About The Program

Read our story and find out more about our cross cultural educational model that combines urban agriculture, culinary and STEAM disciplines.

Our Farms

Garden Kitchen Lab has five urban farms across two boroughs in NYC, and plans to open nine more by 2021. Browse our locations to find a program near you.

Earth Day at Red Hook

By: GardenKitchenLab August 16, 2018January 5, 2020

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Organized by the Red Hook Recreation Center, the Earth Day celebrations were an excellent opportunity for Garden Kitchen Lab to meet-and-greet with other like-minded organizations. Thank you #GrowGotham (Gotham Greens) for donating 1,200 basil and lettuce seedlings giveaways. It was a fantastic way to start the growing season, and the children absolutely loved it!!! Thank…

~ Garden Kitchen Lab at Sunset’s Media Lab

By: GardenKitchenLab September 11, 2017January 5, 2020

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Digging in the dirt, planting, harvesting, and cooking activities. A new fantastic opportunity for children to learn how to go from garden-to-table was offered by NYC Parks Public Programs in collaboration with Katie’s Krops and Allergic to Salad. This class teaches children how to start and sustain food-producing gardens; harvest, cook healthy meals and understand…

~ Garden Kitchen Lab in Red Hook

By: GardenKitchenLab September 11, 2017January 5, 2020

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~ Garden Kitchen Lab at McCarren Play Center

By: GardenKitchenLab September 11, 2017January 5, 2020

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A New Garden Kitchen Lab Community

By: GardenKitchenLab September 9, 2017January 5, 2020

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For our last summer class, we partnered with Iyaho Social Services, a great organization that offers different services to people with disabilities. This lovely group of students enjoyed an afternoon of harvesting, cooking, and preparing their own lunch. A couple of community children volunteered to assist during class, showing that they had learned what the…

Allergic To Salad

By: GardenKitchenLab September 9, 2017January 5, 2020

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Intrigued y the name? Allergic To Salad trains children to become young chefs while eating healthy. Chef Sharolyne Ramirez offered a demo on how to do fruit-kebabs! Almost twenty children participated, had fun, and learned how to be creative when making a fruit salad. Thank you, Andrew Maslowski, for assisting on that day.

Cucumber Avocado Chilled Soup

By: GardenKitchenLab September 9, 2017January 5, 2020

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A perfect summer recipe, refreshing and comfortable for the children to make on their own. The children learn how to cook and bring the methods back home to teach their parents how to go from garden-to-table! This is was our last class with Dianne Bliffeld, our Board of Education teacher who so generously donated her…

Tabouleh Salad, a Lesson on Inclusion

By: GardenKitchenLab September 8, 2017January 5, 2020

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This salad is one of the children’s favorite and brings an opportunity to learn about different cultures through food. The students learn about Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, among other countries where this salad comes from, all the vegetables and herbs come from our garden making this recipe an authentic garden-to-table recipe. Another enjoyable experience with Dianne…

Homemade Pesto Sauce

By: GardenKitchenLab September 8, 2017January 5, 2020

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One of our staple recipes is homemade pesto sauce. We use basil, parsley, cilantro, kale, or spinach. This summer we made a basil pesto sauce kindly donated by Gotham Greens, a worldwide pioneer in hydroponic agriculture using clean energy. #GothamGrows has been one of our sponsors for some years now supplying greens and herbs seedlings…

Garden Kitchen Lab – St. John’s on BRIC TV

By: GardenKitchenLab July 24, 2017January 5, 2020

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We are very proud Garden Kitchen Lab was featured on BRIC TV’s Brooklyn Stories. This local initiative is now offered at Red Hook Recreation Center, Sunset Park Recreation Center and McCarren Playground Recreation Center. This is just the beginning of what Garden Kitchen Lab has to contribute to the communities and NYC Parks, stay tuned!…