Stuy Cove's Edible Food Forest, Replanted!

We chose plants that have bird, pollinator, medicinal and food value to bring to our site: American Black Currants, Snow Berries, Coral Berries, Inland Sea Oats, Late Boneset, Asters, Solidago, Primrose and Heliopsis. All of the plants we have added to our space have been planted and will be cared for by our group of garden volunteers. We are an entirely volunteer-run community project that was started process compost in response to the DSNY's suspension of food scrap collection in the spring of 2020. On the land we manage collectively, in addition to making compost, we are growing herbs and vegetables for local mutual aid groups and community fridges along with developing a pollinator / wildlife garden. In fall 2021, we're working to expand open-hours for the community to enjoy the space and to develop programming for the youth and elderly neighbors.

virginia bluebells

Bluebells, Hibiscus

I immediately transplanted bare roots: 2 Jacob's Ladders, a few milkweed and Heliopolis and many violets. One Wood Aster went in as well. prickly pears will callus over and then go into other pits on Carroll, closer to the Gowanus Canal.

Private park for publix enjoyment, includes a waterfall, plantings, seating and a cafe. Open seasonally only. This park is on the National Register!

3 types of Solidago (Goldenrod), Asters, Currants, Snow Berry, Jacob's Ladder, Trumpet Vine, and River Oats are now planted in this especially biodiverse garden.  See more at laplazacultural.com or go and visit

We planted: Chasmanthium latifolium Erythronium americanum Heliopsis helianthoides Mertensia virginica Opuntia humifusa Polemonium reptans Zizia aurea

We are a volunteer run community garden in the Bronx. We planted Rose Mallow, Zizia, Sea Oats, Blue Bells all in the new tree pit beds that we just built.  We chose to put the native plants there because we think they will thrive in the soil conditions and because they will all bloom at different times. With these native plants, plus extra Iris bulbs, we think that the tree pits will be beautiful year round.  Our goal is to have perennials in the treepits as well as in the flower pots outside the garden, so that when the neighbors pass through on the sidewalk in front of our garden, they are surrounded with plants year round.

Diervilla lonicera, Elymus histrix, Erythronium americanum, Eurybia divaricata, Heliopsis helianthoides, Mertensia virginica, Polemonium reptans, Zizia aurea

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Proposed as an alternative to high rise development and established as a garden in 2002, the Stuyvesant Cove Park Association brought in the idea that the cove should always have food available for birds and insects. As it's on the Atlantic Flyway, birds flocked in and dropped other native seeds over the years. As the East Side Coastal Resilience project loomed closer, moveable planters were set up for a small portion of the abundant plants, and in summer 2021, many plants were dug up for transplantation as the bulldozers moved closer (as this video shows). Where will this amazing garden take root? This map will show where plants were moved in 2021

VET is a Mitchell-Lama affordable housing in the East Village. We gardeners/cooperators took on the task of making our grounds more beautiful. Joan gardens in front of 411 E. 10th and also behind the building on the Mall on E, 11th, and JK is making a pollinator meadow in front of 716 E. 11th. (It was a boring grassy plot with some shrubbery but was excavated 6 feet deep to repair a steam pipe so JK decided to create soil and plant for bees and butterflies.) We'll be taking care of all these beauties, welcoming the help of the other gardeners in the complex.

The volunteers of Forest Hills Green Team transplanted coralberry and snowberry shrubs, heliopsis, Jacob's ladder, asters, sea oat grass and more to this public landscaping project, adding immeasurably to the existing plantings. Thousands of people daily pass by this site daily.    http://fhgt.org