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The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has invited our club to participate and lead workshops for their annual community gardening conventions

Bronx GreenUp has provided us with technical assistance, all types of plant materials, seeds, and compost. This organization has been one of our most important resources through the years.

The local chapter of the Cornell Cooperative Extension has provided us with valuable onsite technical assistance, particularly in regards to pest management and care of fruit trees.

The Council has made a map showing the location of all community gardens in NYC. This map shows our specific location on a detailed map of the city.

We would not exist without GreenThumb. They helped us get our lease, have provided technical assistance, given us plants, delivered top soil, and provided us with all the lumber needed to build our fence and other garden infrastructure.

Just Food has provided us with extensive technical assistance in regards to growing crops. They have given us plant materials and materials to help us grow our crops organically.

Open Road has helped us put our composting program into higher gear. We have one of their specially patented hot boxes, which we use for our food wastes.

Wave Hill, our local botanical garden, has provided us with all types of plant materials, and has helped us organize community work days in the garden.

"Our grant program is designed to assist and strengthen your garden group with resources beyond the basic garden supplies that GreenThumb has traditionally offered. Our goal is to enable community and school gardeners to expand their capacity as a sustainable community resource." We used this grant money to create a labeling system for our plants.

"The New York City Environmental Fund (NYCEF) provides financial support for projects that will foster restoration, care, understanding, and enjoyment of the natural resources of New York City and the Consolidated Edison service area in Westchester County." Grants from this fund have allowed us to build a pond, a greenhouse, and buy computers and software to allow us to create brochures and build web sites.

This program has made it possible to fund student interns. Thanks to such a grant from the Citizens Committee, we were able to fund an intern in 2003 to work on a wetland restoration project in the garden.

"Berkshire Berries® owned and operated by Mary and David Graves, is located in Becket, Massachusetts. David actually keeps some hives close to our garden in an enclosed area, and sells this honey at the Union Square Farmer's Market as "rooftop honey". The hives have been used for educational demonstrations at Kennedy, and the bees help keep our garden happily pollinated.

"The Food Project's mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. Our community produces healthy food for residents of the city and suburbs, provides youth leadership opportunities, and inspires and supports others to create change in their own communities." Student delegates from this organization have met with our gardeners, and they have been able to share experiences.

Friends of Van Cortlandt Park

"Since 1973 greenguerillas™ has helped thousands of people realize their dreams of turning vacant rubble-strewn lots into vibrant community gardens. Each year we work with hundreds of grassroots groups throughout New York City to strengthen underserved neighborhoods through community gardening." This organization has done much to keep gardens like ours safe from the wrecking ball, and have played an important political role in saving our community gardens.

Kennedy and Haldane High School have developed a partnership that will hopefully continue into the future years. Students have come down to Kennedy from Haldane to meet our students, tour the school, and do some work in our garden. It is our hope that Kennedy students can visit Haldane in the near future.

The Enchanted Garden is a member of this program. As a registered garden, we have received helpful information as to how to attract more local wildlife such as butterflies and birds to our garden. This is a program open to any school in the country.

Most of the students in our gardening program have traditionally come from this cohort of students. This rigorous sceince based program at Kennedy has attracted a highly motivated and creative group of students that have been instrumental to the garden's success.

No newspaper has been so generous in profiling the development and changes in our garden. While the newspaper was not actively online as of August, 2002, it will be online in the not so distant future.

Mr. Thoman is NY1's New Yorker of the week

	GreenThumb's Plant and People Grant	"Our grant program is designed to assist and strengthen your garden group with resources beyond the basic garden supplies that GreenThumb has traditionally offered. Our goal is to enable community and school gardeners to expand their capacity as a sustainable community resource." We used this grant money to create a labeling system for our plants.
	Hudson River Foundation: NYC Environmental Fund	"The New York City Environmental Fund (NYCEF) provides financial support for projects that will foster restoration, care, understanding, and enjoyment of the natural resources of New York City and the Consolidated Edison service area in Westchester County." Grants from this fund have allowed us to build a pond, a greenhouse, and buy computers and software to allow us to create brochures and build web sites.
	National Gardening Association's Youth Gardening Grant	"Schools and community organizations with child-centered outdoor garden programs receive seeds, tools, garden products, and educational resources generously donated by companies in the lawn and garden industry." We received a variety of resources that helped us jump start our garden. This is a perfect grant for schools just beginning a gardening program.
	Orion Society Stories in the Land Fellowships	"The Orion Society's Stories in the Land teaching fellowships are designed to help teachers foster an education of place through the study of local landscapes and histories, the reading of regional literature, and through encouraging creative student responses to their home communities." We received a grant to create a booklet: A Guide to Nature in da Bronx.
	The Neighborhood Intern Program (NEIP)	This program has made it possible to fund student interns. Thanks to such a grant from the Citizens Committee, we were able to fund an intern in 2003 to work on a wetland restoration project in the garden.

