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Gardening, fitness, birding: we host hundreds of free events in our parks and gardens throughout New York City. Join us! From May through October, NYRP welcomes volunteers to assist with forest stewardship and restoration in our Northern Manhattan parks. NYRP partnered with USDA-NRCS to chart the first-ever map of Manhattan’s critical coastal ...
New York Restoration Project (NYRP) is a non-profit organization that has planted trees, renovated gardens, restored parks, and transformed open space for communities throughout New York City's five boroughs. It is the only citywide conservancy in New York City that brings private resources to spaces that lack adequate municipal support, with the goal to fortify the city's aging infrastructure and creating a healthier environment for those who live in the most densely populated and least ...
New York Restoration Project believes nature is a fundamental human right. Everyone deserves access to high-quality public green space. NYRP works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees, promote urban agriculture, and build partnerships that transform the city’s landscape.
In 1999, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced plans to sell 114 community gardens to developers. NYRP quickly rallied and raised the money necessary to save these precious plots. Collaboration with the Trust for Public Land and other like-minded non-profits ensured that these community treasures would remain public gardens in perpetuity.
Founded by Bette Midler in 1995, NYRP is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming open space in under-resourced communities to create a greener, more sustainable New York City. Unlike ...
New York Restoration Project (NYRP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming open space in under-resourced communities to create a greener, more sustainable New York City. Since our ...
Jul 1, 2019 · Long used by residents in ad hoc fashion, one particular empty lot in the Bronx’s Morrisania neighborhood had “always been a magnet,” says Bette Midler, the founder of the New York ...
