Our Story
February
2009
An abandoned lot
gathers trash in the center of Morristown. Three local women believe it can become a community hub and local green space, so they get to work.
May 2009
Neighbors and passersby
notice the changes and get involved!
Summer of 2009
Early Street Community Garden
begins to flourish and Grow It Green officially becomes an organization.
Spring 2010
Grow It Green embarks on a new project
to build an educational farm on an unused playground behind Lafayette Learning Center.
2014
The Urban Farm expands
with generous support from individuals donors, Kings Supermarket, and Hampshire Real Estate Company, bolstering our education and food donation programs.
2015
Early St. Community Garden is preserved
as part of the Green Acres Program with the help of Trust for Public Land and the Town of Morristown.
2016
St. Elizabeth University
welcomes us into the unused greenhouse that was built on their campus in 1911. Now we have a place to grow all of our seedlings!
2018
We take over the Winter Market
previously run by Foodshed Alliance.