LOVE LOCAL Treasure Hunt
NoLIta and Little Italy
Feb. 8, 2015
Tap here to view and download map.
Visit neighborhood shops, complete fun activities to win grand prizes and support the Garden!
Be our valentine and join us for Elizabeth Street Garden’s first LOVE LOCAL Treasure Hunt from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, come snow or come shine. Prize drawings at 6:30 p.m. This FREE event is open to the public.
Hunt for NoLIta and Little Italy neighborhood shops and restaurants floating green balloons outside and complete fun activities inside to enter grand prize drawings for treasure — more than $3,000 worth of amazing booty donated by 46 participating businesses. Prizes include gift certificates, dinners out, personal services, clothing, jewelry … to name a few. The more establishments visited, the more chances to win! Peasant, 194 Elizabeth St., will host prize drawing finale at 6:30 p.m. and provide light bites and refreshments.
“With LOVE LOCAL Treasure Hunt, we are thrilled to bring together elements of our neighborhood that make it so special — the small businesses, residents and Elizabeth Street Garden,” said Emily Hellström, Garden volunteer and event coordinator. “This event not only raises awareness for the Garden, but also invites us all to come together to build community and celebrate the unique treasure that our neighborhood truly is.”
In addition to their contribution of drawing prizes, participating businesses have pledged to give 10 percent of purchases made cooperatively with the LOVE LOCAL Treasure Hunt event to support Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden.
If you would like to be a part of the Garden’s LOVE LOCAL Treasure Hunt — as a participating business or volunteer, email [email protected].
How To Participate
- Look for green balloons outside participating neighborhood shops and restaurants located on the LOVE LOCAL Treasure Hunt map. Maps will be available at the Garden, participating businesses and online to download.
- Complete fun activities at each location to enter prize drawings for treasure contributed by participating businesses. The more shops visited, the more chances to win!
- Join the discussion. Tweet @ElizabethStGrdn using #ESGLoveLocal. Check in and upload photos at Facebook Place ElizabethStreetGarden. Instagram @ElizabethStGrdn.
- Win prizes and enjoy light bites and refreshments. Prize drawings will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Peasant, 194 Elizabeth St. You don’t need to be present to win … but wouldn’t it be more fun?
Neighborhood Shops and Restaurants Taking Part
- A.B. Biagi, 235 Elizabeth St.
- Adore Floral, 357 Lafayette St.
- Alex Mill, 268 Elizabeth St.
- Anya Ponorovskaya, 251 Elizabeth St.
- Armor-Lux, 232 Mulberry St.
- Ashtanga Yoga New York, 430 Broome St.
- Atelier Cologne, 247 Elizabeth St.
- Bag-all, 219 Mott St.
- BedHead Pajamas, 252 Elizabeth St.
- Broad Meadows, 246 Mott St.
- Cydwoq New York, 247 Mulberry St.
- Eileen’s Special Cheesecake, 17 Cleveland Place
- Emmett McCarthy | EMc2, 240 Elizabeth St.
- Freida Rothman, 248 Mott St.
- Go Green Organic Spa & Shop, 149 Bowery
- Isola Trattoria & Crudo Bar at Mondrian SoHo, 9 Crosby St.
- John Fluevog Shoes, 250 Mulberry St.
- Linhardt, 211 Mott St.
- Little Cupcake Bakeshop, 30 Prince St.
- Little Rascal, 163 Elizabeth St.
- Lolë New York Atelier, 112 Mercer St.
- Lost Wax Studio, 171 Elizabeth St.
- Love Adorned, 269 Elizabeth St.
- Lovely Day, 196 Elizabeth St.
- lululemon athletica SOHO Mens, 127 Prince St.
- Made in Earth, 250 Elizabeth St.
- Michele Varian, 27 Howard St.
- Nanako, 259 Elizabeth St.
- Nolita Wine Merchants, 227 Mulberry St.
- OTTE, 281 Mott St.
- Piccolini NYC, 167 Mott St.
- PUBLIC, 210 Elizabeth St.
- Red Flower, 13 Prince St.
- Shu’s Flower, 179 Mulberry St.
- Space Cowboy Boots, 234 Mulberry St.
- T Shop, 247 Elizabeth St.
- Tacombi at Fonda Nolita, 267 Elizabeth St.
- The Sock Hop, 248 Elizabeth St.
- Thomas Sires, 243 Elizabeth St.
- Three Monkeys Eyewear, 35 Spring St.
- Unis, 226 Elizabeth St.
- Vint & York, 247 Elizabeth St.
- VMV Hypoallergenics, 227 Mott St.
- Warm, 181 Mott St.
- Westerlind, 31 Spring St.
- Will Leather Goods, 29 Prince St.
…..
Winter Solstice Celebration
Dec. 21, 2014
Our community enjoyed the Garden decorated for the season and celebrated the coming of lighter days with hot refreshments by A.B. Biagi and Lovely Day and caroling by Molly Gallagher & Friends and Kim Kalesti.
