Adopt a lot kick off

Saturday, May 7th from 11am-6pm at City Hall, 280 Grove Street.  As some of you may know, the Adopt A Lot Program is the City of Jersey City’s Community Gardening Program.

Below is a quick run-down of the workshops, their times, and our guest speakers. 
PS – There will be bike demonstrations, so bring your bike!  We will also be raffling off 2 rain barrels courtesy of Rutgers Water Resources Program as door prizes!

Here is the City Hall rotunda schedule for workshops:

11:00 – 11:15:     Adopt A Lot “Growing Together” Introduction - Tanya Marione-Stanton, City Planning
11:15 - 11:45:     Start a Community Garden!  - Jennifer Papa, City Green
11:45 – 12:45:     Backyard Composting - Virginia Lamb
1:15 - 1:30:       Adopt A Lot “Growing Together” Introduction - Tanya Marione-Stanton, City Planning
1:30 - 2:00:       Start a Community Garden! -  Jennifer Papa, City Green
2:00 - 2:30:       Composting Workshop - Robert Meyer
2:45 - 3:00:       Adopt A Lot “Growing Together” Introduction - Tanya Marione-Stanton, City Planning
3:00 - 3:30:       Start a Community Garden! -  Jennifer Papa, City Green
3:30 -4:00:        Composting Workshop: Using the Bokashi Method  -  Elizabeth Onorato
4:00               Closing

Children’s Garden:
Children planting from 12:00-3:00, Open to all children to come and plant a flower in the Jersey City Children’s Garden!

Demonstration Tables:

·         Green Map
·         Brunswick Community Garden
·         Riverview Community Garden
·         Jersey City Food Co-Op
·         New Jersey City University
·         Hudson County Community College
·         Washington Park Association Education Alliance
·         Bokashi Composting
·         City Green/City Planning
          Jersey City Parks Coalition


Tanya R. Marione-Stanton, AICP
Senior Planner
Division of City Planning
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400
Jersey City, NJ  07302

(201) 547-5488