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03/11/16: How to get involved with Gardens Rising this year
—EV Grieve

EVG file photo of Orchard Alley on East 4th Street

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11/20/15: About the Gardens Rising logo contest
—EV Grieve

11/05/15: Gardens now seen as key part of future storm-defense—The Villager

Photos by Sarah Ferguson
Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, front row center, with Councilmember Rosie Mendez, to the right of him, joined community leaders and gardeners at La Plaza Cultural on Monday to announce the $2 million state grant.

10/19/15: Community Gardens Get $2M Boost from State for Flooding Protection—DNAinfo

DNAinfo/Lisha Arino. The grant will be used to study and implement the best practices for rain and storm water collection in 47 community gardens.

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8/11/15: In NYC’s LES, gardening is a political act of resistance—The Guardian

‘It really is a paradise, it’s an escape,’ says Marta Montañez, who has lived in and around the Lower East Side for 62 years. Photograph: Tadej Znidarcic