Celebrating NYCHA’s Resident Gardeners & Gardens
Hundreds of NYCHA’s resident gardeners, NYCHA staff, and partners gathered at Johnson Community Center in Manhattan on November 3, 2017 for the 54th Annual NYCHA Garden & Greening Award Ceremony.
More than 600 NYCHA gardens, tended by over 1,000 gardeners, were judged by a panel of respected horticultural professionals. The ceremony was sponsored by Unilever and highlights the hard work and dedication of NYCHA’s resident gardeners and 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:
Oasis Garden, Washington Houses
Vegetable Garden:
Hawaiian Paradise, South Jamaica Houses
Theme Garden:
Ebony’s Garden, Marcy Houses
2017 Master Gardener Award
Marian Dolphus, South Jamaica Houses
Full List of Winners:
William (Bill) Morgan
The Manor Garden
1st Place- Flower- Todt Hill Houses
Barbara Ward
Angels Among Us
2nd Place- Flower- New Lane Houses
Nelya Serebrennik
Nelya Garden
3rd Place -Flower- New Lane Houses
Raymond Green
The People’s Garden
1st Place- Vegetables- Mariner Harbor
Dean Robinson
New Lane Community Garden
2nd Place- Vegetables- New Lane Houses
Dorothy Skylar
Cassidy Lafayette Vegetable Garden
3rd Place- Vegetable- New Lane Houses
Felisha Castorie
Let’s Grow Together Learning Center
1st Place –Theme-South Beach
Marti Wimmer
Raising the Stakes
2nd Place- Theme- New Lane Shore
Scherisce Lewis-Clinton
South Beach Garden Houses Garden Court
3rd Place- Theme- South Beach
Inna Sirota
Surfside Tenant Garden
1st Place- Flower- Surfside Houses
Ruth Caldwell
Morning Glory Garden
2nd Place – Flower- Bruekelen
Edith Tucker
My Secret Garden
3rd Place- Flower- Ingersoll Houses
Caroline Thunder
Community Pink Farm
1st Place- Vegetable- Pink Houses
Prince English
Cabbage Patch
2nd Place- Vegetable- Walt Whitman
Mohammed Hossain
Fleet Walk
3rd Place- Vegetable- Ingersoll Houses
Laura Johnson
Brandy’s Rose
1st Place –Theme- Marcy Houses
Eleanor Davis
Sunshine Garden
2nd Place- Theme- Marcy
Kim George
Pink Paradise
3rd Place- Theme- Pink Houses
Wanda Paysour
Woodland Whispers
1st Place – Flower- Ponomok Houses
Louise Willis
Garden of Faith
2nd Place- Flower- South Jamaica Houses
Sandra Ruffen
Forever Garden
3rd Place- Flower- Woodside Houses
Natasha Davis
South Jamaica Community Garden
1st Place- Vegetable- South Jamaica Houses
Mable Walker
Moses Landing
2nd Place- Vegetable- Woodside Houses
Stanley Alexander
Stanley’s Vegetable
3rd Place- Vegetable- South Jamaica Houses
Rosalina Mestric
World Trade Center
1st Place- Theme- Ponomok Houses
Myrna Swaby
Ravenswood Learning Garden
2nd Place- Theme- Ravenswood Houses
Julie Lee
Ari Rang
3rd Place- Theme- Beach 41 St. Houses
Yoland Leon
Peace, Love, Breath Garden
1st Place- Flower- Parkside Houses
Miriam Sanchez
God’s Love
2nd Place- Flower-Monroe Houses
Minerva Guzman
Garden of Unity
3rd Place- Flower- Throggs Neck Houses
Paulette Shomo
OSS#MH
1st Place- Vegetable- Marble Hill
Hector Rivera
El Bohio
2nd Place- Vegetable- Union Ave. Cons.
William Felicano
Love your Block, Stop the Violence
3rd Place- Vegetable- Soundview Houses
Saul Barrios
Bright Lights
1st Place- Theme- Gunhill
Hector Rodriguez
Sunrise Garden
2nd Place- Theme- Patterson
Gloria Hernandez
Hernandez Garden
3rd Place – Theme- Union Ave. Cons.
Emma Barriceill
Sweet Success
1st Place-Flower- Manhattanville Houses
Agnes Trappier
Victorious
2nd Place- Flower- Wilson Houses
Leticia Ramirez
Amigo
3rd Place- Flower- Rutgers Houses
Diana Blackwell
Blossoming Gold Senior Garden
1st Place- Vegetable- Fred Samuel Houses
Martha Cain
Grant Community Garden
2nd Place- Vegetable- Grant Houses
Yu Lin Zhang
Hong Kong Garden
3rd Place- Vegetable- Jacob Riis Houses
Taina Tarverso
Oasis
Citywide – Flower- Washington Houses
Trissamae Johnson
Hawaiian Paradise
Citywide- Vegetable- South Jamaica
Laura Johnson
Ebony Garden
Citywide- Theme- Marcy