Second Annual Harvest Festival
Oct. 25, 2014
More than 2,000 neighbors and friends, adults and children celebrated at Elizabeth Street Garden’s Second Annual Harvest Festival on Oct. 25. Our community enjoyed a day of fun activities for all ages, live music, and lite bites and refreshments donated by neighborhood businesses.
We thank Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick and Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer for attending and supporting our Harvest Festival.
Children (and adults!) wore Halloween costumes, decorated pumpkins and painted faces; gardeners planted daffodil bulbs donated by New Yorkers for Parks with tools provided by GrowNYC; jack-o’-lanterns were judged funniest, scariest and craziest; delicious local meals and attentive personal services were raffled off; attendees shared online at the Photo Gazebo; and several wheelbarrows full of canned vegetables collected to benefit the The Bowery Mission’s Thanksgiving Meal rolled away.
The Harvest Festival was the culmination of our Bees, Butterflies & Worms neighborhood-led initiative which began in spring to educate children and adults about eco-gardening, habitat creation, urban wildlife and sustainable stewardship, with funding provided in part by Citizens Committee for New York City.
Tremendous thanks to all of the volunteers, activity sponsors, musicians and contributors who helped make this year’s festival a tremendous success!
Activity Sponsors
Chinatown YMCA,Little Peep Prep,McNally Jackson Books,The Montessori in SoHo,Spring Studio with flutist Andrew Bolotowsky,Twisted Trunk Yoga,Wenji Zou and Whole Foods Market.
Musicians
Laura Gragtmans, Eric Leva, Lauren Ruff & Friends and Shaeera Tariq.
Lite Bites and Refreshments Donated By
A.B. Biagi, Black Seed, Cafe Habana, Little Cupcake Bakeshop, Little Rascal, Lombardi’s Pizza, Lovely Day, Pomodoro Pizza, Prince Street Pizza, PUBLIC, Rubirosa Ristorante, 16 Handles, Sweetgreen and Tacombi.
Raffle Prizes Donated By
Lipstick Queen, The New York Shaving Company, Peasant, Siggy’s Good Food, Toby’s Public House and Valley Nails.
•••••
A Rooftop Reception To Benefit Elizabeth Street Garden
The Nolitan Yew York
Sept. 23, 2014
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden thank neighbor The Nolitan New York for their gracious hospitality during and support for our first fundraising benefit. We could not have asked for a more perfect evening. More than 100 supporters enjoyed the first night of fall on The Nolitan’s rooftop lounge. The benefit was tremendously successful, as the Garden’s Friends group exceeded their fundraising goal of $10,000 by nearly 50 percent! Thank you to everyone who contributed.
•••••
Spring Art Exhibition
May 10 – June 1, 2014
A special thank you to Garden volunteer Serra Sabuncuoglu for her vision, dedication and contribution of her curatorial talents and to each of the more than 50 exhibition participants for sharing their thoughtful perspectives on and insights into our community’s unique green, open space — a natural place for our neighborhood to engage with art.
For further information, visit our Spring Art Exhibition page.
`•••••
Historic little Italy Walking Tour
with Laurie Fabiano, author of Elizabeth Street
Historic Little Italy: One Family’s Story
May 3, 2014
`•••••
Chalk/LES
May 3, 2014
Garden Clothesline
May 3 – 31, 2014
in celebration of Lower East Side History Month
Throughout May, the Garden is participating in LES History Month — a celebration of the rich and diverse history of the Lower East Side. Conceived by LES-based arts and community groups, LES History Month aims to connect our present to our past, exploring how our history can inform and inspire our future.
The Garden will join other LES organizations, in collaboration with the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, and exhibit a Garden Clothesline illustrating the history of the site as a social and civic center for our community. The Clothesline will hang through the month of May.
LES History Month opens with Chalk/LES, a weekend-long participatory project to bring LES history, art and stories onto the streets of the neighborhood. On Saturday, May 3, the Garden will serve our community as a public chalking site to encourage passersby to participate with their own stories and images of the LES. Chalk provided!
For additional information about Lower East Side History Month and an event calendar, visit leshistorymonth.org.
•••••
Winter Gathering
Dec. 14, 2013
•••••
Harvest Festival
Oct. 20, 2013
During the course of five hours, 1,500 neighbors, including hundreds of young children, participated in Elizabeth Street Garden’s first Harvest Festival, enjoying food donated by local businesses, music, crafts and pumpkin decorating. Participants also planted more than 2,000 daffodil bulbs that will brighten the Garden this Spring.
Festival participants enjoyed free programming for adults and children provided by New Yorkers for Parks; GrowNYC; Spring Studio, with flutist Andrew Bolotowsky; Ashtanga Yoga New York; Little Peep Prep; McNally Jackson Books; Outside In Tours; The Montessori in Soho; Laurie Fabiano, author of Elizabeth Street; and Alfa Development.
Tasty bites and refreshments were donated by A.B. Biagi Gelato & Coffee, Alison Eighteen, Little Cupcake Bakeshop, Lombardi’s Pizza, Lovely Day, Prince Street Pizza, PUBLIC, Rubirosa Ristorante and 16 Handles.
Live music was performed by Jason Harrod + Friends. Additional live music was curated by Brian Satz.
