PS 48 Gardeners Create Living Memorial Fall 2023
PS 48 gardeners came together with NYC Parks, Partnerships for Parks, Southern Boulevard Business Improvement District, Loving the Bronx and Drew Gardens to help revitalize the park space and continue to create a living memorial for the enslaved people whose graves are unmarked within Drake Park.
Students planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs donated by New Yorkers for Parks (NY4P) and Loving the Bronx’s Nilka Martell, as well as learned to become community and park advocates, and helped restore the local park and memorial space. Here are some photos from their work. It's progress towards writing the people back into our collective history and a continuation of prior student work creating a living memorial at the Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground Project.
Click the photo below to see some of the highlights from this experience!
Students planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs donated by New Yorkers for Parks (NY4P) and Loving the Bronx’s Nilka Martell, as well as learned to become community and park advocates, and helped restore the local park and memorial space. Here are some photos from their work. It's progress towards writing the people back into our collective history and a continuation of prior student work creating a living memorial at the Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground Project.
Click the photo below to see some of the highlights from this experience!