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Environmental Programs

Providing clean, safe, and accessible green spaces is at the heart of Parks' mission. Overall, Parks cares for 28,000 acres of Parkland and 2.5 million trees, across all five boroughs.
We seek partners who can help us expand our care of these spaces either through financial or volunteer support.

Adopt-a-Park

The Adopt-a-Park program encourages individuals, businesses, organizations, and corporate partners to contribute to the maintenance of parkland and Parks' facilities. Support can range from a tree donation to a garden endowment. The financial adoption of facilities such as basketball courts, playgrounds, or recreation centers is determined by the level of revitalization or maintenance needed.

Visit our Adopt-a-Park page for more information.

Greenstreets

Greenstreets is an urban beautification program, converting paved, unused traffic islands into green spaces filled with trees, flowers, shrubs, and ground cover. However, private support helps us provide a level of care for those sites and their surrounding communities beyond which Parks can provide alone.

Parks Horticultural Manual

Parks would like to produce Hands-on-Horticulture, a guide covering basic botany and the types of plants found in public spaces, guidelines for watering, weeding, and pruning, and information on soil, battle pests, and diseases. Support is sought for the production and publication of 5,000 full-color, 40-page, pocket-sized manuals.

Uniforms

Several thousand Parks workers wear uniforms every day throughout the five boroughs. These uniforms help neighbors identify Parks' workers in their local parks and playgrounds. Due to the nature of these jobs, these uniforms wear out quickly. Parks is looking for a private partner who might donate uniforms, including boots, rain-gear, and gloves, or to help us fund this significant expense.

Garden Doctor Program

Our Garden Doctor Program works to brighten up barren or ignored sites by adding color and vitality to planting beds with a variety of annuals, perennials, and other greenery. They work diligently to groom lawns at small neighborhood parks in each borough and enliven horticultural areas in parks and playgrounds citywide.

The Heather Garden

This garden, located in Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, is one of the country's great public gardens. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., son of the designer of Central and Prospect Parks, directed the construction of the original landscaping, which is a series of terraces built into the west-facing ridge with breathtaking views of the Hudson River and the New Jersey Palisades. Since 1990, city-funded capital improvements, along with commitments from other dedicated New Yorkers, have restored much of the infrastructure of the paths, stone walls, and drainage. Parks has now embarked on a $15 million endowment campaign, which will ensure a high standard of horticultural care and ongoing maintenance for this landmark public space. A naming opportunity would be appropriate with a significant commitment.

Learn more about the Heather Garden.

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