About Us
WHO ARE THE GARDEN PEOPLE?
We are community volunteers who have New York City Parks Department permission to plant and maintain a flower garden between 90th and 91st Streets, in the middle level of Riverside Park.
Our garden began in 1977 under the auspices of the West 97-98 Streets Block Association. We first planted in a then-vacant lot at Broadway and 96th Street, where the Columbia Condominium now stands. When the bulldozers came in 1981, we sought and received NYC Parks Department permission to start a new garden in our current spot in Riverside Park. Since 1984, the garden has been operated by The Garden People, Inc., a NY State not-for-profit corporation, which is managed by a Board of Directors elected by the membership.
WHAT WE DO
The Garden People assigns individual garden plots to members who want to cultivate them. Priority is given to those members who have demonstrated their interest and responsibility by a consistent performance of volunteer work in the garden.We grow a wide variety of perennial and annual flowering plants and some herbs. But, vegetables are not permitted.
Many of the members use organic methods to enrich the soil and most avoid the use of chemical pesticides. We take pride in our use of compost from our own compost pile.
CONTACT INFORMATION
EMAIL:
For general questions, email President@TheGardenPeople.org .
For volunteering, see the Volunteer tab for contact information.
For contributions, see the Contribute tab for contact information.
U.S. Postal Mail:
The Garden People, Inc.
Planetarium Station, PO Box 367
New York, NY 10024
We are community volunteers who have New York City Parks Department permission to plant and maintain a flower garden between 90th and 91st Streets, in the middle level of Riverside Park.
Our garden began in 1977 under the auspices of the West 97-98 Streets Block Association. We first planted in a then-vacant lot at Broadway and 96th Street, where the Columbia Condominium now stands. When the bulldozers came in 1981, we sought and received NYC Parks Department permission to start a new garden in our current spot in Riverside Park. Since 1984, the garden has been operated by The Garden People, Inc., a NY State not-for-profit corporation, which is managed by a Board of Directors elected by the membership.
WHAT WE DO
The Garden People assigns individual garden plots to members who want to cultivate them. Priority is given to those members who have demonstrated their interest and responsibility by a consistent performance of volunteer work in the garden.We grow a wide variety of perennial and annual flowering plants and some herbs. But, vegetables are not permitted.
Many of the members use organic methods to enrich the soil and most avoid the use of chemical pesticides. We take pride in our use of compost from our own compost pile.
CONTACT INFORMATION
EMAIL:
For general questions, email President@TheGardenPeople.org .
For volunteering, see the Volunteer tab for contact information.
For contributions, see the Contribute tab for contact information.
U.S. Postal Mail:
The Garden People, Inc.
Planetarium Station, PO Box 367
New York, NY 10024
