Find Newark Community Food System
Featured Locations
Garden / Urban Farm | Contact Person |
Type of Green Space
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The Zubi Garden 179 So. 10th St. |
Ijeoma Ukenta [email protected] (973) 818-3375 |
Identifies itself as a community garden with dreams of scaling up to becoming an urban farm. Provides educational resources on all things green and a free, healthy, organic non-GMO produce source for Newark residents. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events. Pursuing opportunity to purchase land from City.
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Lincoln Park Community Garden 46 W. Kinney St. |
Joni Wellness [email protected] (201) 207-4448Ted Lawson (646) 407-0744 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden with multiple plot allotments occupied by individual gardeners and three non-profit organizations. Hosts various community events and volunteer days. Affiliated with LPCCD.
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Garden of Life 909 So. 18th St. |
South 17th and 18th Streets Neighborhood Association
Patricia Cobb Latham |
Identifies itself as a community garden.
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Kinney Community Garden 279 W. Kinney St. | Barbara Weiland (862) 444-9148 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Hosts various educational learning activities and community events. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Pursuing opportunity to purchase land from City.
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Garden of Hope 3-7 Fairmount Ave.The People’s Garden 86 Garside St.A.S.H.E. Farmer’s Market & Café 8-12 3rd St. |
Tobias A. Fox (646) 399-0337 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Operates a CSA. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events. Recently purchased 3-5 & 7 Fairmount Ave & 8-12 3rd St. from City and redeveloping these properties.
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Heart of Vailsburg (HOV) Healthy Havens: Eighteen Haven 1068 18th Ave |
Sabrina Ross [email protected] (862) 227-3022 |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Runs a Farm Stand. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events.
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Giving 1/10th Garden 715-717 So. 20th St. | Charmaine la Fortune (917) 301-7501 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events. Pursuing opportunity to purchase land from City.
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Morning Glory Garden for Change 177-181 Sherman Ave. |
Corinna Sharrief [email protected] (862) 276-1568Muneerah Gilkerson [email protected] (571) 420-6381 |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Has multiple gardeners assigned to plots. Hosts various educational learning activities and community events. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Pursuing opportunity to purchase land from City.
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Beth Greenhouse Farm (Corner of Lehigh Avenue and Osbourne Terrace) |
Lorraine Gibbons (Beth Israel Medical Center) [email protected] (973) 855-3894 |
Identifies itself as a hydroponic (soilless) farm. Is a facility managed by the Beth Israel Medical Center. Hosts community events.
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Grow a Garden, Grow Yourself 215 Lehigh Ave |
Dena Corbin [email protected] (201) 532-9650 |
Identifies itself as a wellness garden with a specialization in herbs. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses the backyard of her house. Hosts community events.
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Late Bloomer Project 48 Columbia Ave |
Sabrina Ross [email protected] (862) 227-3022 |
Identifies itself as an educational farm. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various learning activities and community events.
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SWAG Project Farms 343 Meeker Ave and 438-440 Peshine Ave |
Emilio Panasci (908) 208-7244 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as an urban farm. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Organizes Farmer’s Markets & Farm Stands throughout Newark and East Orange. Uses both privately owned property and property through Newark’s Adopt-ALot Program.
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Down Bottom Farms 377-385 Ferry St. Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) |
Carena Miles (540) 429-4775 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as an urban farm. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Runs a Farmer’s Market and hosts various community events. Uses privately owned property.
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Rabbit Hole Farms 36-38 Rose Terrace |
Keven Porter (347) 617-9488 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as an urban farm. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Sells a variety of herbs through Farmer’s Markets. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events.
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Branch Brook Park Children’s Garden | Marissa Staffen (4H) [email protected] |
This garden is a collaboration between Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County: 4-H youth and the Master
Gardeners, American Heart Association, local youth and families, and Essex County. |
Newark Science and Sustainability, Inc. Garden of Hope 3-7 Fairmount Ave. | Tobias A. Fox (646) 399-0337 [email protected] Libby Klein (201) 937-2974 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as an urban farm. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Operates a CSA. Hosts various community events. Purchased this land from the City.
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Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) Lincoln Park Sustainable Living Garden 46 W. Kinney St. |
Hashim Bennett (201) 577-1405 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden with multiple plot allotments occupied by individual gardeners and non-profit organizations. Hosts various community events and volunteer days. Affiliated with LPCCD. Uses privately owned property.
