Building Emotional Resilience Against Climate Change
Who is affected by climate anxiety? Anyone aware of climate change and its harmful effects may experience some level of anxiety. We...
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- Mar 10, 2022
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...
- Feb 17, 2022
Rain Gardens in NYC
A rain garden is a garden of native shrubs, perennials, and grasses which can withstand both drought and occasional flooding planted in a...
- Jan 20, 2022
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...
- 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...
- Dec 16, 2021
List of DOE Vendors
Outdoor Classroom and School Garden Supplies This is an evolving list of currently known DOE vendors that provide items related to...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Aug 6, 2021
Teaching Garden Update August 6th
Happy August! We are feeling the heat of summer at the Teaching Garden, and it is reflected in our bountiful harvests. We have also had...
- Aug 5, 2021
Summer Planting (Virtual Workshop)
Watch the virtual workshop we hosted on August 4, 2021. 3 Summer growing options: Second Season Fall Crops (plant in June, July, August)...
- Jul 28, 2021
Garden Herbs and Natural Remedies (Virtual Workshop)
In this workshop we touched on Herbalism and Spiritual Awareness. As well as discussed the technical skills needed into making herbal...
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