Learn about the groups helping our students garden and grow. Check out some of the cool events over the years hosted in the garden, too! Consider helping our school garden as well.
We say "thank you!"
We say "thank you!"
We say "thank you!"
Would you like to support the garden? Express your interest in helping student gardeners grow by filling out the PS 48 School Garden Interest Form. Consider even supporting the writing of a Garden Grant like these ones.
We seek garden equipment, planting materials (seeds, soil, compost, seedlings), and expertise. You can also directly contact Mr. Justin Czarka at mrczarka (at) gmail (dot) com or (718) 589-4312.
Help us achieve our goal of ensuring every student is an urban farmer. Because every child should know how to grow food! You may also adopt our outdoor classroom by visiting DonorsChoose.org. Want more thanks? Check 'em out! or follow the Garden News.
Allergic to Salad: Provides after school cooking classes that we connect to hydroponics and local farm to table practices
American Community Gardening Association: Technical support and ideas.
Anonymous: Monetary support
Beecher's Foundation: has helped turn our fourth grade gardeners into Food Detectives that are "equipped with skills to help see through marketing messages so they can make informed choices when it comes to food."
Birds Nest Foundation: has provided indoor gardening equipment, including a large accessible planter box for growing vegetables all year long.
Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program: Bonnie Plants donated cabbage plants to the school garden for students to grow. Small seedlings were grown indoors in classrooms, and then transplanted outdoors by student gardeners. See photos of the PS 48 Bonnie Cabbage Program progress here.
Bronx Green Up @ New York Botanical Gardens
The City Gardens Club of New York City: Grant monies to build out the garden space and science Nature Kits for our students
City Year: Bulbs and seeds, planters, volunteering
Cornell University Cooperative Extension: Bulbs and technical support, soil test
Donors Choose: Soil, planters, garden equipment, plants, gloves, and tools
Eva's Kids and Eva Sanjurjo: Plants and moral support
Ms. Diana Figueroa: Garden equipment
Fungi Foundation: Teacher professional development, indoor mushroom grow kit
Green Guerillas: Seeds, vegetable and herb plants, flower bulbs, garlic, and grabber trash pickers
Grow to Learn NYC: Technical and monetary support, plant starts, benches, soil, mulch
The Home Depot in The Bronx, Bruckner Boulevard: Soil and mulch
Hudson Valley Seed Company: Seed donation to support vegetable, herb, and flower garden spaces
IS 254 Garden Club: Garden equipment (hose and reel), materials (compost), and tools (shovel)
Jamaica Hardware: Clothing, technical support, soil, mulch, compost, planters
Korein Family Foundation: Planters and germination kit
Lowe's Toolbox for Learning: Monetary support
Ms. Idalia: soil donation
Ms. Muzik: lots of plants!!!
Ms. O'Neill: Bulbs and American flags
My Oh My Hydroponic Farms: Instructional resrouces and teaching about growing edible mushrooms indoors
New York Restoration Project (NYRP): Built raised beds, fences, benches, picnic tables, and supplies soil and mulch, plus educational activities, technical support and planning ideas
New Yorkers for Parks: Over 2000 daffodil bulbs in 2012 and 2013, technical and volunteer support
NYC Arbor Day Committee: Tree donation; multiple years
NYC Department of Sanitation: Bagged compost pallet delivery
NYC Parks Green Thumb: Soil, plant starts, mulch, compost, lumber, and technical support
One Drop Foundation: Rain Barrel for collecting water
Police Athletic League: Seeds and volunteers
Santiago Family, including Phoebe, Aaron, Franciso, and Vivian: Strawberry and tomato, as well as planter boxes
Seed Savers Exchange: Seed donation including heirloom, open-pollinated seeds that promote biodiversity
Trees New York: Student programming around environmental literacy, advocacy, and stewardship in urban environments, plus trees and bushes donation
The Wachovia Well Fargo Foundation: Monetary support
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