'Growing Uptown' Launches Urban Farming Program For Locals

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — For the third straight year, the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is launching its "Growing Uptown" program to help provide Upper Manhattan and Bronx residents with the tools they need to create their own urban gardens.

Residents who register for the program will learn about planting, harvesting and cooking with fresh produce, as well as be given a "Grow Kit" prepared by the Inwood museum staff that includes soil, pots, seeds, and other tools needed to garden.

Registration is now open for uptown residents that want to take part, you have until March 15 to register, which you can do HERE.

The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is the oldest structure of its kind in Manhattan and conducts its "Growing Uptown" program in partnership with Garden Kitchen and New York Common Pantry.

Since the program began in 2020, it has helped 120 families grow food in their apartments in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

The museum's staff describe the program as helping to close "the gap in food security in their own homes."

The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is located at 4881 Broadway (West 204th Street).

You can find out more about the "Growing Uptown" program in the video below.