrooms in your garden! Join Rhys Bethke of Queerkind Farm and NYRP’s Urban Agriculture team at Bissel Gardens THIS SATURDAY (8/24) for a comprehensive introduction to growing oyster mushrooms in the garden. In this hands-on workshop we’ll work together to assemble ‘mushroom buckets’ to help jump start Bissel Gardens mushroom production systems! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eizJW6dW

Thank you NY1 News and Bree Driscoll for speaking to NYRP gardener Kashon Dubose about tending a garden in the city! See the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/ecWsVnwe

The NYRP team has been busy filling backpacks for our back-to-school giveaways! Thanks to everyone who came out to our free backpack and school supply giveaways this weekend. We still have two more coming up before the end of the summer! Sunday (8/25): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at Greene Acres Community Garden (Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn) Sunday (8/31): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at Target Bronx Community Garden (Highbridge, Bronx) Keep up with our backpack and school supply giveaways at nyrp.org/events 😚 

IT’S FREE BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY SEASON IN #NYC! 🎒 Friday (8/16): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at Essex Avenue Community Garden (Cypress Hills, Brooklyn)  🎒 Saturday (8/17): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at Creston Community Garden (Fordham, Bronx)  🎒 Saturday (8/17): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at McLeod’s Community Garden (Brownsville, Brooklyn)   🎒 Sunday (8/18): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at 50 Cent Community Garden (Jamaica, Queens)  🎒 Sunday (8/18): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at Glover Street Garden (Castle Hills, Bronx)  🎒 Sunday (8/25): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at @greeneacrescommunitygarden (Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn)  🎒 Sunday (8/31): Backpack and School Supply Giveaway at Target Bronx Community Garden (Highbridge, Bronx) Please note: supplies will be distributed while available. To receive school supplies, children must attend!   Thank you to Citizens for supporting this series!   Keep up with our backpack and school supply giveaways at nyrp.org/events

We are thrilled to announce that Bruce Bozzi has joined NYRP's Board of Trustees! He shares our conviction that access to nature is a fundamental human right and we look forward to working with him to advance NYRP’s environmental justice work. Read more about Bruce Bozzi's work below: https://lnkd.in/eH_NG8W3

TODAY! Get a salad at Just Salad's Midtown East Location and $1 of your purchase will go towards supporting a cleaner and greener #NYC!

#NYRPHulaween returns on Friday, October 25 🕯  Join us for a night of virtue and vice at Casa Cipriani New York for New York Restoration Project’s Hulaween in the Garden of Good and Evil 🌿 The evening will feature:   🌟 A headline performance by the iconic, Grammy-nominated R&B group behind hits like “Free Your Mind and “Don’t Let Go,” the inimitable En Vogue   🏆 Our annual costume competition judged by Jordan Roth, seven-time Tony Award-winning producer and fashion icon   👠 Our star-studded green carpet with returning correspondent Thorgy Thor, Brooklyn drag performer and Ru Paul's Drag Race alum   🌟 And more to be announced!   We are thrilled to honor both Cassandra Clark, Managing Director/Co-Head of the Northeast Investment Team at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and Josh Sirefman, NYRP Trustee and Chief Executive Officer of the Michigan Central Innovation District with the Joan Kors Green Champion Awards.    Learn more and get your tix at nyrp.org/hulaween 🪦   🎨: Bob Bottle