Events

Join us Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, for the Grow Well garden tour. The tour will visit six of the City of Kingston’s community gardens. Learn about the gardens and meet the garden stewards. Share the love of gardening and meet new neighbors. 

The tour will be via bicycle, but it’s not a requirement to participate. The first 5 gardens are close enough to walk. Or meet us at your favorite garden at the time below. Contact us if you would like to borrow a bicycle or need a helmet. The route is 4 miles total and will be at a slow pace. Here is a map of the route. There will be a pickup truck at the last garden for anyone who may need a ride back to the start. New this year: Spanish interpretation will be available thanks to the Hudson Valley Farm Hub! 

This tour has six scheduled stops; join us at any location or the full ride. 

• 9am – GARDEN #1: Start at George Washington Elementary School Garden, 67 Wall St. (meet at Washington Ave parking lot)
• 9:30 – 9:40am Bike to South Pine Street City Farm
• 9:40 – 10am GARDEN #2: Visit South Pine Street City Farm, 27 South Pine Street
• 10 – 10:10am Bike to Harambee Community Heritage Garden
• 10:10 – 10:30am GARDEN #3: Visit Harambee Community Heritage Garden, 157 Pine Street
• 10:30 – 10:40am Bike to the DJ Mason Memorial Playground
• 10:40 – 11:00am GARDEN #4: Visit garden beds at the DJ Mason Memorial Playground, 49 Van Buren Street
• 11:00 – 11:10am Bike to Urban Greens 
• 11:10 – 11:30am GARDEN #5: Visit Urban Greens on Elmendorf at 22 Elmendorf Street
• 11:30 – 11:45pm Bike to Rondout Community Garden, 102 Murray Street
• 11:45 – noon GARDEN #6: Visit Rondout Garden and stay for a picnic lunch!

Please wear comfortable clothes, bring water, sunblock, snacks, and anything else to be comfortable. Bring food and stay for a picnic lunch at the end of the tour.

The event is rain or shine. If needed, cancellation will be decided on Friday, September 12th at noon and posted here. 

For more information or to request a bicycle or helmet, please contact Emily Flynn of the City of Kingston Health and Wellness Department at (845) 334 – 3909.

Grow Well Kingston is a collective of organizations and individuals that support Kingston residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by supporting projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources.

Instead of our usual Grow Well meeting, we are going to the Kingston YMCA Farm Project’s annual birthday party celebration! It’s a wonderful community party with free food and opportunities to learn about the Farm. Hope to see you then!

Here is a link to the location in Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/cZbAmEz9ND6YZTo4A

Free!

Fourth Fridays from 6-7:30pm,

June-October (6/27, 7/25, 8/22, 9/26, 10/24)

Rondout Community Garden

112 Murray Street (in front of Rondout Gardens housing, on Kingston Greenline trail, at Murray st x Rondout Gardens bus stop)

Part intuitive plant connection, part herbal wisdom share— this monthly gathering is an opportunity to learn about medicinal herbs, from the plants themselves as well as from a local herbalist. This time also serves as an introduction to the Rondout Community Garden— a place you can return to, grow in, and harvest from on your own time as part of our collective herbal commons.

Contact Jordann, the facilitator, with any questions or curiosities at rondout.herbs@proton.me

Please join us for a jam-packed meeting!

We’ll be joined by Meghan Weygant, Chief Operating Officer of Hudson Valley Care Coalition, who will present on how the Hudson Valley’s Social Care Network is working as a part of New York’s 1115 Waiver to utilize Medicaid dollars for social needs, like food and nutrition.

Be a part of our future! We’ll review and discuss the 2026 Action Plan Draft, plus Eat Well Kingston’s inaugural Food & Nutrition Policy Platform. This will include a review of our 2025 Action Plan and how far we’ve come to date, including a brand new resource, the Eat Well Resource Hub.

We’re excited to then present the inaugural Eat Well Kingston Policy Platform. The purpose for developing this policy platform will be to:

1. Elevate food and nutrition issues as important policy issues
2. Identify and communicate our policy priorities to both the community and elected officials
3. Create efficiency in in policy-related recommendations for the Live Well Kingston Commission

Once the Eat Well Kingston Policy Platform is finalized, it will then be presented to the Live Well Kingston Commission for adoption consideration as the City of Kingston’s official Health and Wellness Commission. This process utilizes the subject matter expertise of our Eat Well Kingston focus team to inform the official advisory work of the Live Well Kingston Commission.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83243526356?pwd=waa2C2lNGYINVmNbywELsbTeFT5fTF.1

The presentation will be recorded and put online at https://livewellkingston.org/focus-teams/presentations/ for those who cannot attend.

