The Garden of Dreams Foundation celebrated the completion of brand-new gardens at five of partner organization SCO Family of Services’ Early Childhood Education Centers throughout Brooklyn and Queens in September of 2023 by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Jerome Hardemon Early Childhood Center in East Elmhurst, Queens.
The ceremony featured a paperchain ribbon that was hand-crafted by the center’s three- and four-year-old students, as well as remarks by New York Rangers Legend Adam Graves, State Senator Jessica Ramos, and executives from Garden of Dreams and SCO. Honored guests also included representatives from the offices of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., and Councilman Francisco Moya. Following the ceremony, the young students led a tour of the garden at Jerome Hardeman, showing off the beautiful red strawberries they planted.
The gardens at these five new locations will enable the early childhood students to gain hands-on experience with their curricula, as well as foster joy and a love of learning, for years to come.