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Rutgers Urban Gardening Program
The Rutgers Urban Gardening Program motivates low-income families and individuals residing in Newark and surrounding areas to grow, utilize, and preserve vegetables using backyards, containers, and community garden plots. Gardens covering acres of former city waste land are producing vegetables and other plants for food.
For More Information:
Jan Zientek, Senior Program Coordinator
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers Urban Gardening Program
621a Eagle Rock Avenue
Roseland, NJ 07068
Phone: 973-228-3179
Fax: 973-364-5261
Email: zientek@njaes.rutgers.edu