Eat Well is a focus team of Live Well Kingston that develops, implement and/or support policy, systems and environmental change by supporting and promoting local efforts to improve access to healthy foods throughout the community.

Our partners include farmers, chefs, teachers, artists, nutrition educators, dietitians, parents, non-profit and for-profit organizations, communicators, systems changers, volunteer organizations, private businesses, health practitioners, nurses, doctors and most importantly: YOU.

Our Vision– Everyone is food secure and healthy eating is the norm in our city

Our Mission– To unite the City of Kingston in developing and sustaining a locally based, resilient food system for all

Our Values– Inclusion, Resiliency, Community, Environment, Participation and Empowerment

For all other questions, contact Kristin Kessler, RDN, CDN, CYT

City of Kingston, Project Manager Department of Health and Wellness.

Office: (845) 334-3917

Email: kkessler@kingston-ny.gov

Grow Well Kingston is a collective of organizations and individuals that support Kingston residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by supporting projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources. We meet most first Tuesdays at 10am, and third Mondays at 6pm.

We’ll discuss community garden news, and garden stewards will be on hand for “Ask a Gardener” Q & A. These meetings are great places to share ideas and offer support. Join us! Contact us for the Zoom link. eflynn@kingston-ny.gov

The Age Well Focus Team supports policy, systems and environmental changes in Kingston that improve senior citizens’ access to opportunities for active and healthy aging. Age Well meets the third Tuesday of the month at 2:00pm – 3:00pm, every two months.  Please RSVP, contact Emily Flynn at eflynn@kingston-ny.gov or call 845-334-3909.

We invite colleagues, friends, neighbors, and family members to join us!

Free!

Fourth Fridays from 6-7:30pm,

June-October (6/27, 7/25, 8/22, 9/26, 10/24)

Rondout Community Garden

112 Murray Street (in front of Rondout Gardens housing, on Kingston Greenline trail, at Murray st x Rondout Gardens bus stop)

Part intuitive plant connection, part herbal wisdom share— this monthly gathering is an opportunity to learn about medicinal herbs, from the plants themselves as well as from a local herbalist. This time also serves as an introduction to the Rondout Community Garden— a place you can return to, grow in, and harvest from on your own time as part of our collective herbal commons.

Contact Jordann, the facilitator, with any questions or curiosities at rondout.herbs@proton.me

Grow Well Kingston is a collective of organizations and individuals that support Kingston residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by supporting projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources. We meet most first Tuesdays at 10am, and third Mondays at 6pm.

We’ll discuss community garden news, and garden stewards will be on hand for “Ask a Gardener” Q & A. These meetings are great places to share ideas and offer support. Join us! Contact us for the Zoom link. eflynn@kingston-ny.gov

Grow Well Kingston is a collective of organizations and individuals that support Kingston residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by supporting projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources. We meet most first Tuesdays at 10am, and third Mondays at 6pm.

We’ll discuss community garden news, and garden stewards will be on hand for “Ask a Gardener” Q & A. These meetings are great places to share ideas and offer support. Join us! Contact us for the Zoom link. eflynn@kingston-ny.gov

Grow Well Kingston is a collective of organizations and individuals that support Kingston residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by supporting projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources. We meet most first Tuesdays at 10am, and third Mondays at 6pm.

We’ll discuss community garden news, and garden stewards will be on hand for “Ask a Gardener” Q & A. These meetings are great places to share ideas and offer support. Join us! Contact us for the Zoom link. eflynn@kingston-ny.gov

Grow Well Kingston is a collective of organizations and individuals that support Kingston residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by supporting projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources. We meet most first Tuesdays at 10am, and third Mondays at 6pm.

We’ll discuss community garden news, and garden stewards will be on hand for “Ask a Gardener” Q & A. These meetings are great places to share ideas and offer support. Join us! Contact us for the Zoom link. eflynn@kingston-ny.gov

The Age Well Focus Team supports policy, systems and environmental changes in Kingston that improve senior citizens’ access to opportunities for active and healthy aging. Age Well meets the third Tuesday of the month at 2:00pm – 3:00pm, every two months.  Please RSVP, contact Emily Flynn at eflynn@kingston-ny.gov or call 845-334-3909.

We invite colleagues, friends, neighbors, and family members to join us!