 Mr. Joseph Daniel Wilson & Cindy Nibbelink c. 1985.  A hard-working team!  The Joseph D. Wilson Garden in spring.  The Wonder of it all!   Singing with Pete Seeger! |
~The Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden~ & Project Harmony, Inc.
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. Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, Flowers and other perennial vegetation in the J.D. Wilson Garden: Allium (varieties); Anise; Artemesia; Asiatic Lily; Astilbe; Azalea; Aztec Fire; Bamboo (water) Bay; Bee balm (monarda); Hardy Begonia/Begonia Grandis; Bouganville; Buddeleia/butterfly bush; Calla Lily (tender perennial); Canna (tender p.); Chives; Clethora; Cinimifuga; Clematis; Crocosmia; Crocus; Daffodil; Dianthus (Sweet William); Digitalis (foxglove); Dogwood; Echinaecia; Euonymous; Fern (varieties) Forsythia; Frittilaria (varieties);Garlic; Goldenrod; Grecian wind flower; Hardy Hibiscus (Rose of Sharon); Helleborous; Hibiscus; Holly; Hollyhock; Hydrangea; Hyacinth; Huechera; Hosta (varieties);Iris; Ivy (varieties); Japanese maple; Japanese Weeping Willow; Jasmine (varieties); Joe Pye Weed; Lemon Balm; Lavender (varieties);Lilac; Liatris; Lizard Tail (water plant);Mandeville; Maple; Mulberry; Morning glory; Muscari; Narcissus; Oregano; Oriental Lily; Oxalis; Passiflora Incense (hardy passion flower); Peach; Peony; Pachysandra; Parrot Feather (water); Petasites Gargantus (“dinosaur food”): Pulmonaria (lungwort); Rose(varieties); Rose of Sharon (Hardy Hibiscus); Rosemary; River Birch; Sage (varieties); Sedum; Silver Lace Vine; Taro; Thalia (water); Tulip (varieties); Trumpet vine; Vinca; Water Clover; Water Lily (varieties); Water hyacinth; Water Iris; Wisteria. (Annuals include: basil; black-eyed susan[re-seeding]; geranium; greens (variety); impatiens; ipomea; nastursium; petunia; sunflower; tomato; squash; peppers; zinnia; four-o-clock; sunflower; castor bean; cardinal flower). We are forever grateful to the following organizations, agencies, and individuals who have helped us throughout our twenty-plus years: The Body Shop of Harlem; Citizens for NYC; Deutsch Bank; Greenthumb (NYC Parks and Recreation); The Green Guerillas; The Greening of Harlem (Bernadette Cozart); Just Food; The NYC Botanical Garden; New York Cares; The NYC Council On The Environment; The NYC Environmental Justice Alliance; The NYC Community Garden Coalition; City-Year; The Harlem Educational Activities Fund; The Neighborhood Open Space Coalition;The Penny-Savers of The School at Columbia; The New York Women’s Foundation; THE NEW YORK CITY PARKS FOUNDATION (Partnership for Parks); The Riverside Sharing Committee; Tisch School of the Arts and Jan Cohen-Cruz; Casmir Alexander; Jean & David Bahle; Harriet Bailer; Grace Britton & children; MaryAnn Brownlee; Phyllis Bowdwin; Majora Carter; Michael Condren; Sr. Barbara Costello; Yvette Cruz; Dr. David Eberle; Diane Eamtracul; Tom Goodridge; Francis Greenburger; Jaques Guillet; Robert & Terri Gumula Drach; Rod Keenan; A. James Heynen; Winnie & Israel Johnson; Leslie Lowe and the Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation; Sabrina; Pete & Toshi Seeger; Valerie Smith; Nancy Steinke; Esther Wanning; Greg & Irene Worley; Alex & Susan Yanos. and our many other friends, neighbors, and fellow gardeners/ “guardians” of the land to whom we are eternally grateful. PRODUCTS, NEWS AND EVENTS ~~ We are presently in a struggle to save the JD Wilson Garden from developers; while things look positive, we need all the support we can get. Please call us @ 212.662.2878; e-mail haja216@aol.com or write us : Project Harmony, Inc. ~~Our products, to be described later in detail, are currently on sale: home canned goods, preserves & herbal/mulberry vinegars plus our hand-crafted olive oil (Castile) soaps. Call, e-mail or write as per above for info. * * * * * * * * ~~We would be remiss if we did not express our sorrow at the loss of a dear friend of ours and all gardeners/environmentalists, people in the struggle for human rights: Adam Honigman, whose life on this earth ended the evening of October 16th, 2007. |
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