Surprised Bklyn Center Residents Love Their New Plants

On Monday August 31, Brooklyn Center residents on Buffalo Avenue in Crown Heights got a huge surprise when new plants for their new rooms at the new facility arrived for them. Courtesy of a community organization called planTogetherNYC, a growing outfit that donates plants to seniors at nursing homes throughout Brooklyn, seeing the smiles on the faces of seniors is the goal. This campaign started earlier this year during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in New York City.

Started by two friends in New York, Baila Dalfin and Nechama Hecht, they were realizing what the pandemic was doing to seniors who were either in isolation at home or not being able to see their family at the nursing home. So they started planTogetherNYC, an initiative for donating plants to these seniors in Brooklyn and Queens. They knew that plants bring happiness to seniors.

“I almost cried when I saw the faces of our seniors light up,” said Rabiah Ghani, Recreation Director at Brooklyn Center. “I want to thank Baila and Nechama at planTogether for having such big hearts.”

Started in Brooklyn, now deliveries of plants are made across the five boroughs and the company has gifted over 350 plants to seniors, according to their website, plantogethernyc.com. Brooklyn Center may be looking to do another plant delivery in the future while planTogetherNYC is looking to expand further to grasp the hearts of seniors in areas outside of New York City’s five boroughs.