Heart of Vailsburg Block Club Coalition

08/31/2026

Join us September 11th for !

08/30/2026

04/07/2026

📢 We’re opening the gates and getting our hands back in the soil 🌱

👩🏾‍🌾 Join us for Community Engagement Day with as we continue preparing the Healthy Havens for growing season.

🫶🏾 Come on and get your hands dirty with us!

🚌 Pull up, bring a friend, and be part of what keeps these spaces growing what we eat!

📍 Eighteenth Haven & Norwood Haven
🗓 Saturday, April 11
⏰ 10AM–12PM

🍏Light refreshments. Real conversation.

RSVP: [email protected]

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04/07/2026

📢 We’re opening the gates and getting our hands back in the soil 🌱

Join us for Community Engagement Day with as we continue preparing the Healthy Havens for growing season.

🫶🏾 Come on and get your hands dirty with us!

Pull up, bring a friend, and be part of what keeps these spaces growing what we eat!

📍 Eighteenth Haven & Norwood Haven
🗓 Saturday, April 11
⏰ 10AM–12PM

Light refreshments. Real conversation. Shared work.

RSVP: [email protected]

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03/29/2026

Good energy, real people, shared work.

This season is shaping up to be something lovely thanks to the hearts and hands joining the effort at the HOV Healthy Havens.

looks like this: neighbors showing up, learning, building, and keeping these spaces thriving together.

Norwood Healthy Haven is ready! Join us!
📨[email protected]

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03/15/2026

Plot It Fresh Applications are extended till Sunday March 15th, 11:59pm.

This is a really great opportunity to engage in community gardening here in the Newark Growing Space and to take part in food justice by growing food for yourselves and your community.

We have transitioned from one major farm at Hawthorne Ave that closed in 2024 to 7 smaller community garden sites that have absorbed the gardeners that wished to continue growing after the larger farm closed.

These new sites are located in the East, West & North Wards.

If you are still interested in applying scan the qr code in the flyer

While we are prioritizing Returning garden members and Newark Residents, we are open to applications from residents from Newark surrounding areas.

The following gardens are in the program:

A Healing Sanctuary
Giving One Tenth
The Culture Spot
Garden of Life
Smith St
Norwood - Healthy Havens
18th Ave - Healthy Havens

For more info email: [email protected]

Here is the application info: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=GahECBKb3EWZqEe4QElZSIT-7Ae5amRLvHyXh343XspUMzNCQjFENFg3TExYMFJRWlFRTDQyQkNLUyQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl

03/14/2026

Scenes from today’s HOV Seedling Party 🌱
Neighbors gathered to get their hands in the soil, learn how to prepare seedlings, share a meal, and kick off the growing season together. Moments like this are how our community gardens stay alive year after year — knowledge shared, seeds planted, and new growers stepping in.

At the Heart of Vailsburg Healthy Havens, our mission is simple: Grow What You Eat. 🌿

If you live nearby and want to help steward these spaces through the season, join the HOV Garden Committee WhatsApp group or reach out to volunteer.

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03/14/2026

Shouts out to the HOV Garden Committee for hosting yet another beautiful Seedling Party. We especially appreciate Plant Mama and Master Gardener–in–training Melissa Leuthner, along with Executive Director and volunteer coordinator Sabrina Ross, for their leadership in organizing not only today’s event, but the growing season ahead.

03/14/2026

10th Annual Seedling Party is all about getting those hands dirty and growing what you eat!