Garden Meeting Wednesday, August 10th at 6:30p.m.

In August we’ll hold a garden meeting on the second Wednesday, August 10th in the evening to help welcome those who cannot join us on the weekends or otherwise find this time more convenient. Join us at 6:30p.m., we’ll have plenty of time before the sun sets.

Millions March in Harlem will take place during our regular second Saturday meeting on August 13th starting at Lenox and 110th Street at 10a.m. Participating gardeners can join us on Wednesday instead.

2011 Harlem Community Garden Tour Schedule Announced

HARLEM GREEN, A Tour of Harlem Gardens

Saturday, July 30th (raindate, Sunday, July 31st)

10AM-4PM

FREE
Transportation provided by The Dept of Parks and Recreation for those unable to walk.

Breakfast @ 10 AM, at The Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden, 219 West 122nd

Traditional Harlem Barbeque: 4PM @ the  William A. Harris Garden

Our Thanks to the Green Guerillas; Greenthumb, Dept of Parks and Recreation; Harlem Gardeners;

NYCCGC(The NYC Community Garden Coalition); The William A. Harris Gardeners; Project Harmony, Inc.

GARDEN TOUR 2011

1.      Joseph Daniel Wilson  Memorial Garden 219 West 122nd St. 10 AM: Breakfast

2.         Little Green Acres–275 West 122nd Street: 10:45AM

3.         The Carrie McCracken/TRUCE Garden, St Nicholas // 117th &  118th Street:11:10 AM 

4.         The 123rd Street Block Association Garden, 123rd St // acPowell & Malcolm X Blvd.11:40am

5.     The 124th Street Garden, 124th St // AC Powell and Malcolm X Bld. 11: 55am

6.     The  Clayton William’s Garden, 126th St & Frederick Douglass Blvd. 12:15pm

7.         PCB’s William B Washington Garden, 126th & St. Nicholas Ave. 12:35pm

break

8.         Harlem Rose Garden, 4-8 East 129th Street: 1:20pm

9.         Margrichantie Garden 155–159 West 133^rd St. 1:45

10.       Hope Steven Garden, 1656 Amsterdam  Avenue: 2:10pm

11.    Serenity Garden, 522 West 146^th Street: 2:35pm

12.      Edgecomb Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary—339–341 Edgecomb Avenue @ 149^th Street: 3:00PM

13.     The Convent Avenue Garden—151^st and St. Nicholas: 3:30 PM

14.     The William A. Harris Garden–153^rd and St Nicholas:4:00 PM–BARBEQUE

 

2011 Harlem Community Gardens Tour Saturday, July 30 from 10a.m. to 4p.m.

 Harlem Community Gardens are pleased to announce that “HARLEM GREEN,” the  6^th Annual  Harlem Community Gardens Tour, will  take  place on Saturday, July 30^th  (raindate, Sunday, July 31st^st)2011, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.  The Tour will begin with a breakfast in the Joseph Daniel Wilson Community Garden at 219 West 122^nd Street, and the last stop will be at the William A. Harris Garden on 153rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, where Tourists will experience a traditional, home-style Harlem Barbecue.

The Harlem gardens, all managed by community volunteers, are among New York City’s  most extraordinary  and best–kept secrets. Tourists will discover an amazing variety of trees, vegetables, herbs and f lowers as well as ponds, gazebos, rain-water harvesting systems, and more.  The gardens are host to people of all ages.  Some are shade gardens where folks can come to relax or cook a meal.  The gardens run programs for toddlers, young mothers, youths and seniors; some have tutoring programs and environmental studies workshops for teens and other community folks.  There are canning and preserving workshops.  Some gardens host Community Supported Agriculture programs,  “CSA’s”.

“Harlem Green” has been made possible with assistance from the following agencies and  organizations:  the Green Guerillas of NYC;Greenthumb; The NYC Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC); the Parks and Recreation Department of NYC ; Project Harmony, Inc., and the William A. Harris Garden.

For more information call 212.662. 2878 or 917.288.8053.

July 4 Garden Picnic Photos

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Garden Table at West 118th Street Block Party: CORRECTION: Saturday, July 16

Join us at the West 118th Street block party! Meet your neighbors! Visit our garden’s table from 12-4p.m. for planting by Seeds to Soil and other projects and garden information.

The West 118th Street Block Party is: Saturday, July 16th, 2011, 12-7 p.m.

West 118th Street between Saint Nicholas Avenue and 8th Ave/Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Our Spring-Summer 2011 Newsletter

Please enjoy the latest edition of the Stone Soup Garden News and be sure to share, respond and send your items!

Spring Summer 2011 Newsletter

Gardeners Eren and Jon Present Performance Thursday, July 14th 7p.m. at Triad

Support our very active gardeners Eren and Jon for this one-night presentation.
Imagine Dat! The (After) Life of Jimmy Durante
Reserve your tickets in advance for a discounted price of $15 or ask for our garden’s discount code
http://www.imaginedatshow.com  or http://www.triadnyc.com
Brown Paper Tickets hotline: (800) 838-3006

One hour show.

June photos

broken bricks make nice paths between plots

 

getting tools and getting to work

 

good meeting attendance even in the rain

 

grapes forming

 

roses bloom

 

mulberries are a hit

 

lush cabbage

 

July 9 Food Co-Op in Harlem 1-3p.m., from Brother Leroy

Carrie McCracken gardeners could stop by after our regular second Saturday meeting.
Come by and buy an item or two that willprovide a higher nutrition content than
other sources.  And, you save $$.

EAT TO LIVE FOOD CO-OP
Muhammad Mosque No. 7
127th St/Malcolm X Blvd.
Harlem, New York City
Saturday, July 9
1-3PM

Organic veggies, fruits.hormone-free milk, bean pies,
Final Calls, conscious people, etc, etc.

Co-op’s Background
At the age of seven, Sister Fajr Shah Muhammad was inspired by reading about
George Washington Carver and is dedicated to seeing that Black folks reclaim their
science of growing wholesome foods.

She has organized this co-op andurban gardening activities to bringthe knowledge of organic growing right into  our homes.  Please show your support for the food co-op Saturday 1-3PM.

Our garden hosted June NYCCGC Gardeners’ Meeting

Many thanks to everyone who attended the June New York City Community Gardens Coalition meeting at Carrie McCracken TRUCE Community Garden.

We were happy to share our garden with so many talented gardeners and hope to see you all again for another tour!