If you missed one of our in-person and virtual Q&A sessions about the relicensing process, please attend our Relicensing Office Hours, which take place virtually on Zoom every Friday between noon and 1 p.m. through December 16 (details below).
We would like to remind you that the GreenThumb License Agreement grants the garden group legal permission to garden on NYC Parks property. We have provided a video tutorial, also available in Spanish Full information is on relicensing is available on the GreenThumb website. Please share this information with your garden membership widely! Communications and related documents are available in other languages upon request.
* You may request interpretation services at least 3 weeks in advance for any office hours session for any language during the RSVP process.
Please find below a timeline for the 2023 Relicensing process (and additional details available on the GreenThumb website):
As the garden group’s designated contact, it is your responsibility to communicate announcements from GreenThumb to the group and to help facilitate the 2023 relicensing of the garden. Please find below a timeline for the 2023 Relicensing process:
- Oct. 14th – Dec. 16th, 2022: If you missed our Relicensing Q&A Sessions, sign-up for Relicensing Office Hours
- By December 31st, 2022: Submit completed 2023 Relicensing package to GreenThumb.
Caring for a GreenThumb community garden is an important form of community service and we thank you for taking on this responsibility to make your neighborhood and our city a better place. GreenThumb is here to support garden groups however we can, and we are thankful for the opportunity to get to work with dedicated New Yorkers like you.
If you have any questions, please be in touch with your Outreach Coordinator or Assistant Director of Community Engagement Alex Munoz (alex.munoz@parks.nyc.gov).