Tag Archives: Grow it Green Morristown
What we’re learning: Celebrating the garden that changed my life
June 18, 2019Grow It Green Morristown this year is celebrating 10 years of bounty from its humble beginnings rooted in Morristown dirt. On the heels of the financial recession, before the town’s redevelopment boom, when community and school gardens were still new … Continue reading
Go Behind the Scenes at Grow It Green Morristown’s Urban Farm
August 10, 2015Grow It Green Morristown is taking over our Instagram for the latest installment of #dodgetakeover to show you a week in the life of urban farmers and educators at its Urban Farm, New Jersey’s largest school garden. Learn about … Continue reading
Jersey Give Back Guide: Grow It Green Morristown
December 10, 2014Throughout December, we are highlighting each of the organizations featured in our Jersey Give-Back Guide, an online portal for year-end giving that makes it easy to donate to some of New Jersey’s most effective nonprofits. Today we feature Grow It Green Morristown. … Continue reading
Empowering Kids Through Gardening
October 29, 2012Over the past three years, Grow it Green Morristown has seen thousands of children come through the gates of the Urban Farm at Lafayette, a ½ acre farm devoted to teaching our community about healthy eating, sustainable agriculture, and community … Continue reading
Creating Common Ground, Growing Community
December 21, 2011By Samantha Rothman President & Co-Founder Grow It Green Morristown One of the things I love about Morristown is that despite its population size (close to 20,000), it truly has a small town feel. It seems of late that whenever I’m … Continue reading
Growing a Community in Morristown
July 7, 2010Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate You can probably see that there’s lettuce in the photo above. And perhaps you recognize the kohlrabi on the left, too. In fact, there are 76 pounds of lettuce, spinach, kohlrabi and radishes there – … Continue reading