The HARLEM GREEN Community Garden Tour, in existence for eleven years, has taken it to another level! This year, August 12-19, we are hosting the HARLEM GREEN Community Garden EXPO! Gardens in both East and West Harlem & Washington Heights will take part in the EXPO.
Saturday, August 12
Walking/Bike Tours (self-guided or group)
Kick-off with Caribbean art & music, 1-4pm
William H. Harris Garden, 153rd & St. Nicholas Ave
Sunday, August 13
Plant Division Workshop with Jennie Benitiez, master gardener, 11am
Jenny’s Garden, 12th Avenue & 138th St
Thursday, August 17
Storytime / Arts & Crafts for Young Children, 10:30am
People's Market 11am-7pm
Prep Demos & Tasting, 12-6pm
Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden: 219 West 122nd Street btw Powell & Douglass
Open every day 10am-dusk
Saturday, August 19
Walking/Bike Tours (self-guided or group)
"Gardening Traditions" Greenthumb workshop with veteran urban farmer Willie Morgan Our Little Green Acre, near the corner of 122nd Street & Frederick Douglass Blvd
Jazz concert with Marcus Steele & Friends, 5:30pm
Clayton Williams Community Garden, 126th & Frederick Douglass Blvd
Many gardens “in action” can be visited throughout the week:
Diamante/Diamantis Garden: 118th Street btw 1st and 2nd Avenues
Open every day
Harlem Grown/Success Garden: 118 West 134th Street btw Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds
Open M-F: 8am-6pm; S/S: 12-5pm
Jenny’s Garden/ Riverside Valley Community Garden: 138th Street/12th Ave
Open T/Th: 10am-1pm
Luigi's Garden of Love: 115th Street btw Powell & Douglass
Open every day with activities
Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden: 219 West 122nd Street btw Powell & Douglass
Open every day 10am-dusk
Maggie's Magic Garden: Lexington Ave. btw 101 & 100 St
Open every day
Chenchita's Garden: 111th & Madison Ave
Sponsored by the Harlem Green Committee, Project Harmony, inc.; The William H. Harris Garden, The Clayton Williams Community Garden, with special thanks to Greenthumb (NYC Dept. Of Parks & Recreation); Partnerships for Parks, NYCCGC, The Green Guerillas, all Harlem gardens and gardeners.
