- Co-founder Ada Smothers and William Banks
Overview:
Started in 1978, McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden has over 20 raised beds for growing herbs and vegetables. This triangle-shaped garden is also filled with flowers, fruit trees (fig, peach, & paw-paw), and mature trees. The garden has a small, but mighty group of gardeners and hosts NY Cares volunteers and youth volunteers like the Veggie Nuggets' Green Team/Climate activists. Neighbors of many different ethnic backgrounds and ages meet here, share knowledge brought with them from their diverse homelands.
Special Features:
- Raised beds
- 2 Earth machine compost bins
- Gazebo
- Pollinator-friendly plants & street tree care
- NY Cares Volunteer project (2005-2024)
Get Involved!
Contact Gardener/BQLT Volunteer Ashley Cruce at [email protected]
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Neighborhood:
East Elmhurst
Address:
25-16 McIntosh Street, East Elmhurst, Queens, NY 11369
Year Founded:
1978