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Our cofounder sharing about her most meaningful project

March 5, 2025 | Meet Elizabeth O'Connor | CanvasRebel

"Such a tragic period of our lives [COVID] further highlighted why community gardens are so essential to our mental and physical health, especially in these concrete jungles we call home."

O'Connor also highlighted the trailblazers and organizations who helped along the way and those we partner with today: GrowNYC, Green Guerillas, The Rolling Library, Queens Council for the Arts, Western Queens Community Land Trust (WQCLT), The Motor Company,

CBS News in da garden!

Oct 10, 2023 | Activists working to close "grocery gap" in Queens

Health Department data show a shortage of nutritious food options in neighborhoods across Queens. The higher the ratio of bodegas to supermarkets, the city says, the harder it is for locals to access healthy food. CBS New York's Elle McLogan reports.

DOC NYC selection, "Land" by Satoko Saito

November 2023 | Screened at the DOC NYC Film Festival

“One Japanese artist’s loving homage to the Indigenous people who took care of the land before her. – Anita Raswant”

Although the full documentary is not currently available for streaming, this video was created during the filmmaking process and features a lot of the same footage that is in the film.

Popular Kids' TV Show features the beauty of community gardens

Aired February 14, 2020 | PBS/thirteen's Cyberchase

The crew and actors for Cyberchase on PBS/thirteen filmed at our community garden in late August 2019. The animated portion of "A Garden Grows in Botlyn" episode was about Ren and the Cybersquad working together to make and unlikely space into a beautiful garden. The "For Real" segment was about germinating seeds in the Winter to plant in the Spring. The crew appreciated the room they had for equipment and taking breaks, and we even got to consult on the logistics of planting in raised garden beds so the content was as accurate as possible. The show aired Valentine's Day, 2020.

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Animated portion of the Cyberchase episode where Ren and his friends start a community garden in an abandoned lot on Carroll Street. Sound familiar?

The result of the Cybersquad's hard work paid off. They even transformed a discarded subway car into a container garden for neighbors to visit and enjoy.

"For Real" characters Jaden teaching Kimie about what it takes to grow vegetables and how you need to give them room to grow in the soil, not dirt.

Jaden showing viewers how he germinated seeds on his windowsill and was able to later transplant them to the beds in his community garden in the Spring.

We were on Korean Public Television!

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) filmed part of their New York segment for "Oh My Garden" in our very own community garden in October 2019. They interviewed the two founders about how operations work on a weekly basis. The episode is no longer available for streaming as it aired in late December 2019.

Samantha Yeung discussing the daily operations of the garden and how we have an honesty policy that allows volunteers to take home their share of healthy veggies and herbs that were grown right here in their backyard.

Elizabeth O'Connor sharing some of the tasks that volunteers perform daily and weekly from breaking down fallen tree branches to watering garden beds.

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