"Bette Midler Opens Redesigned Community Garden in Bed-Stuy," By Brooklyn Eagle

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project (NYRP), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing and revitalizing parks, community gardens and public spaces in New York City, opened Brooklyn’s redesigned Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Garden to the public Thursday.

Ms. Midler, in addition to her theatrical and musical activities, gained fame among environmentalists when, in the 1990s, her organization and the Trust for Public Land bought more than 100 community gardens that were due to be auctioned off by the Giuliani administration. Of these gardens, 55 went to the Restoration Project — the Bedford-Stuyvesant garden among them.