Thanks to the generous support of each donor who contributed to our Seeding the City campaign, the 2021 growing season is off to a very strong start! We have already surpassed our goal to increase food production capacity by 20%, and there’s much more ahead this summer.
So far this year, we’ve built 110 new garden beds, creating space across the city for 26,400 more pounds of fresh, healthy produce to be grown and provided to New Yorkers at no cost. We have also continued the vital work of greening our city’s open spaces by removing trash and diverting compostable material from landfills, planting hundreds of trees, and distributing over 1,100 seedlings.
Read on to learn how we’re ensuring that the city’s green spaces can provide even more fresh, healthy food to the New Yorkers who need it the most.
This spring, we built Garden Kitchen Lab's largest space to date. Learn more about our years-long partnership.
On June 8, 2021, we returned to Our Savior’s Atonement Lutheran Church in Washington Heights to refurbish and expand a garden we originally built in 2015. The pastor requested additional garden beds after food insecurity skyrocketed in his neighborhood due to COVID-19.
Read MoreIn early May, we assisted residents of the Frederick Douglass Houses, a New York City Housing Authority property on the Upper West Side, build a new garden after their previous one had been locked and inaccessible throughout the pandemic.
Read MoreThis list includes donors who gave to our Seeding the City campaign in 2021. This list has been prepared with care but if there is an error, please notify us at [email protected].
We are grateful to our Seeding the City sponsors for their generous leadership support of our work:
Diamond Gardener
Amy Goldman Fowler and Cary Fowler
The Kors Le Pere Foundation
Bette Midler and Martin von Haselberg
Ann Ziff
Golden Shovel
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation
Katharine J. Rayner
Silver Spade
Linda Allard
Todd DeGarmo // STUDIOS Architecture
Edmund D. Hollander, FASLA
Bronze Trowel
Kathy and Ben Needell
Vered Rabia
Marilyn and Jim Simons
Darcy A. Stacom, CBRE
Budding Rose
Samuel Ashner
Mica Ertegün
The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation
Janet and Tom Montag
Darryl Pardi
Jon Recor and Daniel Stewart
Linda Wachner
Jennifer L. Wray
Blossoming Flower
Betty Y. Chen and Peter Coombe
Janice Parker, ASLA
Robin B. Tost
Bunny Williams
Sprouting Seedling
James F. Capalino
Susan Courtemanche
L & R Donner Foundation
Tony Felzen
Allen and Deborah Grubman
Helen D. Lally
Karen Lauder
Erhard Marius
Carol Wall
We thank the following donors for their support of our work:
| Anonymous Nancy Bell Susan Bernstein Tempest Bisang Barbara Bodnar Sharon Brantley-Patterson Aliki Caloyeras Nathan Cepis Sara Chase Thomas F. Comiskey Karly Crosby Supernova Crystals Sahana Datta Nichole Davis Joseph DeFerrari Laure Ellis Julie and David Friedman Claudia Ganz Benjamin Gatus Jr. Rebecca Godan Dina Gress Margaret Haney Douglas Herold Andrea Horbinski Alden Hoyt Johnnie Hugee J&AR Foundation Jude T. Jones Lynn Kelly Jan Kessel Michele Kole |
Christy Labonte Joseph Loporcaro Linda Mandell Peter C. March Kimberly Mena Donna Mendell Victoria Molenda Rachel and Walker Mygatt Katherine Nardin Cynthia Ofer Kelly Parrick Elizabeth T. Peabody Clare Pierson and Peter Humphrey Lilli Ross Ishween Sethi Christopher Shen Linda Shortman Evan C. Shumeyko Janet Sibarium David Steinhardt Nikki Y. Taussig Tiffane Thorpe Katelyn Vanderveen Forest VanDyke Caitlin Watterson Kirk Weber LaShawn Williams Thomas Winner Jr Evelyn Yanatos Judith A. Yoepp Janice K. Young |
