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NYCHA Gardeners Show off at Botanical Gardens
	43rd Annual Garden and Greening Program Awards Ceremony New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) gardeners from the five boroughs gathered in the glass-enclosed Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to celebrate their loving labor, and the flowers and vegetables of that work, at the 43rd Annual Garden and Greening Program Awards Ceremony on October 17th. A Complete list of the award-winning gardeners follows.


	Citywide Winners FLOWER: Garden of Zodiac, South Jamaica Houses, Queens VEGETABLE: Garden of Joy, South Jamaica Houses, Queens CHILDREN’S THEME: The Children’s Garden, Woodside Houses, Queens

	Bronx Flower Garden Winners 1st Prize: Enchanted Garden, McKinley Houses 2nd Prize: Garden of Paradise, Bronx River Houses 3rd Prize: Garden Gate, Bronxdale Community Center Honorable Mention: Rain Forest Garden, Patterson Houses Vegetable Garden Winners 1st Prize: Family Garden, Throggs Neck Houses 2nd Prize: Flowers & Vegetable Delight Garden, Bronxdale Houses 3rd Prize: Mexican National Garden, Throggs Neck Houses Children's Theme Garden Winners 1st Prize: Pennye’s Reading Garden, Bronxdale Community Center 2nd Prize: Butler Community Center Children’s Garden, Butler Community Center 3rd Prize: Boston Secor Kid’s Veggie Garden, Boston Secor Houses Honorable Mention: Parkside Community Center Circle of Life Garden, Parkside Houses

	Manhattan Flower Garden Winners 1st Prize: Heavenly Scent Serenity Garden, Isaacs Houses 2nd Prize: A Touch of Class Garden, Wagner Houses 3rd Prize: Enchanted Garden, Vladeck Houses Honorable Mention: L.E.S. Garden, Vladeck Houses Vegetable Garden Winners 1st Prize: Troche’s Garden, Wald Houses 2nd Prize: Senior Citizen’s Group Garden, P.S. 139 Conversion 3rd Prize: Wilson Community Center Vegetable Garden, Wilson Community Center Honorable Mention: Campos Plaza Vegetable Garden, Campos Plaza Children's Theme Garden Winners 1st Prize: Mrs. Pott’s Garden, Isaacs Houses 2nd Prize: Bendicion Garden, Elliot-Chelsea Houses 3rd Prize: St. Nicholas’ Butterfly Garden, St. Nicholas Houses Honorable Mention: Riis Community Center Butterfly Garden, Jacob Riis Community Center

	South Brooklyn Flower Garden Winners 1st Prize: Beach Front Garden #1, Coney Island Houses 2nd Prize: Renew Your Spirit Garden, Sheepshead-Nostrand Houses 3rd Prize: Shining Light Garden, Sheepshead-Nostrand Houses Honorable Mention: The Land Before Time Garden, Bay View Houses Honorable Mention: Mary’s Beauties Garden, Breukelen Houses Honorable Mention: Hummingbird’s Garden, Coney Island Houses Vegetable Garden Winners 1st Prize: Fajardo Garden, Breukelen Houses 2nd Prize: Puerto Rico’s Garden, Breukelen Houses 3rd Prize: Green Thumb Garden, Marlboro Houses Honorable Mention: Pizza Land Garden, Bay View Houses Honorable Mention: Bay View Vegetable Garden, Bay View Houses Honorable Mention: God’s Vegetable Garden, Marlboro Houses Special Achievement: Minnie’s Vegetable Garden, Marlboro Houses Special Achievement: Purple Passion Garden, Marlboro Houses Children's Theme Garden Winners 1st Prize: The Wishing Well Garden, Glenwood Houses 2nd Prize: Beauty at the Bay Garden, Sheepshead-Nostrand Houses 3rd Prize: Flower’s of Faith Garden, Sheepshead-Nostrand Houses Honorable Mention: Sugar Plum Children’s Garden, Red Hook East Houses

