2015 – Earth Day’s 45th anniversary – could be the most exciting year in environmental history. The year in which economic growth and sustainability join hands. The year in which world leaders finally pass a binding climate change treaty. The year in which citizens and organizations divest from fossil fuel investments and put their money into renewable energy solutions. These are tough issues but we know what’s at stake is the future of our planet and the survival of life on earth. On Earth Day we need you to take a stand so that together, we can show the world a new direction. It’s your turn to lead. So our world leaders can follow by example.
Find out how easy it is to volunteer as little as ONE hour a month to help keep the Garden open.
The more greeters who volunteer, the longer the Garden can remain open daily. Please reach out to your friends and neighbors, and encourage them to volunteer.
Are you interested in reducing your household’s garbage by composting your food scraps but don’t know how? Come to the Garden with your questions and be ready to learn via hands-on activities and demonstrations by NYC Compost Project hosted by Lower East Side Ecology Center.
Open to the public and FREE. Please register in advance here.
Find out about the many options that New Yorkers have to compost their food waste on their own at home, at community gardens or with local composting initiatives. Find out also about the finer points of maintaining an indoor vermicomposting system, composting with a metal-can or three-bin system and dropping of food scraps at one of the many public food scrap drop-offs in the City.
Find out how easy it is to volunteer as little as ONE hour a month to help keep the Garden open.
The more greeters who volunteer, the longer the Garden can remain open daily. Please reach out to your friends and neighbors, and encourage them to volunteer.
Garden volunteer Alan Young and his 2-year-old son Callum entertain kids with their favorite stories.
Open to all children under age 5. FREE.
May is LES History Month. Stop by the Garden, pick up some chalk and draw bits of neighborhood history and personal memories across Little Italy. Find LES Stories details here.
LES History Month is the annual celebration of the diverse and rich history of the Lower East Side — historically defined as including the East Village, Chinatown, Little Italy and Alphabet City. 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.
Lower East Side History Month is an annual celebration of the rich and diverse history of the Lower East Side. Taking place during month of May, LES History month is an umbrella for a variety of public events, exhibits, tours and learning opportunities taking place in the historical definition of the Lower East Side — which includes the East Village, Chinatown, Little Italy and Alphabet City. Conceived and launched by LES-based cultural and community groups, LES History Month aims to connect our present to our past, exploring how our history can inform and inspire our future.
Walk with Lou Di Palo, proprietor of the family-owned food shop that has been a neighborhood treasure for more than a century and author of Di Palo’s Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy, as he shares both his favorite places in Little Italy and his family’s storied history and engages in a discussion of the neighborhood’s past, present and future.
Open to the public and FREE. Find walk details here.
Jane’s Walk NYC is an annual weekend-long celebration featuring 200-plus free “walking conversations” throughout the five boroughs, led by urban enthusiasts and local experts who care deeply about their neighborhoods.
LES History Month is the annual celebration of the diverse and rich history of the Lower East Side — historically defined as including the East Village, Chinatown, Little Italy and Alphabet City. 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.
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your own mat.
Open to the public and FREE.
May Studio of the Month Twisted Trunk Yoga instructors:
May 3 — Dana Covello
May 10 — Special Mother’s Day Mediation: Gina de la Chesnaye of The Lineage Project will lead a mediation for the entire family.
May 17— Laura Tulumbas Juell
May 24 — Yael BenReuven
May 31 — Suzanne Monto
Find out how easy it is to volunteer as little as ONE hour a month to help keep the Garden open here.
Come help plan our upcoming Second Anniversary & Volunteer Appreciation Event — Saturday, May 30.
The Garden’s neighborhood volunteer movement is almost two-years strong thanks to all of our volunteers! Help plan the celebration.
If you are unable to attend the planning meeting and have events ideas to share, please email them to [email protected].
Garden volunteer Alan Young and his 2-year-old son Callum entertain kids with their favorite stories.
Open to all children under age 5. FREE.
Gina de la Chesnaye of The Lineage Project will lead a mediation for the entire family.
Open to the public and FREE.
Garden volunteer Alan Young and his 2-year-old son Callum entertain kids with their favorite stories.
Open to all children under age 5. FREE.
Who doesn’t love juicy, sun-sweetened strawberries straight from the garden? Come help us plant our young strawberry plants and enjoy a luscious bounty later this season.
Open to the public and FREE.
Find out how easy it is to volunteer as little as ONE hour a month to help keep the Garden open here.
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your own mat.
Open to the public and FREE.
May Studio of the Month Twisted Trunk Yoga instructors:
May 3 — Dana Covello
May 10 — Special Mother’s Day Mediation: Gina de la Chesnaye of The Lineage Project will lead a mediation for the entire family.
May 17— Laura Tulumbas Juell
May 24 — Yael BenReuven
May 31 — Suzanne Monto
Garden volunteer Alan Young and his 2-year-old son Callum entertain kids with their favorite stories.
Open to all children under age 5. FREE.
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your own mat.
Open to the public and FREE.
May Studio of the Month Twisted Trunk Yoga instructors:
May 3 — Dana Covello
May 10 — Special Mother’s Day Mediation: Gina de la Chesnaye of The Lineage Project will lead a mediation for the entire family.
May 17— Laura Tulumbas Juell
May 24 — Yael BenReuven
May 31 — Suzanne Monto
Garden volunteer Alan Young and his 2-year-old son Callum entertain kids with their favorite stories.
Open to all children under age 5. FREE.
Introducing Young Garden Stewards
- Are you a third-grader or older looking to serve your community and care for your neighborhood garden?
- Is your child interested in service, gardening or community activism?
- Would you enjoy spending one hour a month in a peaceful setting while helping to keep the Garden open for all to enjoy?
Join us for our first information and training session. Hours are flexible, and summer plans need not get in the way. Participants under 18 must volunteer with an adult.
Please email [email protected] with questions or to sign up.
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden participates in this three-day festival from May 28 – 30 celebrating the exchange of ideas and accelerating creativity with Deborah Berke Partners and 596 Acres. Click here for more information on What Can We Do With Our Land?
For more info on New Museum’s IDEAS CITY Festival, click here.
Open to the public and FREE.
Find out how easy it is to volunteer as little as ONE hour a month to help keep the Garden open here.
The neighborhood volunteer movement to save the Garden will be two years strong this weekend thanks to all of our volunteers and community supporters.
Invite your friends and neighbors to participate in a cookout and potluck, taste bounty from the spring garden, and enjoy live music, gardening and additional fun activities!
To share a dish with others, bring an appetizer, salad or side if your last name begins with A – M and a dessert if your last name begins with N – Z. Burgers and hot dogs will be provided by Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden. No alcoholic beverages please.
For additional info or to help, please email [email protected]. Open to the public and FREE.
Instructor Wenji Zou helps you stimulate the end points of the body’s energy pathways, develop a keener sense of awareness and clear your head.
Open to the public and FREE.
Help tie down daffodil foliage to make room for herb and vegetable plants started from seeds earlier this year.
This technique allows the daffodils to continue manufacturing food for next spring’s bloom.
Open to the public and FREE.