Gardening a Greener Future in Easton
Join Nurture Nature Center on a virtual walking tour of urban and community gardens, parks and other green spaces in the Easton community.
Urban Recycle Garden at Nurture Nature Center
Pam Ruch, NNC Garden Director, takes us on a tour of the newly redesigned urban recycle garden and shows a variety of gardening approaches, rain barrels, an alley garden, and more. Click the right arrow to advance to the video.
Holly Houser
As part of the Gardening a Greener Future Garden Tour of Easton, PA, Holly Houser shows us her backyard and garden.
Pocket Parks - 7th Street Park
Amy Boccadoro with the Greater Easton Development Partnership shows us several pocket parks throughout Easton as part of the Gardening a Greener Future Tour starting with Dutchtown Park (600 block of Walnut Street), continuing with N 7th Street Park, Bushkill Street Park at 10th and 11th, Jackson Street Park at 11th and 12th, and Vanderveer Park off Spring Garden behind Cottingham Stadium.
South 10th and Pine Community Garden
Miranda Wilcha with the Greater Easton Development Partnership shows us the community garden at South 10th and Pine Streets as part of the Gardening a Greener Future Tour.
Jim Bloom and Lynn Fraser
As part of the Gardening a Greener Future Garden Tour, Jim Bloom shows us his property, rain barrels, and gardens.
Lower Hackett Community Garden
As part of the Gardening a Greener Future Tour, Miranda Wilcha with the Greater Easton Development Partnership shows us the community garden at Lower Hackett park.
Microforest
Rob Christopher, Easton's City Forester, shows us around the microforest at Lower Hackett Park as part of the Gardening a Greener Future Tour.
Easton Urban Farm
Mark Reid takes us on a tour of the Easton Urban Farm in South Side Easton and shows us everything from their bees to drip irrigation to solar-powered high tunnel.
NNC redesigned its urban garden to better mitigate the impact of heavy precipitation events and have it serve as a demonstration site for others looking to enhance their backyard green spaces as effective stormwater management. Interpretive signage for the urban garden educates about how rain barrels, native species, and the type of ground cover can mitigate the impact of heavy precipitation events while providing fresh, healthy food. This virtual garden walking tour shows examples of places throughout Easton (Downtown and West Ward) that contribute to a greener future through green spaces, community gardens, parks, microforest, and other green infrastructure. These spaces provide a healthy environment and are examples of mitigation and adaptation strategies related to climate change action.
For more information about watershed friendly properties and to apply to certify your own property as watershed friendly visit the Watershed-Friendly Certification Program developed by Penn State Master Watershed Stewards and Nurture Nature Center. Penn State Extension has lots of great information on impermeable surfaces , rain gardens , vegetated swales , and stormwater management for homeowners , as well as information on the importance of trees and forests in watersheds.
For more information and resources on nature-based solutions to climate change, flooding, and extreme heat, visit Naturally Resilient Communities .
You can also find out more about Easton's Pocket Parks , and the community gardens in the West Ward adopted by GEDP.
Cucumbers growing in NNC's Urban Recycle Garden
Kale and basil growing in NNC's Urban Recycle Garden
Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards help install garden containers for the new redesign.
Visit Nurture Nature Center's Urban Recycle Garden behind our building at 518 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042. You can access the garden via Pine Street. Community members are welcome and encouraged to harvest any of the fruit and vegetables that are ready for eating.
