HARLEM GREEN, 8th ANNUAL TOUR OF HARLEM COMMUNITY GARDENS—FREE!

On Saturday, August 31st (rain date, Sunday, September 1st), Harlem gardeners will host HARLEM GREEN, the 8th annual tour of Harlem farms and gardens. Visitors will see lush oases with verdant flora and fauna, rain water harvesting systems, solar pond aeration and lighting, vertical gardens, established fruit trees, abundant herbs, vegetables, and more. Some gardens began over 25 years ago on what was then sun-parched and rubble-strewn abandoned city lots. Visitors will also visit new gardens where neighbors have come together to sow wildflowers, excavate and reclaim abandoned debris-strewn lots.

The Tour will begin at 10:00 AM with a sumptuous breakfast on West 122nd Street at the JD Wilson Memorial garden. Thanks to the NYC Parks Department, a bus will transport folks (who aren’t walking or bicycling) on the Tour. The grand finale will again take place at the William A. Harris Garden with a delicious, traditional Harlem barbeque.

Sponsors for the event include The Green Guerillas; Greenthumb and The Parks Dept. of NYC;Harlem Gardeners’ The William A. Harris Gardeners; NYCCGC (The NYC Community Garden Coalition); Project Harmony, Inc.

2013 HARLEM GREEN GARDEN TOUR

1. The Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden, 219 West 122nd Street between ACPowell and Frederick Douglass Blvds. 10AM- Big Breakfast!
2. Little Green Acres, Frederick Douglass & 122nd St.10:45AM
3. The Carrie McCracken/TRUCE Garden, 118th & St. Nicholas 11:15 AM
4. The Clayton Williams Garden, 126th & Frederick Douglass:11:45 AM
5. The PCB William Washington Garden, 126th & St. Nicholas Ave.12:00 PM
6. The Linnette C. Williamson Garden, 65 West 128th Street:12:25PM
7. The Harlem Rose Garden, 4 East 129th Street: 12:50PM
8. The West 132nd Street Garden, 108-114 West 132nd Street between Malcolm X & AC Powell: 1: 15PM
9. Margrichante Community Garden, 155-159 West 133rd Street btw MalcolmX & ACPowell: 1:45PM
10. Success Garden/ Harlem Grown, 118 west 134th Street btw MalcolmX & 7th: 2: 05
11. The Morris-Jumel Community Garden, 457 west 162nd St. 2:45PM
12. The Convent Avenue Garden, 151st and Convent Avenue: 3:20PM
13. The William B. Harris Garden, 153rd and St. Nicholas Ave. 3:45PM -Bar-b-Que!!!!
14. Bus leaves BBQ at 5PM!