 GreenThumb volunteer workday at Citizens for a Better Community Garden last January with students from the Macaulay Honors College. Photo by Babbie Dunnington, GreenThumb
Volunteer with NYC Parks GreenThumb this Month
If you are new to community gardening, this is a great opportunity to get to know community gardeners at these gardens and learn how to become a garden member. Volunteers will work alongside gardeners and GreenThumb staff to assist in different activities such as planting, mulching, and building raised beds.
- Volunteer Workday at Clayton Williams Garden
303 W. 126th St., Manhattan, NY 10027
Saturday, January 18, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Help with a variety of garden maintenance tasks, including cleaning up debris and spreading mulch, all in preparation for the upcoming growing season. Learn more and register.
- Volunteer Workday at George Washington Carver Community Garden
110 Walton St., Brooklyn, NY 1120
Monday, January 20, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, GreenThumb is hosting a public Garden Interest Meeting and Volunteer Day with intent to triple the garden group's membership, strengthen community partnerships, and establish a maintenance plan to support the garden's future success. Come learn about grassroots community gardening and lend a hand! Learn more and register.
To sign up for a group of 10 or more, please contact Volunteer Program Coordinator
Join hands with GreenThumb gardeners across the city with your corporate, school, or other community group as a volunteer for one or multiple days! If you're interested in volunteering at a GreenThumb garden, please visit our website to learn more and fill out the NYC Parks Group Contact Form.
GreenThumb Spring 2025 Trainings
GreenThumb Trainings are reserved for members of GreenThumb community gardens. All trainings are free of cost.
- Compost and Farm Apprenticeship Program with Earth Matter NY
This training offers gardeners the opportunity to work with and learn hands-on practical skills to grow plants on a small-scale urban farm, with a focus on composting. You will learn how to make "Gold Standard” compost in a variety of urban environments. You will be engaging with a variety of composting procedures, devices, and systems with the goal of utilizing best practices for the improvement of soil and plant health.
Learn more and apply by Friday, February 7, at 11:59 p.m.
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GreenThumb Pruning Brigade with TreesNY
GreenThumb partners with to offer a free Citizen Pruner training to community gardeners. Apply to get trained in tree care, biology, identification, and pruning, receive a set of pruning tools for your community garden shed, and become part of the GreenThumb Pruning Brigade to help with the pruning needs of community gardens throughout the city.
Learn more and by Friday, February 14, at 11:59 p.m.
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Raising Chickens in the Garden
What does it take to keep chickens in a community garden? In this training in collaboration with the chicken caretakers at Tranquility Farm in Brooklyn, GreenThumb community gardeners will learn the basics of chicken care, chicken health and biology, coop structure and maintenance, and more.
Learn more and by Monday, March 14, at 5:00 p.m.
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Connecting To Our Roots: Introduction to Herbalism Intensive Training
This 6-session program provides students with a foundational understanding of plant medicine through a decolonial and liberatory lens rooted in Black medicine traditions. This class will dive into the history of plant-people relationships, herbal actions, medicine making, and herbal energetics.
Learn more and by Thursday, March 19, at 11:59 p.m.
Community Engagement Coordinator Coverage Areas are Changing
GreenThumb is transitioning our Community Engagement Coordinator (CEC) coverage areas from NYC community boards to a model based on City Council Districts. This change equitably distributes GreenThumb gardens among our staff, helping us balance workloads, and better support community gardens across the city. Additionally, we hope to help garden groups better connect with their local Council Member's office and the resources they can provide. You can view who your CEC is by looking at our staff page, or finding your local GreenThumb garden on our garden map.
We still encourage garden groups to connect with and join their local community boards, which play a vital role in giving communities a voice in local
affairs. To learn more about community boards, visit the NYC Community Boards website.
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