Mission: “The GrowNYC Teaching Garden at Governors Island is a one acre urban farm that aims to engage, excite, and educate its visitors in all aspects of urban farming. GrowNYC offers field trips at the Teaching Garden to NYC students and summer camp participants, giving kids the opportunity to plant, water, harvest, and cook the garden’s wide array of vegetables, herbs, and fruits.”
What they produce: Produce and flowers
Whom they serve: NYC youth and their families. Produce is distributed to local organizations serving
food-insecure New Yorkers.
Onsite programs: Field trips, garden and nutrition workshops, summer camps. Public weekend hours: Saturdays and Sundays from 12-4.
Founded: 2014
Profit or Nonprofit: Nonprofit operated through GrowNYC under the jurisdiction of NYC Parks and Recreation.
Email/contact information: ebrown@grownyc.org
Interesting fact: This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Teaching Garden has shifted its educational offerings online with the Virtual Teaching Garden program. More information on virtual programs here.
