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Join the moonshot to rewild NYC

A new sort of community garden.
Start with a street tree near you.

Join 0 New Yorkers

"A delight."
Matt S.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

New York has 50 Central Parks worth of unused space.

We're going to
do something
about it.

You select a street tree

You select a street tree

Use our tree map to select a tiny spot to steward.

We provide native seeds -- free

We provide native seeds -- free

Pick up free, or cover the cost of shipping.

All of us grow together

All of us grow together

In-person events, weekly progress, and online community

My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece. β€” Claude Monet 🌱Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years. β€” Unknown 🌱To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. β€” Audrey Hepburn 🌱I have not seen a serious tree. β€” Osho 🌱If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. β€” Marcus Tullius Cicero 🌱The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. β€” Alfred Austin 🌱A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust. β€” Gertrude Jekyll 🌱Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas. β€” Elizabeth Murray 🌱The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. β€” Gertrude Jekyll 🌱In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. β€” Margaret Atwood 🌱

One tiny garden at a time

Hi everyone!

I'm Mayank, and I guess all of this is in response to a single problemβ€”

In NYC, it's too easy to feel disconnected from our natural environment.

Parks are far-off, community gardens are sparse, and concrete covers the land.

And that sucks.

Feeling connected to nature β€” and each other β€” feels good. We know this in our bones. We go out of our way to get out of the city β€” to hikes, mountains, beaches, national parks β€” just to feel a touch more calm, light, and connected.

But then we come back and we do something confusing.

We settle for missing it altogether.

We accept that parks will be far away.

That there will be waitlists for community gardens.

That the AWESOME, calming, lighthearted rhythm that we find outside the city will always be buried under concrete and commutes here at home.

But maybe...

Just maybe...

There's a path forward.

Everywhere we look β€” street trees lie bare. Medians empty. Terraces untraversed.

There's a blank canvas right in front of us β€” 50 Central Parks worth of space β€” hidden in plain site.

Our plan?

Bring New Yorkers on a lighthearted mission to rewild it all β€” one tiny garden at a time.

Choose one tree bed below to get started.

Our Roadmap

Street trees are just the start...

Next Milestone β€’ 2,000 Gardens

Phase 1: Rewild existing street space

Convert tree beds, bare medians, and more into wildflower gardens.

Launching Spring 2026

Phase 2: Rewild balconies, rooftops, and walls

Spur on apartment building community gardens, balcony gardening clubs, and living walls.

Launching Spring 2027

Phase 3: Rewild new space through depaving

Pursue full-on structural work like green roofs and new street trees.

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