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    Farm Tour of John Bowne High School in Queens (Virtual Workshop)
    • May 5

    Farm Tour of John Bowne High School in Queens (Virtual Workshop)

    Get an insider's look of the historic farm in the heart of Queens Take a farm tour with Cristian Gilces, urban agriculturist, founder of...
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    Climate Distress Roundtable and Resources
    • May 2

    Climate Distress Roundtable and Resources

    This roundtable discussion between a climate psychologist and four high school students highlights what climate anxiety is, how it...
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    Earth Month Activity Guide! For all 5 NYC Boroughs
    • Apr 6

    Earth Month Activity Guide! For all 5 NYC Boroughs

    Looking for ideas on what to do for Earth Month 2022? Peruse through this guide for free activities near you! GrowNYC Events Climate...
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    Building Emotional Resilience Against Climate Change
    • Mar 31

    Building Emotional Resilience Against Climate Change

    Join us on April 28, 2022 at 4:30 PM for a free virtual round-table discussion about climate anxiety between NYC high schoolers and a...
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    Ready, Set, It's Seed Starting Time: Learning the Basics of Seed Starting.
    • Mar 10

    Ready, Set, It's Seed Starting Time: Learning the Basics of Seed Starting.

    This workshop highlights the process for starting seeds indoors, supplies necessary and the journey a seed will take from germination to...
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    Rain Gardens
    • Feb 17

    Rain Gardens

    A rain garden is a garden of native shrubs, perennials, and grasses which can withstand both drought and occasional flooding planted in a...
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    Digging the Scope and Sequence: Aligning garden activities with the standards.
    • Jan 20

    Digging the Scope and Sequence: Aligning garden activities with the standards.

    Watch our virtual workshop from January 19, 2022. This workshop presents how you can use the school garden as an outdoor classroom to...
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    Grow a Garden From Food Scraps!
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Grow a Garden From Food Scraps!

    Watch our workshop hosted Dec 15, 2021. Be sure to try the Super Sprouts Salad recipe: Additional Resources: Saving Pepper Seeds Grow...
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    List of DOE Vendors
    • Dec 16, 2021

    List of DOE Vendors

    Outdoor Classroom and School Garden Supplies Many public and charter schools in NYC want to build school gardens and outdoor classrooms,...
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    Teaching Garden Update 11/12
    • Nov 12, 2021

    Teaching Garden Update 11/12

    The weather keeps getting colder and we are preparing the teaching garden for winter! That means insulating all of our perennial plants...
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    Fruit Tree Care: An Intro!
    • Nov 10, 2021

    Fruit Tree Care: An Intro!

    Watch our workshop hosted on November 9, 2021. This workshop was facilitated by urban agriculturist Cristian Gilces: check out his...
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    Teaching Garden Update October 29th
    • Oct 29, 2021

    Teaching Garden Update October 29th

    Fall is in full swing at the Teaching Garden, and as the days get shorter and colder we notice our plants slowing down a bit... but there...
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    Teaching Garden Update October 15th
    • Oct 15, 2021

    Teaching Garden Update October 15th

    The days are getting shorter and the air is getting colder, but we are continuing to harvest, weed, and plant our garden. Here you can...
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    Teaching Garden Update 10/1
    • Oct 1, 2021

    Teaching Garden Update 10/1

    Happy October! Here at the Teaching Garden we are transitioning to a fall and winter garden - we are removing summer crops and adding...
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    You Can Eat That? Edible Weeds and More!
    • Sep 23, 2021

    You Can Eat That? Edible Weeds and More!

    Watch our virtual workshop from September 22, 2021: This workshop is to get you started: please do further research and/or work with an...
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    Teaching Garden Update 9/17
    • Sep 17, 2021

    Teaching Garden Update 9/17

    We are seeing the first signs of fall in the teaching garden, it is just around the corner! We cut back our kale plants and will be...
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    Harvest How-To Guide
    • Sep 15, 2021

    Harvest How-To Guide

    Learn how and when to harvest your garden crops! Return to this post as we'll keep updating it with additional crops. Crops included so...
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    Seed Keeping in Your Garden (Virtual Workshop)
    • Sep 9, 2021

    Seed Keeping in Your Garden (Virtual Workshop)

    Watch the virtual workshop we hosted on September 8, 2021. An introduction on how to save seeds from common garden fruits and veggies....
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    Teaching Garden Update September 3
    • Sep 3, 2021

    Teaching Garden Update September 3

    Fall is in the air! This week, Hurricane Ida flooded our garden along with the subway systems. We thankfully got by with only one plant...
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    Teaching Garden Update August 20th
    • Aug 20, 2021

    Teaching Garden Update August 20th

    Summer is winding down at the Teaching Garden, where summer camps have ended and school hasn't yet begun. We spend the end of August...
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