Growing Season 2024

Grow space to flourish for students across the city with Edible Schoolyard NYC!

There are so many ways to build space to grow for students with ESYNYC, from giving to our campaign, shopping our seasonal fundraising merchandise, and dining with our partners. Scroll down for all the ways you can get involved and check back often for new opportunities to grow with us all season long!

GIVE

Your donation helps Edible Schoolyard NYC nurture, expand, and improve our beautiful growing spaces to ensure they continue to support the learning and engagement needs of our students and school communities!

Your support this growing season will help us to:

  • invest in new infrastructure to provide shade in our school garden at P.S. 109 in the Bronx
  • repair garden beds in our schoolyards across the city
  • grow more native plants and seasonal produce in school gardens
  • provide summer programming, including cooking and garden classes for students and open garden hours for families
  • distribute free produce to school communities
  • hire seasonal garden staff to nurture our gardens during peak season

SHOP

Shop fresh threads featuring veggies from the ESYNYC gardens designed by artist Silja Forstein!  All proceeds help build space for students to grow across NYC.

DINE

Visit our partners who are supporting our gardens this growing season by generously donating proceeds.

#EatUpSummer2024
June 3 – August 30

Figure Eight
Donating $1 from each Long Beans dish and
The Empress and The Pea cocktail sold
June 3 – August 31
18 Cornelia Street, New York, NY 10014

Silver Apricot
Donating $1 from each Spring Custard dish sold
June 3 – August 31
20 Cornelia Street, New York, NY 10014

Kru
Donating $1 from each wine by the glass sold
June 4 – June 30
190 N 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249

Kopitiam
Donating a percentage of the day’s sales
June 27
151 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002

Claro
Donating $1 from each Enmolada sold
July 1 – July 31
151 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002

Craft
Donating proceeds from each Arugula Salad sold
July 11 – August 11
43 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003

Poppy’s
Donating a percentage of proceeds from their Summer Dinner Picnic Series 
Every Thursday July 11 – August 29
48 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

81 Eating Club x TimTim Ice-Cream Pop-Up
Donating $1 from each scoop of their limited edition flavors sold:
Limited edition flavors: (i) strawberry & jasmine tea ice cream + (ii) tomato & shiso sorbet
Saturday, July 28 – Sunday, July 29
139 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Emmett’s on Grove
Donating $1 from each Caesar Salad sold
August 1 – August 22
39 Grove Street, New York, NY 10014

Are you a local food business interested in supporting Edible Schoolyard NYC this growing season by donating proceeds from a day, week, or month this summer? Reach out to Julia Balsam at jb@esynyc.org to learn more about participating in #EatUpSummer2024!

Dinner Series 2024

Inspired by produce grown in our school gardens, we are excited to announce our Third Annual Dinner Series: Celebrating the Food that Grounds Us, bringing together long-standing partners and new friends to celebrate how food grounds us, connects us, and inspires us.

Dinner 2 with Fish Cheeks
August, 2024
Reservations coming soon!

VOLUNTEER

Corporate supporters help us implement critical infrastructure projects in our school gardens throughout the summer, ensuring our growing spaces continue to meet the needs of our school communities. Is your company interested in joining us for a fun and engaging workday in the garden? Please reach out to jb@esynyc.org to learn more!