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Celebrating NYCHA’s Resident Gardeners and Gardens

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Hundreds of NYCHA’s resident gardeners, NYCHA staff, and partners gathered at Johnson Community Center in Manhattan on November 4, 2016 for the 53rd Annual NYCHA Garden & Greening Award Ceremony. More than 670 NYCHA gardens were judged by a diverse panel of horticultural professionals.

Sponsored by Unilever and the Fund for Public Health in New York City, the ceremony is the annual highlight of NYCHA’s Garden & Greening Program, a year-round beautification, environmental preservation and education initiative that benefits residents as well as seniors, the greater community, and day care centers citywide.

Congratulations to:

Citywide Winners

  • Flower Garden: Sweet Success Garden, Manhattanville Houses
  • Vegetable Garden: Morning Glory Garden, Polo Grounds Towers
  • Theme Garden: Mestric, Pomonok Houses

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

  • Saul Barrios, Gun Hill Houses
  • Diana Blackwell, Samuel Houses
  • Prince “The Cabbage King” English, Walt Whitman Houses
  • Anne Marie Rameau, Breukelen Houses
  • Caroline Thunder, Pink Houses