Riverside Valley Community Garden — Attraction in New York

Started volunteering here after reading some books about gardens. While I've been volunteering with riverside park conservancy for over 30 years this is the only garden in riverside park that grows food. I come here when the gate is unlocked but also some other mornings to pick up trash outside on 12th avenue nearby.

These are the books: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

Was weeding today in what is called the 'back 40'. This garden is huge! It goes north all the way to the overlook which is halfway between...

"JENNY'S GARDEN" is a special place. Jenny and her fellow gardeners reclaimed 20 blocks of formerly abandoned, bombed-out park area lining the Amtrak tracks, and created a gorgeous pagoda that delivers tons of food to shelters every year, and teaches local kids about...

I wish this place would tear down the ugly chain link fencing and the barbed wire. The plants really don't need that kind of protection. The bad old days are over. Get with the times - it's an eyesore and makes it look so...