Nearly a dozen of Brooklyn’s community gardens were renovated and expanded this year: Parks
Photo courtesy NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
The garden at Farragut Houses got 38 new raised beds, a gazebo, and a toolshed.
By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn Paper
Dec 28, 2022
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“GreenThumb community gardens are essential to New York City, and we are so proud of the work our team has put in this past year to enhance the efforts of our dedicated gardeners,” said Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue in a statement. “Dotting our cityscape, these urban oases provide expanded avenues to access greenspace for New Yorkers, central to our mission at Parks.”
In 2022, GreenThumb renovated gardens at three New York City Housing Authority complexes, including the Love Garden at Sumner Houses and the Farragut Houses Garden, according to the Parks Department. The improvements were largely focused on making the gardens more accessible and increasing food production — across the 11 gardens that were fixed up in Brooklyn, GreenThumb installed 200 double-raised garden beds and built 3,5000 square feet of new pathways and gazebos built to ADA standards. New structures like gazebos and arbors lend a little shade and beauty to the gardens, and brand-new sheds and other storage structures will make the spaces a little neater and more secure.
