"Every year, tens of thousands of people pick up free bulbs and plant them in street tree pits or community gardens. The flowers bloom in the spring. The project began when a Dutch bulb farmer donated 1 million daffodil bulbs to New York City in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks. New Yorkers for Parks took on the initiative, and it has since become a key part of its advocacy platform."
"It's also a vehicle for pushing City Hall to increase funding for the city's 30,000 acres of parkland through its "1% for Parks" campaign, a call to dedicate $1 billion, or 1% of the city's $116 billion budget, to parks. "Those parks, if they were invested in appropriately, can do so much more to make the city healthier - to reduce water during times of rain and flooding, to decrease the temperature in neighborhoods that are suffering from higher temperatures because of a lot of concrete," Ganser said."
Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered at Union Square to pick up daffodil bulbs and wildflower seeds as part of a citywide planting effort. The Daffodil Project began after Sept. 11, 2001, when a Dutch bulb farmer donated 1 million bulbs to New York City, and New Yorkers for Parks now distributes between 500,000 and 1 million bulbs annually. Tens of thousands of people plant bulbs in street tree pits and community gardens so flowers bloom in spring. The initiative doubles as advocacy through a "1% for Parks" campaign calling for $1 billion to improve 30,000 acres of parkland, aiming to reduce flooding and neighborhood heat and to increase overall park investment.
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