The River City Garden is an urban community garden and environmental education site located at 59 N. Front Street in Hudson, NY. We have worked closely with youth, families, and partner organizations since 2013 to address issues of social and environmental justice, and food security in the city of Hudson. Come visit us!

Community Food Security

The River City Garden is a vibrant inter-generational and multicultural community garden and public space. Launched in 2014, it remains Hudson’s only community garden supporting neighborhood families to grow their own food, build community, and steward cultural foodways. RCG growers share in the garden’s tool and material libraries and freely access healthy organic soil and compost produced by ReGen’s community composting operation. The garden brings together an intergenerational community of neighbors as partners in the movement for community food sovereignty. The RCG is a multilingual space and there are Bengali-English translation services available throughout operations.

Garden and Food Education for Kids & Teens 

At its heart, the River City Garden is an outdoor and community-based classroom. Since 2014, we have run a weekly after school garden program called the Roots & Rebels Garden Club. This popular afterschool space creatively engages young people in the skills and methods of growing, processing, and cooking food, in thinking critically about the impact of global food systems on our communities, and in stepping up as leaders in the development of local food systems. The garden club serves youth of all ages, including children ages 5-14 and teen assistants, ages 15-18.

Environmental Justice Youth Leadership

Kite’s Nest ReGen Teens (ages 16-19) work afterschool and throughout the summer as urban gardeners, environmental justice leaders, sustainability educators, and as green business entrepreneurs. The ReGen Teens have designed and launched a greenhouse business, bike-powered smoothie business, and community compost program at the garden. Learn more or sign up!

Get in Touch!

We sometimes host public community work days, meals, and garden events. To get involved in the River City Garden, email hello@kitesnest.org. Or, stop by and see what we’re up to!