GARDEN KITCHEN LAB

Homemade Pesto Sauce

By: GardenKitchenLab September 8, 2017October 20, 2022

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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, 2017October 20, 2022

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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!

Beet Bop A Lula

By: GardenKitchenLab July 24, 2017October 20, 2022

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The children harvested their own beets and used them to make a banana-blueberry-beet smoothie. This has been a popular recipe for a few years now, and we will be introducing other flavor smoothies in the future! Dianne Bliffeld, a new Board of Education volunteer, did an excellent job leading this class. #St.John’s #St.Johns

Broccoli Bonanza at Garden Kitchen Lab-St. John’s!

By: GardenKitchenLab July 24, 2017October 20, 2022

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We had almost 30 pounds of harvested broccoli this year! The children learned how to collect and prepare steamed broccoli during this class. Here are a very proud group of children on that day. #St.John’s #St.Johns

Spring at St. John’s

By: GardenKitchenLab July 23, 2017October 20, 2022

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The St. John’s children starting their 2017 food-producing garden! #St.John’s #St.Johns

Garden Kitchen Lab 2017 Brooklyn Expansion!

By: GardenKitchenLab July 23, 2017October 20, 2022

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Garden Kitchen Lab is proud to announce its Brooklyn expansion to three additional sites! Red Hook Recreation Center, Sunset Park Recreation Center and McCarren Playground Center. This expansion was made possible NYC Parks: Emily Chase, Commissioner for Urban Parks Service and Public Programs; Kendra Van Horn, Director of Programming and Strategic Planning for Recreation; Ed…

~ GROW Brooklyn Festival 2017

The Friends of Garden Kitchen Lab was honored to host the second “GROW Brooklyn Festival” on Saturday, May 20th, 2017 at the St. John’s Recreation Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We were delighted to receive 19 different local organizations that offered engaging, interactive activities for the community. This year’s theme was Diversity Through Food. A…

GROW Brooklyn Festival featured on BRIC TV

Earlier this year, the Friends of Garden Kitchen Lab and Oxfam America Action Corps decided to share the philosophy and activities of the Garden Kitchen Lab program with the broader community. We set about to create a festival, in collaboration with NYC Parks, the Citizens Committee for New York City, and the Seniors Group of…

Swale Food Forest & Garden Kitchen Lab

By: GardenKitchenLab December 13, 2016October 14, 2022

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This fall Swale and the Garden Kitchen Lab hosted a free public meal showcasing salads, herbal teas, and roasted butternut and Delicata squashes from Swale’s floating food forest. The event took place at Pier 6 in Dumbo. We had hundreds of people enjoying an afternoon of foraging and harvesting in a food-forest-park setting. Swale is…

Fruits, Veggies & STEAM

By: GardenKitchenLab September 4, 2016October 14, 2022

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The kids learned to connect vegetables and fruits to Makey Makey devices and use them as touch-pads. Red and green apples became video game controllers and clickers to code with Scratch. Carrots, celery, and potatoes were used to play the piano and the drums. The children created their own connection to Earth by crafting aluminum…

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Homemade Pesto Sauce

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

Beet Bop A Lula

Broccoli Bonanza at Garden Kitchen Lab-St. John’s!

Spring at St. John’s

Garden Kitchen Lab 2017 Brooklyn Expansion!

~ GROW Brooklyn Festival 2017

GROW Brooklyn Festival featured on BRIC TV