Environmental Initiatives
New York City (NYC)
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
The Open Space Greening (OSG) program empowers neighborhoods to build
and sustain community gardens and other open spaces. OSG program was
founded in 1975. It has created or rejuvenated over 60 community gardens
across NYC and continues to cooperate with schools, public housing
associations and community groups to transform vacant land into vibrant
civic spaces.
OSG has also led the initiative of bringing rainwater harvesting to
community gardens. Through the OSG's training and outreach efforts,
there currently are rainwater harvesting systems in 62 gardens in all 5
boroughs. Rainwater harvesting reduces demand on the public water supply
system and helps mitigate rainstorm runoff, which can overload storm
drains and pollute the waters surrounding the city.
Source:
Grow NYC - Community Gardens