GreenThumb Announces 2010 Harvest Competition in Brooklyn

All NYC gardeners are invited to attend and enter the competition!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
11 A.M. – 5 P.M.
THE INVISIBLE DOG ART CENTER
51 BERGEN STREET, BROOKLYN, NY

The fair is a wild new take on the traditional County Fair, a day-long celebration of art and food grown in Brooklyn! Festivities engage all the senses: hear live music performed by local Bang on a Can marching band Asphalt Orchestra; taste delicacies prepared by local chefs inspired by ingredients from Brooklyn farms; view specially commissioned work exploring the culture of agriculture by local artists; get a feel for materials needed to produce your own food in workshops by Brooklyn Food Coalition; participate in a Blue Ribbon Competition hosted by GreenThumb; and browse a marketplace with some of Brooklyn’s small-batch artisanal food purveyors curated by Greenpoint Food Market. Cap it off with The Food Experiments’ live cooking competition, Brooklyn Roots, featuring savory samples and refreshing drinks from Brooklyn Brewery, Six Points Brewery, Red Hook Wines, Brooklyn Oenology, Kings County Distillery and others.

This event is part of Crossing the Line, the fall festival of the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF).

For rules and categories on this years Harvest competition go to http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/news.html?news_id=91

For more details on the Farm City Fair go to http://www.fiaf.org/crossingtheline/2010/2010-09-ctl-farmcity-fair.shtml

The Invisible Dog Art Center
51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY
Between Boerum Place and Smith Street
Train: F, G to Bergen St; A,C to Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Bus: B61, B63 to Atlantic Ave and Boerum Place

More Information

Friday Evening Meet and Greet with the Harlem Harvest Festival and Food Summit

Meet and Greet in the garden on Friday, August 20 from 6-8p.m.

Harlem4 is organizing the Harlem Harvest Festival and Food Summit over the weekend of October 9th.   The meet and greet this Friday is the first in a series of events that they hope to hold in various community gardens throughout Harlem.

Their intent is to develop a network of people working to bring healthy foods into food deserts.

Carrie McCracken (TRUCE) Community Garden
Saint Nicholas Ave (117/118)

If you would like more information about the Harlem Harvest Festival and Food Summit, check out the following link  http://www.harlemharvestfestival.org

There is also a Twitter page and Facebook page if you would like to follow.  They are looking for volunteers to help with the event, contact them directly on their website.

Hope to see you on Friday!

Fall GreenThumb Workshops Announced

Free workshops for all our garden members! Get the fall schedule here: GreenThumb2010FallProgramGuide.

Rally Report

Thanks to all the gardeners who showed their love for their gardens at City Hall today. NYCCGC’s Karen Washington spoke, joined by City Council Speaker Chris Quinn and member Melissa Mark Viverito for joining in. Here are some reports from the press:

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/08/04/demonstrators-disapprove-of-proposed-nyc-park-rules/

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/coming-to-the-defense-of-community-gardens/

http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/green-groups-fear-new-community-garden-rules-1.2177610

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Community-Garden-Advocates-Demand-Parks-Protections-99960599.html

Supporting gardens this Wednesday morning at City Hall with NYCCGC

New York City Community Garden Coalition

RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4TH, 10:00AM

@ NEW YORK CITY HALL – BE THERE!

We are calling upon all of all community gardeners, our members, supporters, and allies

to join us this Wednesday, August 4, 2010 on the steps of City Hall

as we voice our concerns regarding the proposed new rules that govern many of our city’s community gardens.

Location: City Hall Steps New York NY 10007

Date: Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Time: 9:30am – 10:30am (Starting at 10:00am Sharp)

Enter the City Hall steps area by passing through metal detectors on the East or West entrance of City Hall inside City Hall Park.

We will meet at 9:30am

@ the East side of the steps

(closest to Brooklyn Bridge)

Bring your fellow gardeners, neighbors, kids, pictures, banners, flowers, vegetables….

Please confirm you are coming by calling us at (888) 311-3993 or emailing us at info@NYCCGC.org

Getting to City Hall by Subway:

4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall

R, W to City Hall

2, 3 to Park Place

J, M, Z to Chambers Street

E to World Trade Center

A, C to Chambers Street

This press conference is in response to the Proposed Parks Rules and upcoming Public Hearing on Tuesday August 10th

for more info go to http://www.nyccgc.org

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NYCCGC New York City Community Garden Coalition

232 East 11th St, New York, NY 10003

Voicemail + Fax: (888) 311-3993