A butterfly nestled among the native plants at Narrows Botanical Gardens
NYC Green Fund Grassroots Grant Deadline Approaching
Need something to get you through the winter? Come up with an idea to support your local park or open space with your community and apply for the NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant by Friday, Feb. 20 at 11:59 p.m. Spring is right around the corner, and your grassroots organization could qualify for $1,000 to $40,000 per year for up to two years to support your idea.
Through the NYC Green Fund, Narrows Botanical Gardens in Bay Ridge was able to rescue their meadow garden which was overrun by invasives and in danger of lying fallow. They created or repurposed seventeen plant beds and grew hundreds of native plants to revive their meadow, leaving it blooming and beautiful.
What can you accomplish? Dream big and apply for the funds to make it happen through the NYC Green Fund.
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NYC Green Fund Grassroots Grantees at the Bronx Parks Speak Up
The Bronx Parks Speak Up was launched in 1995 by the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, Borough President Fernando Ferrer’s office, the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition, Transportation Alternatives, Bronx Green Up, and early Partnerships for Parks staffers to organize community groups around park issues and activate Bronx parks. Today, the Speak Up has become a mainstay of Bronx parks activism. Join us at the 32nd Annual Bronx Parks Speak Up for a conversation highlighting how Bronx-based parks and green space enthusiasts have used the NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant.
Activating Bronx Parks through the NYC Green Fund will feature Knakisha Candanedo of Friends of Echo Park, Atapon Savitz of Eastchester Road Community Garden, and Laura James of Bronx River Community Garden. Through reflective conversation and audience Q&A, panelists will share how they have activated Bronx parks and open spaces through the NYC Green Fund with community mural painting, planting events, wellness workshops, and more. The panel will be moderated by Sana Khader, training and resources manager at Partnerships for Parks.
Activating Bronx Parks through the NYC Green Fund will feature Knakisha Candanedo of Friends of Echo Park, Atapon Savitz of Eastchester Road Community Garden, and Laura James of Bronx River Community Garden. Through reflective conversation and audience Q&A, panelists will share how they have activated Bronx parks and open spaces through the NYC Green Fund with community mural painting, planting events, wellness workshops, and more. The panel will be moderated by Sana Khader, training and resources manager at Partnerships for Parks.
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.Lehman College Faculty Dining Room, Music Building 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W., Bronx, New York 10468
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Garden Tour: Winter Flora in Tompkins Square Park
There's still time to register for our garden tour of Tompkins Square Park’s pollinator pocket gardens! Kathleen Corrigan, native plant expert and volunteer gardener with NYC Green Fund Grassroots grantee Friends of Tompkins Square Park, will teach about caring for gardens when plants are largely dormant. You’ll also have the opportunity to see some rare February blooms. Coffee and snacks will be provided.
There's still time to register for our garden tour of Tompkins Square Park’s pollinator pocket gardens! Kathleen Corrigan, native plant expert and volunteer gardener with NYC Green Fund Grassroots grantee Friends of Tompkins Square Park, will teach about caring for gardens when plants are largely dormant. You’ll also have the opportunity to see some rare February blooms. Coffee and snacks will be provided.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, 11 a.m.–noon
Tompkins Square Park, corner of Avenue B
and East Seventh Street, New York, N.Y. 10009
Partnerships for Parks is a joint program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks that supports and champions a growing network of leaders caring and advocating for neighborhood parks and green spaces. We equip people and organizations with the skills and tools needed to ensure these spaces are dynamic community assets.
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