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Dear Gardeners, Please join us at our monthly meeting this Thursday, June 16th 6:30 - 8:30pm. We meet every third Thursday, and during the summer, we follow our tradition of meeting in the gardens. General meetings are a great space to hear from fellow gardeners, get news about garden issues and events around the city, and more. Hope to see you there.  JUNE Thursday, June 19, 6:30pm  Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden  219 West 122nd Street, Harlem NY  Metro: A, B, C, D, 2, 3 to W125th Street Agenda:  Tour of garden  Introductions / What's going on in YOUR garden?  Update on Threatened gardens  Fundraiser update  Legislative committee updates  Upcoming Events  Networking About the garden:  Founded in 1985 on a treeless, rubble-strewn lot, the Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden originally occupied twice the space it now inhabits. Over the years it has weathered many struggles and welcomed many triumphs. It has all been hard, hard work, but labor well worth the effort. With the help of neighborhood youths, Mr. Joseph Wilson, Cynthia Nibbelink Worley, and Haja Worley founded the garden. Over the years, many, many others have contributed to make the Garden—while always a work-in-progress—what it is today. We are pleased that in addition to being a peaceful green oasis in the midst of the “concrete jungle,” the Wilson garden is a place where people of all ages, ethnicities, and genders come together for concerts, educational programs, reading groups, and more. We’ve come a long, long way. We are deeply grateful to all those organizations and individuals who have helped us come this far, not only, but who have seen the enormous value of the “urban forest.” Throughout this time, our organization—Project Harmony, Inc. has sought to help the community in numerous ways: self-help programs; economic development; environmental education; tutoring underserved youth, tree-pruning & urban forestry projects, and more.