Garden Futures.
Urban land trusts are essential.
Urban land trusts in New York City protect rare open spaces—forever.
The Bronx Land Trust, the Manhattan Land Trust and other land trusts across the city maintain community-owned green spaces in neighborhoods where there are few city parks or other open land.
All BLT and MLT gardens were slated for sale by the city in 1999, which would have led to their certain demolition. After radical action by community gardeners and non-profit organizations including Trust for Public Land, Green Guerillas, and many others, these gardens were saved and preserved.
In partnership with the Land Trust Alliance, Green Guerillas works to support the ongoing work of the Bronx Land Trust and the Manhattan Land Trust.
Bronx Land Trust.
Today 18 vibrant, thriving gardens are owned and managed by the Bronx Land Trust. The Bronx Land Trust is a nonprofit organization established by gardeners to support and sustain community gardening throughout the Bronx. Their mission is to preserve, improve, and promote community managed open spaces for the benefit of all.
Manhattan Land Trust.
The Manhattan Land Trust is a nonprofit organization that embraces a family of 14 gardens established by gardeners to support and sustain community gardening throughout Manhattan. Their collective mission is to preserve, improve, and promote community managed open spaces for the benefit of all.