James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center (JBOLC) strives for inquiry and project-based solutions at the juncture of food, environmental and social justice. In collaboration with volunteers, students and local community members, JBOLC has stewarded Meg’s Garden and Edible Forest since 2016 and has operated the seasonal JBOLC Farmers Market since 2020. Inspired by and dedicated to legendary Community Activist and Health Educator Megan Charlop, Meg’s Garden Community encourages a collective ethos of care and nurturing that respects all plants and creatures. Here the community focuses on growing culinary herbs, medicinal plants and over 35 fruit trees through a permaculture lens. Common-sense ethical design, working with nature, has helped to create an agriculturally productive sustainable system using available natural resources.

Join the JBOLC team to share garden tea, saunter around this beloved edible forest, and learn more about emerging edible forest initiatives in the North Bronx. Register below!