Community gardens decorate New York City's urban landscape

Message to all. I see lots of people talking about community gardens for general hospitals to help with mental health. But what about having some community gardens for mental health hospitals. Mental health facilities patients could greatly benefit from having a garden at their facilities as well. And it would give them more fun and healthy extracurricular activities instead of just blank colorless walls, tv, music and books. If we are talking about creating community gardens to benefit mental health, then Mental health institutes should definitely be included in the quest for health and healing. They should not be abandoned. Plants for everyone, everywhere!! Anyone out there ready for this challenge?

Good idea to have a community garden in the village too.

I like this

Ms Ena setting down the chicken! Love the concept - green spaces providing Oxygen, nature for pleasure and rest. Real joy.

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The fact that there are more "community gardens" in New York than any other metropolis is NOT something to be proud off...Most people choose not to live on top of others and have their own garden.

You're telling me.. I'm getting addicted. Various family and extended family has always grown something and I never though about it. It was until there were contained Romaine lettuce scare for 3 months in a row that I decided that I'm going to start growing my salads supplies. Now its becoming a real problem. I've got 20 cucumber plants, 24 corn plant, & a lot more other things while eyeing fruit trees. LOL.

The pandemic hit and I was trying to limit trips to the store by growing some more vegetables and now I'm growing more to give to family and friends. Also, I'm feeding all the birds in a 2 mile radius with my strawberries. They are unrelenting.

I wish more cities in the world will do the same

This is exactly what the world needs. I'm so lucky that I have about 1/4 acre plot I took over in my parent's back yard in Baltimore County. It's my own little jungle

The reporter doesnt have a clue

Perfect!!!

green space NEEDS to guranteed by legislations

thanx to those 70s badass kids!

Beautiful and restful. The volunteers are much appreciated.

I am so very happy to see CBS doing a story on city gardens.
The Liz Christy garden is very special to me.
I have gone there with my friend since they began the garden....

Do you silly New Yorkers think that these gardens make your cesspool state of crime and bad leadership into some sort of Garden of Eden?
We see right through the windowdressing.

You know, Central Park is amazing until you find out that wealthy diverse communities of both Whites and POC, but mostly Wealthy Blacks Communities many former Slaves were kicked out in order to build it! And that Natural Habitats were also destroyed in the process as well! Great Legacy there Central Park. Great Legacy

Good for them!!! Chasing with pitchforks. I am on your side.

Ah this is beautiful!!!! I love it.

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The seed grenade idea is genius !!!
I'm going to do that where I live in San Diego CA, thank you for sharing 💚

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I grow on my balcony and terrace, in my apartment. Wind is my nemesis. And I also have a community garden 20 minutes from Amsterdam. It's awesome, but I know I am extremely lucky. I wish more people could eat and grow their own food and cut flowers.

There are so many ways that at there is no enough trees flowers grass on your old neighborhood but the problem is that there is covered with concrete metal signs and the smell of sidewalks or the streets that it is unbelievable but you know what how comes that Manhattan it is the only ways that are of showing like this but what about from Brooklyn Queens Bronx they need to have a more tree small Grass more flowers more relaxed fun bicycle jogging walking Funtime playtime relaxing and specially that will take a picture it's not fair everyone because my head is getting popular more and more but what about all those orders Brooklyn Queens and Bronx including that Staten Island

As a New Yorker I can tell you these "gardens" are disproportionally in WHITE neighborhoods  

total incorrect "journalism"

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I wonder how big the rats are that roam that garden?

We need to redesign our cities to have less roads for cars and more parks, and roads for bikes only.

Fascinating, beautiful oases in the city! ... So sadly, in the 1970's, ..... throughout the entire City, many of these gardens were razed, to develop apts, and buildings! .... There was a very beautiful garden space, right off Riverdale Ave, in the King, Riverdale section .... that grew spectacular plants, vegetables, and flowers! It was much more than a respite from the City grit, .... just minutes away! It was a very special, neighborhood refuge! It was a serious, deeply felt loss, when the bulldozers came ... to begin the building, of a small apt complex, and adjoining parking lot!💓💕👍

So the movie Green Card was based on this 🤔🤔🤔 Loved that 🎥

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More meaningless feel good propaganda, does New York need tourism or what? Economy that bad huh?

Stop revealing these secrets. Cant New Yorkers have something of their own? Not everything needs to cater to tourists