Greening NYC one block at a time!

New York Restoration Project (NYRP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to reclaiming and restoring New York City parks, community gardens and open space. In partnership with the City of New York, NYRP is also leading MillionTreesNYC – an initiative to plant one million new trees throughout New York City’s five boroughs by 2017.

This group is for anyone citywide looking to get involved with this great greening initiative- find out about all of the great free events throughout the city, hold your own in a garden, join a community garden group in your neighborhood, or volunteer!

Announcements will be posted about various programming; film screenings, garden events, workshops, etc. This is also a forum for anyone looking for gardens and open green spaces to use for their own meetings, workshop, and events.
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Since the organization’s founding by Bette Midler in 1995, NYRP has achieved dramatic results by investing in the greening and beautification of underserved communities throughout New York City. NYRP staff, AmeriCorps members and community volunteers have planted hundreds of thousands of trees, shrubs and flowers to support the restoration of our city’s parks and community gardens; restored and helped maintain six New York City parks; and removed over 1,905 tons of garbage from the City’s open space. In 1999, Midler and NYRP saved 114 community gardens from commercial development and established the New York Garden Trust to ensure NYRP’s precious plots of land remain public gardens in perpetuity.

NYRP is also responsible for transforming an illegal dumping ground along the Harlem River into the five-acre Swindler Cove Park and building the adjacent Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse – the first floating boathouse on the river in over 100 years. At Swindler Cover Park and in NYRP’s community gardens, New Yorkers are being introduced everyday to the importance of having and respecting nature and green space in urban neighborhoods. In fact, NYRP’s environmental educational programs and community events currently serve thousands of New York City families, educators and at-risk youth.

In partnership with national and community-based organizations, NYRP and its growing membership work everyday to revitalize, support and advocate for New York City’s public parks, community gardens, green space and urban forest.

www.nyrp.org
www.milliontreesnyc.org