Calendar

Jan
31
Sun
Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Jan 31 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Open to the public and FREE.

Feb
28
Sun
Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Feb 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Open to the public and FREE!

Mar
5
Sat
Volunteer Orientation
Mar 5 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Mar
12
Sat
Volunteer Orientation
Mar 12 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Mar
13
Sun
Volunteer Orientation
Mar 13 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Mar
19
Sat
32nd Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether
Mar 19 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Join over a thousand community gardeners and greening professionals from all over New York City for a day of learning, sharing, networking, and greening inspiration at the 32nd Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether!

This year’s conference features exciting new workshops and returning favorites, including many hands-on and youth-focused workshops, for gardeners of all ages.

Spring Prep!
Mar 19 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

It feels like spring. Come outside and play in the dirt. Join Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden for bagels & spreads and coffee and help get the Garden ready for the season. We’ll clean, cut back, dig and divide. BYOPruners, if you have them.

No gardening experience required, just come ready to help. Everyone is welcome.

Open to the public and FREE.

Volunteer Orientation
Mar 19 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Mar
20
Sun
Spring Equinox 2016 — First Day of Spring
Mar 20 @ 12:30 am
Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Mar 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Join Us As Volunteers Plan 2016 Programming & Social Events

We will focus this month on 2016 programming. If you or your local community organization are interested in providing free, public programming or hosting a special event or performance in the Garden, please complete this event form by March 22.

Volunteer Orientation
Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Mar
26
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Mar 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Volunteer Orientation
Mar 26 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Apr
2
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Apr 2 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Volunteer Orientation
Apr 2 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Apr
3
Sun
Volunteer Orientation
Apr 3 @ 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Apr
9
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Apr 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Volunteer Orientation
Apr 9 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

POSTPONED–Community Spaces in Jeopardy Ride With 596 Acres and Public Space Party
Apr 9 @ 1:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Posted at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/216006448752978/permalink/239708549716101/

“hello friends…. we are canceling today. looking forward to riding with u on a warm date soon, probably April 23. thanks for your support.”

———-

Join 596 Acres and Public Space Party for a bike ride to visit gardens in danger of disappearing. Meet at Elizabeth Street Garden and ride through the Lower East Side into Brooklyn. Find route details and gardens visited here.

Open to the public and FREE.

Apr
10
Sun
Seed Planting Workshop
Apr 10 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Learn how to start a variety of herb and vegetable seeds in cold frames to plant out later in spring and add to our special Chinese-Italian kitchen garden that celebrates the diverse culinary heritage of our neighborhood. Adults and kids are welcome.

Open to the public and FREE.


Volunteer Orientation
Apr 10 @ 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Apr
16
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Apr 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Volunteer Orientation
Apr 16 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Apr
17
Sun
Volunteer Orientation
Apr 17 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Volunteers keep the Garden open for our community. The more volunteers there are, the more hours the Garden can be open. Volunteering is flexible and simply involves welcoming visitors for just ONE hour at a time. Some volunteers volunteer each week, and other less frequently. Become a volunteer.

If you would like to volunteer but cannot make this time, please email [email protected].

Apr
18
Mon
Growing Rice, Educator Workshop With Grow to Learn
Apr 18 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

You can grow rice in NYC!

Join Grow to Learn and Nick Storrs from Randall’s Island Urban Farm to learn about planting and growing the world’s most widely consumed crop.

Learn how to make urban rice paddies and aqua-ecosystems with your students and how to grow rice from seed to harvest.

Register here. Open to the public and FREE.

Apr
20
Wed
Kids’ Yoga, weekly
Apr 20 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Weekly Kids’ Yoga — Beginning Wednesday, April 20,  4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Kid’s Yoga has been designed especially for Elizabeth Street Garden to foster an appreciation for the Garden’s distinctive qualities. Kids will freeze in “strong statue” poses, learn about the life cycles of different Garden elements — seed to tree, caterpillar to butterfly, etc.; practice different “insect” poses;  and explore the sounds and other sensory qualities of the Garden through minimeditations, aiming to provide an opportunity for kids to connect to this beloved neighborhood space in a unique and meaningful way.

Instructor: local parent and Twisted Trunk instructor Suzanne Monto.

Open to kids of all ages and their families. FREE. Please bring your own mat, if you have one.

Apr
21
Thu
Children’s Storytime, weekly
Apr 21 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Children’s Storytime, weekly

Garden volunteer Alan Young and his 3-year-old son Callum entertain kids with their favorite stories.

Open to all children under age 5. FREE.

Apr
22
Fri
Earth Day 2016
Apr 22 all-day
Earth Day Tree Planting
Apr 22 @ 4:30 pm

Earth Day Tree Planting

Join Garden volunteer Ilaria Fusina, her family and more than one billion people in 192 countries around the globe who will take action to protect our shared environment on Earth Day. Let’s plant a tree for the planet and have fun doing it.

Grownups and kids are welcome. FREE.

Apr
23
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Apr 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

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