{"id":9477,"date":"2018-09-12T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2018-09-19T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T15:34:17","slug":"roosevelt-island-living-library-park-blooms-flowers-herbs-ripe-fruits-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/roosevelt-island\/roosevelt-island-living-library-park-blooms-flowers-herbs-ripe-fruits-vegetables","title":{"rendered":"Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park: A Verdant, Blooming, Organic Garden of Flowers, Fruit, Herbs & Vegetables in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is\u00a0a lot of work involved in making\u00a0A Living Library & Think Park\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>bloom – planting seeds, weeding, mulching, composting, staking, watering. But the efforts are worthy when flowers, fruit, herbs and vegetables are ready to harvest. Nature <\/span>rewards us with her bountiful magic that also helps us address issues of climate change and urban revitalization.\u00a0As summer passes, please enjoy some pictures of the lush, gorgeous and ecological,\u00a0<\/span>Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park Gardens<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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RI Living Library & Think Park<\/em> – China enjoying a little green paradise that also revitalizes the urban environment<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pushpanjali looking at the outdoor garden classroom in the RI Living Library & Think Park<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Anthony visiting the RI Living Library & Think Park<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Sayuri enjoying the Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park Gardens<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Roosevelt Island children learning about ecology and the environment while observing the lush plantings in the RI Living Library & Think Park Gardens<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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China in her orange shirt is a flower unfolding as part of the Human Garden<\/em> in the ecological Living Library<\/em> environment.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sunflowers

Sunflowers and Roses add bright colors to our\u00a0Living Library & Think Park\u00a0Garden<\/em>s !<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beautiful orange, yellow, white and red Zinnias welcome you in the RI Living Library & Think Park<\/em> and are great pollinators.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pumpkin

That little yellow Pumpkin will soon become large before Halloween !<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tomatoes

Tomatoes are still ripening.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cucumbers

Fresh Cucumbers to go with Tomatoes and Cheese in a Sandwich.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Can you spot Okra?<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Beans

Fresh Beans raw or stir-fried taste delicious and are healthy too !<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is a tiny Pepper growing!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Radish

This Radish looks gorgeous!<\/p><\/div>\n

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A.L.L. instructor<\/em> China Bushell at work and play!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bonnie

Bonnie Ora in the RI Living Library & Think Park<\/em>, supports environmental education, urban agriculture and sustainable, ecological development to help revitalize communities – locally and globally.<\/p><\/div>\n

After working in the Living Library Gardens<\/em><\/strong>, it is time to catch up and enjoy a celebratory drink ! See below from left: Bonnie Ora Sherk, Anna Tang, China Bushell, Pushpanjali Roy, Sherie Helstein, and Lydia Tang at Nisi, Roosevelt Island. Missing from this picture but sitting nearby, is our friend and colleague, Wendy Hersh, President of the RI Disabled Association.<\/p>\n

The Roosevelt Island<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Living Library & Think Park<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is a great example of multi-cultural and multi-generational community engagement and participation. Stay tuned for more updates\u00a0!<\/p>\n

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A.L.L. smiles after work and play at Nisi on Roosevelt Island in NYC.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is\u00a0a lot of work involved in making\u00a0A Living Library & Think Park\u00a0bloom – planting seeds, weeding, mulching, composting, staking, watering. But the efforts are worthy when flowers, fruit, herbs and vegetables are ready to harvest. Nature rewards us with her bountiful magic that also helps us address issues of climate change and urban revitalization.\u00a0As […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park: A Verdant, Blooming, Organic Garden of Flowers, Fruit, Herbs & Vegetables in NYC - A Living Library - Archive Site","description":"There is\u00a0a lot of work involved in making\u00a0 A Living Library & Think Park\u00a0 bloom - planting seeds, weeding, mulching, composting, staking, watering. But the"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,5],"tags":[23,32,37,22,146,33,38,45,61,85,28,145,87,64,63,69,27,76],"class_list":["post-9477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-l-l-pedagogy","category-art-landscape-architecture-systemic-design","category-roosevelt-island","tag-a-living-library","tag-a-living-library-nature-walk","tag-art-and-social-practice","tag-bonnie-ora-sherk","tag-climate-change","tag-community-revitalization","tag-ecological-art","tag-ecological-garden","tag-ecological-transformation","tag-ecology","tag-education-for-sustainable-development","tag-environmental-education","tag-flood-mitigation","tag-garden-ecology-education","tag-hands-on-learning","tag-roosevelt-island-living-library-think-park","tag-sustainable-development","tag-urban-agriculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9477"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9541,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477\/revisions\/9541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}