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‘Oases of hope’: Ninth annual GreenThumb Garden Recognition Awards in Harlem celebrate New York City’s community gardens

Held at East Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the ceremony honored community gardeners who are fostering civic trust and the arts, fighting food insecurity, and combating climate change in their neighborhoods.

By Arunima Chaudhary / Columbia Daily Spectator

Morningside Heights’ the Julia Gabriel People’s Garden was awarded the Garden & Landscape Design Award.

By Lara Harmankaya and Arunima Chaudhary • March 4, 2026 at 11:15 PM

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