NJ SCHOOL GARDEN EDUCATORS AND CONSULTANTS
These individuals and organizations have a vested interest in ensuring the success of school gardens throughout the state.
Agriculture and Environmental Education (On-Farm) in New Jersey
- America’s Grow-a-Row (Hunterdon County)
- Contact: Chip Paillex, 908 331-2962
- Coombs Barnyard (Salem County)
- Contact: Amanda Coombs Shimp, 856 358-5169
- Fernbrook Farms Education Center (Burlington County)
- Contact: Larry Kuser and Eric Tadlock, 609 298-4028
- HealthBarn USA (Bergen County)
- Contact: Stacy Antine, 201 891-2066
- Terhune Orchards (Mercer County)
- Tannwenn Mount, 609 924-2310
School Garden and Nutrition Education in New Jersey
- Camden Children’s Garden (Camden County)
- Contact: Mike Devlin, 856 365-8733
- Center for Environmental Transformation (Camden County)
- Contact: Andrea Ferich, 856 283-1338
- City Green (Passaic County)
- Contact: Jennifer Papa, 973 800-8197 or Amy Jolin, 973 962-4864
- Dorothy Mullen, (Mercer County)
- Contact: Dorothy Mullen, 609 683-8309
- Read Dorothy’s article about school garden education, written in collaboration with Andrea Eberly, MD.
- Fernbrook Farms Education Center (Burlington County)
- Contact: Larry Kuser and Eric Tadlock, 609 298-4028
- Garden State Urban Farms (Hudson County)
- Contact: Lorraine Gibbons, 973 885-3894
- HealthBarn USA (Bergen County)
- Contact: Stacy Antine, 201 891-20
- Isles, Inc (Mercer County)
- Contact: 609 341-4700
- Master Gardeners, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (statewide)
- Contact: Nicholas Polanin, 908-526-6293
- New Jersey Agricultural Society (Mercer County)
- Suzanne MacCauley, 609 802-3938
- Rutgers Cooperative Extension (statewide)
- Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
- Contact Dr. Kathleen Morgan, 732 932-5000, Ext 604
- Rutgers Gardens (Middlesex County)
- Contact: Bruce Crawford, 732 932-8451
-
The Front Yard Farmer (Monmouth County)
- Contact: Wendy Weiner, 908-797-7262