	West Brooklyn Flower Garden Winners 1st Prize: Sunshine Garden, 572-574 Warren Street 2nd Prize: Sweet Success Gardeners, Louis Armstrong Houses 3rd Prize: The Neighborhood Garden, Marcy Houses Honorable Mention: Ebony’s Garden, Marcy Houses Honorable Mention: Garden of God, Gowanus Houses Honorable Mention: Garden For A Better Tomorrow, Sumner Senior Center Honorable Mention: Butterfly Heaven Garden, Williamsburg Community Center Vegetable Garden Winners 1st Prize: Cabbage Patch Garden, Walt Whitman Houses 2nd Prize: The Evergreen Garden, Marcy Houses 3rd Prize: Sunshine Vegetable Garden, 572-574 Warren Street Children's Theme Garden Winners 1st Prize: Hmm, Smells Like . . . Garden, Stuyvesant Gardens Community Center 2nd Prize: Creation of Beauty Garden, Louis Armstrong Houses Honorable Mention: Herbs Are For Healing Garden, Sumner Senior Center

	East Brooklyn Flower Garden Winners 1st Prize: Rosa & Carmen’s Garden, Hope Gardens 2nd Prize: Star Garden, Hope Gardens 3rd Prize: Lea’s Garden, Hope Gardens 3rd Prize: Colorful Angels Garden, Hope Gardens Vegetable Garden Winners 1st Prize: Green Thumb Garden, Louis H. Pink Houses 2nd Prize: Bountiful Garden, Tilden Houses 3rd Prize: Feed The Poor Garden, Linden Houses Honorable Mention: God Bless Garden, Louis H. Pink Houses Children's Theme Garden Winners 1st Prize: Garden of Farewells, Boulevard Houses Honorable Mention: Fannie’s Garden of Love #2, Louis H. Pink Houses Honorable Mention: Give God The Glory Garden, Linden Houses Honorable Mention: Sunshine Garden, Howard Day Care Center Honorable Mention: The Thoughts of Inner Peace Garden, Marcus Garvey Senior Center

	Queens Flower Garden Winners 1st Prize: Tabernacle Flower Garden, South Jamaica Houses 2nd Prize: Just For You Garden, Woodside Houses 3rd Prize: The 4 Ever Garden, Woodside Houses Honorable Mention: D.J.’s Corner Garden, South Jamaica Houses Honorable Mention: Kathryn’s Garden Spot, South Jamaica Houses Vegetable Garden Winners 1st Prize: I Did It! Garden, South Jamaica Houses 2nd Prize: Garden of Venus, South Jamaica Houses 3rd Prize: Down To Earth Vegetable Garden, South Jamaica Houses Honorable Mention: Fresh & Green Garden, South Jamaica Houses Honorable Mention: Smith’s Vegetable Garden, South Jamaica Houses Honorable Mention: Cabbage Patch Garden, Redfern Houses Children's Theme Garden Winners 1st Prize: Love and Beauty Garden, Conlon-Lihfe Towers 2nd Prize: Eye of The Tiger Flower Garden, South Jamaica Houses 3rd Prize: Garden of United, Beach 41st Street Houses

	Staten Island Flower Garden Winners 1st Prize: Secret Garden, Stapleton Community Center 2nd Prize: The Manor Garden, Todt Hill Houses 3rd Prize: Garden of Luv, Mariner’s Harbor Houses Honorable Mention: 218’s Gardens, Stapleton Houses Vegetable Garden Winners 1st Prize: Dina’s Garden, Berry Houses 2nd Prize: Green Thumb Garden, Mariner’s Harbor Houses 3rd Prize: Bori’s Garden, Mariner’s Harbor Houses Children's Theme Garden Winners 1st Prize: South Beach’s Shady Garden, South Beach Community Center 2nd Prize: Butterflies’ Backyard Garden, Markham Gardens Community Center 3rd Prize: A Little Sunshine Garden, Mariner’s Harbor Houses Honorable Mention: Bridge of Togetherness, New Lane Shores Honorable Mention: Stony Pond Garden, New Lane Shores