Programs

SPECIAL EVENTS: West 104th Street Community Garden Fall Festival

Saturday, October 25th
11am - 4pm
Rain date:
Sunday, October 26th
11am - 4pm

Kids Halloween games and parade - costumes encouraged
1pm - 3pm

There will be:

Vendors please call Julia at 212-316-2964
tables spaces are $15 - you must provide your own table

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RESEARCH: Columbia University Insect Study of NYC Community Gardens

Kristy King presented her findings on Factors Contributing to the Assembly and Maintenance of Insect Communities in Manhattan Community Gardens.. The effects of plant structural complexity, food crop diversity, neighboring land uses, and trees bordering the garden were measured and used as independent variables to predict the diversity, abundance, and ratio of parasitoid wasps and Hemipteran pests. Six wasp species were collected that were unique to the West 104th street gardens!

Read about Kristy's findings for the West 104th Street Community Garden

 

ABOUT OUR CATS: A Tale of Three Tails

Learn about how garden member, Robin Mace, rescued three cats from the streets of Brooklyn and brought them to the West 104th Street Community Garden to fulfill our goal of good, old-fashioned, organic pest control.

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