A Visit to my Garden in Manhattan
Last week, members of MSLO organized a volunteer day at The Martha Stewart Garden for Living at Madison Avenue and 99th Street in Manhattan. This beautiful and serene community garden was funded by the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Foundation in 2007 on an empty, trash infested lot at the George Washington Carver Residences, across the street from the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Medical Center. The garden was designed by our garden editors Andrew Beckman, Tony Bielaczyc, and Stacey Hirvela. It features lovely perennials, shrubs and trees and is maintained by MSLO volunteers and residents from the George Washington Carver. The garden offers a wonderful refuge for patients at the Center for Living as well as the residents of George Washington Carver.
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- Erin Furey and intern, Stephanie Batista, dressing the beds with Bronx zoo manure – including zebras’ and giraffes’!
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- Jean Graham and Anthony Lucia shoveling and raking away
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- Caroline Sommer was happy to help – six months pregnant!
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- George Planding, was an especially ardent volunteer!
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- These are some members of the Green Team from The George Washington Carver Residences, where the Garden for Living is located.
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- A volunteer from the New York City Housing Authority
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- Anthony and Mitch Mondello
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- Andrew Beckman, gardener extraordinaire, standing proudly amidst his glorious work.
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- Andrew enjoyed this volunteer day.
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- Jean donned her MSLO rain slicker when it began to shower.
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- Jean and Erin were pleased with the day’s progress.
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- Before long, the mulch was delivered.
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- All those bags of mulch didn’t seem to faze the hard working volunteers.
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- Erin, Anthony, and Jean ham it up for the camera!
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- George admiring his hard work
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- Garden editor, Stacey Hirvela, coordinated this successful event.
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- This bed has a layer of manure and was waiting to be top-dressed with mulch.
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- Stacey cuts into the mountains of cedar mulch.
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- Waiting patiently for that mulch
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- Andrew and Malinda Futrell – a resident of George Washington Carver and the keeper of the Garden for Living – hams it up a bit.
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- Malinda being funny with Jean and Andrew
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- Lovely fuschia phlox was in full bloom.
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- Caroline and Erin clearly love their work.
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- Anthony was the designated mulch distributor.
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- And the designated mulch spreader
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- He spread the mulch thoroughly.
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- Stephanie and Ms. Cookie smile for the camera
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- Malinda was surprised to see that Caroline is pregnant!
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- Jean, Mitch, and Erin were so happy when the rain finally stopped.
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- Wet and dirty, but happy!
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- Mitch dealing with his supply of mulch
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- Mitch spreading mulch
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- Malinda is proud of this garden!
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- It looks like someone forgot the gardening gloves!
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- Jean and Stacey with Rob Bennaton of the New York City Housing Authority
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- A group shot of the volunteer garden crew
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- A well-deserved lunch break
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