ABOUT GROWING UPTOWN
Since March of 2020, the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (DFM), in partnership with Garden Kitchen Lab (GKL) and New York Common Pantry (NYCP), has empowered 120 families to grow food in their urban apartments in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx through our new Growing Uptown program, as a start to closing the gap in food security in their own homes.
To prepare for the launch of the program, museum staff developed “Grow Kits” with pots, soil, basil, parsley, and lettuce seedlings. NYCP distributed these kits on our behalf to their existing constituents. Kits were accompanied by bilingual written and digital instructions and recipes (available below), developed in-house, and designed to teach families how to supplement their food needs through urban growing.
We know this pilot was a great success; 20 kits were distributed to families in need, and several of our new urban farmers have kept in touch to share the progress of their windowsill crops. Moving forward, DFM is putting together kits that are more robust and will include food staples such as onions and tomatoes. Ultimately, these simple Grow Kits are helping families learn more about where their food comes from and are just the beginning of how Growing Uptown can foster successful, impactful urban gardening as we expand the program.
With your support, Growing Uptown allows the museum to fulfill our mission with wide-reaching, impactful results.
To continue the important work of the Growing Uptown program, consider leaving a gift that will greatly impact the lives of so many in our community.
This program is powered, in part, by Con Edison.
2023 WORKSHOPS
HOW TO GROW FROM SEEDS
HOW TO TRANSPLANT SEEDLINGS
MAKE A PLANT-BASED SUGAR SCRUB
2022 WORKSHOPS
COMPOST TEA RECIPE
• Tarjeta de recetas (PDF)
• Recipe Card (PDF)
2020 AND 2021 GROW KIT RECIPE DEMONSTRATIONS
FLATBREAD PIZZAS
ENSALADA CALABACINE, ALBAHACA ALMENDRAS & QUESO / ZUCCHINI, BASIL, ALMONDS & CHEESE SALAD
PAN DE ROMERO / ROSEMARY FLATBREAD
SALSA DE AGUACATE & CILANTRO / AVACADO CILANTRO DRESSING
ENSALADA DE AGUACATE, CEBOLLA & TOMATE / AVOCADO, ONION & TOMATO SALAD
COMING SOON!
ENSALADA DE QUINOA & REMOLACHA / BEET QUINOA SALAD
COMING SOON!
SALSA PESTO VEGANA/PLANT-BASED PESTO SAUCE
LIMONADA DE JENGIBRE Y MENTA/GINGER MINT LEMONADE
ENSALADA DE ECHUGAS Y HIERBAS/YOUNG LETTUCE HERBED SALAD
• Frente (PNG) de la Tarjeta de recetas
• Dorso PNG de la Tarjeta de recetas
• Recipe Card Front (PNG)
• Recipe Card Back (PNG)
GROW KIT
2021 GROW KIT INSTRUCCIONES / INSTRUCTIONS
2020 COMO / HOW TO
Como Plantar Semillas / How To Plant Seeds
Trasplantar tus plántulas / Transplanting Your Seedlings
The 2020 and 2021 Growing Uptown initiatives were a collaboration project with Garden Kitchen Lab and New York Common Pantry.
ABOUT GROWING UPTOWN
Since March of 2020, the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (DFM), in partnership with Garden Kitchen Lab (GKL) and New York Common Pantry (NYCP), has empowered 120 families to grow food in their urban apartments in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx through our new Growing Uptown program, as a start to closing the gap in food security in their own homes.
To prepare for the launch of the program, museum staff developed “Grow Kits” with pots, soil, basil, parsley, and lettuce seedlings. NYCP distributed these kits on our behalf to their existing constituents. Kits were accompanied by bilingual written and digital instructions and recipes (available below), developed in-house, and designed to teach families how to supplement their food needs through urban growing.
We know this pilot was a great success; 20 kits were distributed to families in need, and several of our new urban farmers have kept in touch to share the progress of their windowsill crops. Moving forward, DFM is putting together kits that are more robust and will include food staples such as onions and tomatoes. Ultimately, these simple Grow Kits are helping families learn more about where their food comes from and are just the beginning of how Growing Uptown can foster successful, impactful urban gardening as we expand the program.
With your support, Growing Uptown allows the museum to fulfill our mission with wide-reaching, impactful results.
To continue the important work of the Growing Uptown program, consider leaving a gift that will greatly impact the lives of so many in our community.
This program is powered, in part, by Con Edison.
2023 WORKSHOPS
HOW TO GROW FROM SEEDS
HOW TO TRANSPLANT SEEDLINGS
MAKE A PLANT-BASED SUGAR SCRUB
2022 WORKSHOPS
COMPOST TEA RECIPE
• Tarjeta de recetas (PDF)
• Recipe Card (PDF)
2020 AND 2021 GROW KIT RECIPE DEMONSTRATIONS
FLATBREAD PIZZAS
ENSALADA CALABACINE, ALBAHACA ALMENDRAS & QUESO / ZUCCHINI, BASIL, ALMONDS & CHEESE SALAD
PAN DE ROMERO / ROSEMARY FLATBREAD
SALSA DE AGUACATE & CILANTRO / AVACADO CILANTRO DRESSING
ENSALADA DE AGUACATE, CEBOLLA & TOMATE / AVOCADO, ONION & TOMATO SALAD
COMING SOON!
ENSALADA DE QUINOA & REMOLACHA / BEET QUINOA SALAD
COMING SOON!
SALSA PESTO VEGANA/PLANT-BASED PESTO SAUCE
LIMONADA DE JENGIBRE Y MENTA/GINGER MINT LEMONADE
ENSALADA DE ECHUGAS Y HIERBAS/YOUNG LETTUCE HERBED SALAD
• Frente (PNG) de la Tarjeta de recetas
• Dorso PNG de la Tarjeta de recetas
• Recipe Card Front (PNG)
• Recipe Card Back (PNG)
GROW KIT
2021 GROW KIT INSTRUCCIONES / INSTRUCTIONS
2020 COMO / HOW TO
Como Plantar Semillas / How To Plant Seeds
Trasplantar tus plántulas / Transplanting Your Seedlings
The 2020 and 2021 Growing Uptown initiatives were a collaboration project with Garden Kitchen Lab and New York Common Pantry.