Gardening on State Land
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
There are a number of gardens and urban farms in NY growing on state-owned land, including Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and NY State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation property. If you are interested in gardening on a state-owned parcel you have identified, contact us to find out the availability and viability of the site.
718-722-2830
Join a Community Garden
- Beautify your neighborhood
- Grow nutritious foods
- Reduce your food budget
- Get to know your neighbors
- Enjoy healthy exercise
- Preserve green space
- Decrease storm water runoff
- Compost your food waste
- and more!
Joining or Starting a Community Garden in Your Area
Capital District (Albany, Troy & Schenectady)
Capital District Community Gardens
www.cdcg.org
518-274-8685 info@cdcg.org
Binghamton
Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments (VINES)
http://www.binghamtonneighbors.org/communitygardens/tabid/117/default.aspx
607-748-9849 jon@myedst.org
Buffalo
Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo
www.grassrootsgardens.org
(716) 851-4647 grgbuffalo@hotmail.com
Ithaca
Cornell Cooperative Extension
counties.cce.cornell.edu/Onondaga
(607) 272-229 mr55@cornell.edu
New York City
GreenThumb, City of New York Parks and Recreation
www.greenthumbnyc.org
(212) 788-8070
NYC Community Gardens Coalition
www.nyccgc.org
(212) 926-8648
Rochester
City of Rochester Horticulture Technical Assistance
(585) 428-8820 estrichs@cityofrochester.gov
Syracuse
Cornell Cooperative Extension
counties.cce.corenll.edu/Onondaga
(315) 424-9485
Yonkers
Greyston Community Gardens Program
www.greyston.org
(914) 375-9002
Soil Testing for Nutrients and Other Properties
Cornell University
Cornell Nutrient Analysis Laboratory (CNAL)
cnal.cals.cornell.edu
(607) 255-4540
soiltest@cornell.edu
University of Massachusetts
Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory
www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/
(413) 545-2311
soiltest@psis.umass.edu
Environmental Testing of Soils for Lead and Other Toxic Metals
See laboratories that are certified under NYS’s Environmental Laboratory Approval Program
http://www.wadsworth.org/labcert/elap/elap.html
ELAP@health.state.ny.us
(Select a laboratory certified for “solid and hazardous waste”.)
General Resources
American Community Gardening Association
http://www.communitygarden.org
Cornell Cooperative Extension
counties.cce.cornell.edu
Cornell Cooperative Extension Gardening Portal
www.gardening.cornell.edu
National Gardening Association
www.garden.org
School Gardening
American Horticultural Society: Youth Gardening
www.ahs.org/youth_gardening/index.htm
The Edible Schoolyard
www.edibleschoolyard.org
Garden Mosaics, Cornell University
www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu
National Gardening Association
www.kidsgardening.com
New York Agriculture in the Classroom
www.nyaged.org
School Garden Wizard
www.schoolgardenwizard.org
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