Ask anyone involved in a NYC community garden and they'll tell you that a thriving garden can revitalize a neighborhood.

The Open Space & Greening (Greening) program empowers people in neighborhoods to create, manage and sustain community gardens and park/playgrounds. New York City communities are strengthened and anchored by green open spaces where people enjoy the seasons, neighbors work together, children play, and trees, vegetables and flowers grow. Since 1975, Greening has helped transform vacant land into welcoming, green, open spaces in diverse city neighborhoods.