Coffey Park
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Overview
In Red Hook, Coffey Park is the place to go. It is where everybody goes to hang out, relax, and have fun. Coffey Park has been in Red Hook since 1901, and just a couple of years ago, nobody would dare to enter it. In the 1980s and 1990s Coffey Park was run-down and dangerous. Thanks to the hard work of John Clark the gardener at Coffey Park and his volunteers, the Coffey Park Gardeners, Coffey Park has changed greatly in recent years, becoming one of the most well-known and loved parks in Red Hook.
Check out the Coffey Park website for more information:
http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B077/dailyplant/20254
To get involved with the Coffey Park Gardeners, email: coffeyparkgardeners@gmail.com
John Clark, the Coffey Park gardener, recently planted a native plant pollinators garden as part of project Bee Watchers with the Greenbelt Native Plant Center. To learn more about Bee Watchers go to: http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/gnpc/bee_watchers.html
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