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KIDS IN BUSINESS Kinney Community Garden 279 W. Kinney St. |
Barbara Weiland (862) 444-9148 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Hosts various educational learning activities and community events. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Pursuing opportunity to purchase the land from the City.
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Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) Down Bottom Farms 371-385 Ferry St. |
Melanie Reyes [email protected] |
Identifies itself as an urban farm. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Runs a Farmer’s Market and hosts various community events. Uses land owned by the state.
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Urban Agriculture Cooperative | Emilio Panasci (908) 208-7244 [email protected] |
Organizes Farmer’s Markets & Farm Stands throughout Newark, East Orange, and other communities. Also runs an online farm share subscription
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Giving One Tenth Garden 715-717 So. 20th Street |
Charmaine La Fortune (917) 301-7501 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events. Pursuing opportunity to purchase this land from the City of Newark.
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Rabbit Hole Farm Newark 36-38 Rose Terrace |
Keven Porter (973) 477-9914 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a medicinal urban farm. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Sells a variety of herbs and herbal teas through Farmer’s Markets. Uses land
through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events. Pursuing opportunity to purchase this land from the City. |
Plant Nursery 138 Columbia Avenue |
Melissa Leuthner (347) 834-2252 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a nursey and agricultural learning center. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses privately owned land. Hosts various community
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Beth Greenhouse Farm (Corner of Lehigh Avenue and Osbourne Terrace) | Molly Fallon Dixon (973) 926-7371 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a hydroponic (soilless) farm. Is a facility managed by the Beth Israel Medical Center. Hosts community events.
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STEAM URBAN A Healing Sanctuary 179 Broadway |
Fallon Davis (678) 651-9778 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various educational programs and community events. Pursuing opportunity to purchase the land from the City.
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Morning Glory Garden for Change 177-181 Sherman Ave. |
Muneerah Gilkerson (571) 420-6381 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Has multiple gardeners assigned to plots. Hosts various educational learning activities and community events. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Pursuing opportunity to purchase this land from the City.
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Green Garden Bunches The Zubi Garden 179 So. 10th St. |
Ijeoma Ukenta (973) 818-3375 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden with dreams of scaling up to becoming an urban farm. Provides educational resources on all things green and a free, healthy, organic non-GMO produce source for Newark residents. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events. Pursuing opportunity to purchase this land from the City.
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Price Institute, Rutgers-Newark Healing Garden 49 Bleeker St |
Alexander Chang [email protected] |
A community garden managed by the community and students, supported by the Price Institute at Rutgers Newark.
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Tree House Cares & Friends Bloom & Veggie Garden 25 Richelieu Terrace |
Tanya Veltz (973) 393-3449 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events.
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South 17th and 18th Streets Neighborhood Association Garden of Life 909 So. 18th St. |
Patricia Cobb Latham (862) 588-8570 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community
events. |
Greater Newark Conservancy Hawthorne Ave. Farm 446 Hawthorne Avenue |
Abbie Marton (516) 660-3817 [email protected] |
Largest urban farm in New Jersey. Assigns and leases plots, hosts various learning activities, community events and manages a farm stand. Uses land owned by the State of New Jersey.
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Al-Munir LLC Jannah On Grafton 29 Grafton AveEden’s Farm 42 Elizabeth Ave |
Balil Walker (973) 856-0791 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events. Pursuing opportunity to purchase these properties from the City.
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Healthy Havens HOV – 69 Norwood Street 1068 18th Avenue |
Sabrina Ross (973) 204-7732 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various learning activities and community events.
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Memorial Garden 158 Palm Street |
Sabrina Ross (973) 204-7732 [email protected] |
A private, public garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots.
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Urban League of Essex County MLK Community Garden (corner of 8th St and Central Ave) |
Dr. Michele Scott (973) 493-8926 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various communityevents.
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Greater Newark Conservancy 32 Prince Street |
Sarah O’Leary (973) 943-2065 [email protected] |
A nonprofit that promotes environmental stewardship, job training, environmental education and urban farming.
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Natural Ground 1 The Culture Spot 239 Hawthorne Avenue |
Hajjah Dena Corbin (201) 532-9650 [email protected] |
Identifies itself as a community garden. Doesn’t assign or lease plots. Uses land through Newark’s Adopt-A-Lot Program. Hosts various community events.
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