219 W 122nd St
Manhattan
Harlem community gardeners invite the public to tour Harlem's amazing grassroots green oases.
Visit opulent gardens and urban farms, growing unique vegetables, fields of pollen-rich wild flowers, and native plants, herbs, fruit, peanuts, and cotton. There are gazebos, hoop houses, hydroponic growing systems, grape arbors, ponds, highly-developed composting systems and more in this sampling of Harlem's Community Gardens.
The event will kick off with a sumptuous breakfast at the J.D. Wilson Garden on 122nd Street, and end at 5:00 p.m. with a traditional Harlem cook out at the William A. Harris Garden at 153rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The tour will cover more than fifteen of Harlem's incredible green gems.
Some gardens began over 30 years ago, transforming sun-parched and rubble-strewn abandoned city lots into lush gardens. Newer gardens abound where neighbors have recently come together to reclaim wasting lots.
Attendees are encouraged to bicycle or walk the tour; however, thanks to Greenthumb and NYC Parks, buses will transport folks who cannot walk or use alternative transportation. In addition to buses provided by Greenthumb and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Philipp Rassman, a gardener at the Morris-Jumel Garden on West 162nd Street, will head up the Bicycle Brigade of tourists. Eren Gibson of the Truce/McCracken Garden on 118th Street and St Nicholas will lead the brave-soled walkers.
Sponsors for the event include Greenthumb and NYC Parks, Harlem Gardens, Partnership for Parks, The William A. Harris Garden, NYCCGC (The NYC Community Garden Coalition), and Project Harmony, Inc.
