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This program has 4 components: Gardening - 6 gardens provide fresh produce for local residents who participate in clean-ups, planning, harvesting, and other garden activities.School and Community-based environmental education. Enviro-Earth Club - which cultivates local environmental leaders by educating and motivating urban youth about gardening and the environment, while promoting health eating and living among the participants and their families.Special Community Events such as barbeques, art projects and street fairs.

Offers a 70-plot community garden for anyone to help cultivate and maintain. Other activities include an outreach with the Boys and Girls Club to join with older adults and help each other work on the community garden together, and where a portion of the harvest is given to local food pantries.

Offers a large plot of land to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers and to be harvested and donated to the White Plains food pantry by community residents. Participants have the opportunity to learn about gardening, engage in healthy activities, and contribute healthy food to those in the community who are in need.

Community gardens are available for families and individuals to work together in preparing soil, planting, weeding, harvesting, tilling, and composting. Families receive some of the product that is grown. Some of the product is donated to local soup kitchens and pantries. Gardens are located throughout Northern Chautauqua County, with one located at CCRM headquarters.

Community gardens for people to cultivate and harvest their own produce.

Promotes the beautification, preservation, and conservation of trees, flowers and plants, and various horticultural projects in the community. Also promotes interest in horticulture and plant research and advancement in the art of gardening. Publishes a newsletter. Call for additional information.

Community gardens for people to cultivate and harvest their own produce.

Operates and oversees a takeout ready to eat community kitchen and provides an emergency food pantry and mobile food pantry. Other services include food recovery, food redistribution, community gardens, and seedling provision. Offers a food box giveaway providing fixings for a complete holiday dinner during the December holiday season; see Hours below for 2025 details.

Improves urban neighborhoods by tree planting, park restoration, community gardens, and playground installation by bringing community residents together.

Community members pay to drop off their food scraps to be turned into compost. Community gardeners pay annual membership fees to maintain garden beds in our community garden.

Improves urban neighborhoods by tree planting, park restoration, community gardens, and playground installation by bringing community residents together.

Provides a gardening hotline for anyone who needs help with any gardening-related questions, or horticultural-related issues. Also offers a diagnostic lab if individuals want to get plants, weed, insects, etc identified, and soil analysis. Educational and training workshops are also available on gardening, pesticides, insects, etc.

Offers a community-based volunteer program for students and adults providing services that include a graffiti removal project, community gardens, mural project, holiday assistance, community clean up, food pantry, PTO child care, sponsored special events and recreational activities, and a tutoring project in cooperation with the Mastic Moriches Shirley Community Library.

Promotes the beautification, preservation, and conservation of trees, flowers and plants, and various horticultural projects in the community. Also promotes interest in horticulture and plant research and advancement in the art of gardening. Publishes a newsletter. Call for additional information.

Provides a gardening hotline for anyone who needs help with any gardening-related questions, or horticultural-related issues. Also offers a diagnostic lab if individuals want to get plants, weed, insects, etc identified, and soil analysis. Educational and training workshops are also available on gardening, pesticides, insects, etc.

There are many gardens which are open to the public to view and enjoy, and allows local gardeners to participate by growing their own flowers, herbs or produce in these community or public gardens. Also offered is education in conservation of the local area.

Provides plots of land to individuals to grow fresh food. Offers free seeds, plants, gardning information and classes as well tools and water.

There are many gardens which are open to the public to view and enjoy, and allows local gardeners to participate by growing their own flowers, herbs or produce in these community or public gardens. Also offered is education in conservation of the local area.

Offers a large plot of land to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers and to be harvested and donated to the White Plains food pantry by community residents. Participants have the opportunity to learn about gardening, engage in healthy activities, and contribute healthy food to those in the community who are in need.

This garden was designed to promote mental health and to educate the community on these issues. The garden is located in the Saranac Lake area and is designed to be accessible for all individuals.

This garden was designed to promote mental health and to educate the community on these issues. The garden is located in the Saranac Lake area and is designed to be accessible for all individuals.

Increases the availability of fresh, locally grown produce to low-income communities in Western New York. Provides healthy fruits, vegetables, and herbs to various assistance programs and works closely with local farms to supply CAO Mobile Markets (see separate listing for Mobile Markets - CAO of WNY).

As part of the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) in the City of Poughkeepsie, NB II’s summer gardening program helps maintain and beautify flower gardens and planters owned by the City. 8 to 10 Poughkeepsie youths are employed to beautify approximately 21 gardens situated in and around the City of Poughkeepsie. Youth workers are engaged in activities such as planting, weeding, watering, and trellising. In addition to garden maintenance, activities that develop leadership and relationship skills are provided. They earn minimum wage, but do not receive an entry-level work readiness certificate. Separately, NB II partnered with Green Teen and Cornell University for a Spring 2023 Earth Day project. Watch for 2024 info.