Mr. Thoman is NY1's New Yorker of the week	NY1, May 21, 2001
Schoolyard Sanctuaries: How Habitat Gardens Are Transforming Schools and Reconnecting Kids and Nature	Brooklyn Botanical Garden's plants & gardens News, Winter, 2000
Greening a School's Reputation	New York Times, October 28, 1998
Sowing the Seeds of Gardenmania Early	New York Times, February 19, 1998

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	Brooklyn Botanical Garden	The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has invited our club to participate and lead workshops for their annual community gardening conventions
	Bronx GreenUp	Bronx GreenUp has provided us with technical assistance, all types of plant materials, seeds, and compost. This organization has been one of our most important resources through the years.
	Cornell Cooperative Extension	The local chapter of the Cornell Cooperative Extension has provided us with valuable onsite technical assistance, particularly in regards to pest management and care of fruit trees.
	Council on the Environment (community garden map locator)	The Council has made a map showing the location of all community gardens in NYC. This map shows our specific location on a detailed map of the city.
	GreenThumb	We would not exist without GreenThumb. They helped us get our lease, have provided technical assistance, given us plants, delivered top soil, and provided us with all the lumber needed to build our fence and other garden infrastructure.
	Just Food	Just Food has provided us with extensive technical assistance in regards to growing crops. They have given us plant materials and materials to help us grow our crops organically.
	Open Road of New York, Inc.	Open Road has helped us put our composting program into higher gear. We have one of their specially patented hot boxes, which we use for our food wastes.
	Wave Hill	Wave Hill, our local botanical garden, has provided us with all types of plant materials, and has helped us organize community work days in the garden.

	Bershire Berries	"Berkshire Berries® owned and operated by Mary and David Graves, is located in Becket, Massachusetts. David actually keeps some hives close to our garden in an enclosed area, and sells this honey at the Union Square Farmer's Market as "rooftop honey". The hives have been used for educational demonstrations at Kennedy, and the bees help keep our garden happily pollinated.
	The Food Project	"The Food Project's mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. Our community produces healthy food for residents of the city and suburbs, provides youth leadership opportunities, and inspires and supports others to create change in their own communities." Student delegates from this organization have met with our gardeners, and they have been able to share experiences.
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park	Friends of Van Cortlandt Park	We have done volunteer work in the park with this group. They also provide excellent educational programs that are useful to our members. Last, they have been an excellent source for summer job opportunities for those interested in working in the parks.
greenguerillas	Green Guerillas	"Since 1973 greenguerillas™ has helped thousands of people realize their dreams of turning vacant rubble-strewn lots into vibrant community gardens. Each year we work with hundreds of grassroots groups throughout New York City to strengthen underserved neighborhoods through community gardening." This organization has done much to keep gardens like ours safe from the wrecking ball, and have played an important political role in saving our community gardens.
	Haldane School District	Kennedy and Haldane High School have developed a partnership that will hopefully continue into the future years. Students have come down to Kennedy from Haldane to meet our students, tour the school, and do some work in our garden. It is our hope that Kennedy students can visit Haldane in the near future.
	National Wildlife Schoolyard Habitat Program	The Enchanted Garden is a member of this program. As a registered garden, we have received helpful information as to how to attract more local wildlife such as butterflies and birds to our garden. This is a program open to any school in the country.
	Gateway Program (or KISS: Kennedy in Science and Society)	Most of the students in our gardening program have traditionally come from this cohort of students. This rigorous sceince based program at Kennedy has attracted a highly motivated and creative group of students that have been instrumental to the garden's success.
	The Riverdale Press	No newspaper has been so generous in profiling the development and changes in our garden. While the newspaper was not actively online as of August, 2002, it will be online in the not so distant future.