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About The Project

For nearly a decade the Daffodil Project, a living memorial to 9/11, has been a citywide effort to beautify every neighborhood by planting daffodils. Led by New Yorkers for Parks in cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, this annual volunteer effort serves as a living memorial for the victims, a symbol of remembrance, and an act of rebirth that involves citizens in the revitalization of their communities.

Each fall, New Yorkers for Parks distributes hundreds of thousands of daffodil bulbs to New Yorkers in all five boroughs. The bulbs are free to anyone who commits to planting them in a park or public space.

Dutch bulb supplier Hans van Waardenburg of B&K Flowerbulbs has pledged to donate 500,000 daffodil bulbs to the project each year as long as there are volunteers willing to plant them. Over 20,000 New Yorkers have responded to this challenge, making the Daffodil Project one of the largest citywide volunteer efforts.

Since the project’s inception, nearly 4 million daffodils have been planted throughout New York City. Due to the tremendous support and interest in this project, Mayor Bloomberg named the daffodil the official flower of New York City in 2007.

Blooming Maps
Where can you see daffodils? Daffodils bloom in early spring. New Yorkers for Parks’ “Blooming Maps” highlight some of the larger plantings done by community groups in each borough last fall.

Bronx map (pdf)
Brooklyn map (pdf)
Manhattan map (pdf)
Queens map (pdf)
Staten Island map (pdf)

Daffodil Project Volunteer Group: The Bulb Brigade

Are you an individual interested in getting involved in the Daffodil Project? New Yorkers for Parks is pleased to introduce the Bulb Brigade, your chance to volunteer with New Yorkers for Parks and community groups around the city. Volunteer opportunities for individuals may include:

Planting bulbs in the fall: Volunteers for the Bulb Brigade will be put in touch with community groups who contact New Yorkers for Parks for help planting their Daffodil Project bulbs.
Distributing bulbs in the fall: Every fall New Yorkers for Parks holds one distribution day in each borough, handing out tens of thousands of free bulbs. Bulb Brigade volunteers are needed to bag bulbs and collect information. These are great opportunities to meet do-gooders from around the city, and spread the word about the Daffodil Project!
Cleaning up blooming sites in the spring: Every spring New Yorkers for Parks creates Blooming Maps to highlight some of the larger planting sites in each borough. This spring, New Yorkers for Parks will offer the highlighted community groups the chance to have Bulb Brigade volunteers help out with a spring clean up event of their site, as a thank you for their hard work.

If joining the Bulb Brigade interests you, please fill out the volunteer application form.

For more information, or if you are a community group who received Daffodil Project bulbs and would like to request the help of the Bulb Brigade, please contact Meredith Ledlie, Outreach Coordinator, at 212-838-9410 ext 313 or .

Support the Daffodil Project

To find out how to support the Daffodil Project, please contact Ella Tabasky, Development Manager, at or 212-838-9410 ext. 310.

The Daffodil Project is sponsored by:

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