Calendar

Oct
6
Thu
Protest to Stop Developers
Oct 6 @ 8:30 am – 10:00 am

Protest to Stop Developers

Elizabeth Street Garden needs you! Join our protest before developers’ meeting.
This is our first opportunity to show interested developers that we will fight to defend our beloved neighborhood green space. The Garden must be saved!

Wear green, bring signs and enjoy Baz Bagels and lox.
RSVP to Attend Protest.

Directions by subway: 6 to Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Exit at Nassau and Frankfort streets. Walk east downhill along Frankfort Street to 100 Gold St.
(To exit at Nassau and Frankfort streets, if traveling downtown: Exit train, take stairs at downtown end of platform. Do not exit first turnstiles. Instead turn left, then exit turnstiles. Follow hallway. Exit left stairs to Frankfort Street.)

Oct
8
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Oct 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Oct
9
Sun
Vinyasa Yoga, weekly — CANCELED DUE TO RAIN FORECAST
Oct 9 @ 11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Vinyasa Yoga, weekly

Get your stretch on with instructors provided by our neighborhood lululemon athletica. Please bring your own mat. Open to the public and FREE.

Oct
12
Wed
Kids’ Yoga, weekly
Oct 12 @ 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.

Oct
15
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Oct 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Oct
16
Sun
Vinyasa Yoga, weekly — CANCELED DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
Oct 16 @ 11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Vinyasa Yoga, weekly

Get your stretch on with instructors provided by our neighborhood lululemon athletica. Please bring your own mat. Open to the public and FREE.

Oct
19
Wed
Kids’ Yoga, weekly
Oct 19 @ 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.

Oct
22
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Oct 22 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Oct
23
Sun
Vinyasa Yoga, weekly
Oct 23 @ 11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Vinyasa Yoga, weekly

Get your stretch on with instructors provided by our neighborhood lululemon athletica. Please bring your own mat. Open to the public and FREE.

Fourth Annual Harvest Festival — RESCHEDULED TO OCT. 23 RAIN DATE
Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Fourth Annual Elizabeth Street Garden Harvest Festival
Sponsored by The Nolitan Hotel

Start your Halloween early, show your support for Elizabeth Street Garden and celebrate at our fourth annual Harvest Festival. Costumes encouraged!

Enjoy a day of FREE, fun activities for all ages, live music, and lite bites and refreshments donated by neighborhood businesses. Give back by bringing canned soups, vegetables and beans to benefit The Bowery Mission‘s Thanksgiving Meal.

For Everyone

  • Drawing by Spring Studio, with model Elizabeth Hellman, Noon.
  • Cooking Demonstration Using the Garden’s Harvest by Stir-Fry Guru Grace Young, a James Beard Foundation award winner for Best International Cookbook and currently featured in the Museum of Chinese in America‘s Sour Sweet Bitter Spicy exhibition, 1 p.m.
  • Seed Bomb Workshop. Learn about the soil nutrient cycle, composting and how the smallest things we can do can have such great impact.
  • Designing Greeting Cards with pressed leaves and other Garden finds.
  • Social Media Sharing and Garden Envisioning Stations. Tell the world why the Garden is important to you!
  • Little Free Library. Bring a gently used book to help us start a free book exchange. (No textbooks, please.)
  • Music.

For Kids

For Green Thumbs

  • Planting Daffodil Bulbs courtesy of New Yorkers for Parks. No gardening skills required. Just the desire to get your hands in the dirt.

For Early Birds

  • Vinyasa Yoga, 11:15 a.m.

Lite Bites and Refreshments Donated By

This FREE event is open to the public.

This year’s Harvest Festival is the culmination of Elizabeth Street Garden: Neighborhood LIVING Room, a neighborhood-led initiative that invites our larger community to engage with the Garden as an outdoor living room and shared backyard. The season-long initiative was funded in part with a generous grant from Citizens Committee for New York City.

If you would like to volunteer to help, email [email protected].

Oct
29
Sat
Community Gardening, weekly
Oct 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Community Gardening, weekly

Open to the public and FREE.

Oct
30
Sun
Vinyasa Yoga, weekly — CANCELED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE WEATHER FORECAST
Oct 30 @ 11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Vinyasa Yoga, weekly

Get your stretch on with instructors provided by our neighborhood lululemon athletica. Please bring your own mat. Open to the public and FREE.

Nov
13
Sun
Fall Cleanup & Daffodil Bulb Planting, as part of New Yorkers for Parks Daffodil Project
Nov 13 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Fall Cleanup & Daffodil Bulb Planting, as part of New Yorkers for Parks Daffodil Project

Spend a fall morning outdoors with neighbors planting spring-flowering bulbs and preparing Garden beds for colder months to come.

No experience necessary. Both adults and kids are welcome. Open to the public and FREE.

The Daffodil Project was founded in 2001 as a living memorial to Sept. 11. With nearly 5 million free bulbs planted citywide by New Yorkers, it is one of the largest volunteer efforts in the city’s history.

Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Nov 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!

Open to the public and FREE.

Nov
21
Mon
Invite the Mayor to Visit the Garden
Nov 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Invite the Mayor to Visit the Garden

Join us as we show the mayor how much the Garden means to us. (Let’s meet at the Peter Cooper statue.)

This is not a protest, but an invitation to the mayor to visit the Garden made more powerful by your presence!

Mayor de Blasio said he would “happily” visit Elizabeth Street Garden when questioned by a Garden supporter on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show. Help us re-extend the invitation in front of the Foundation Building at Cooper Union where the mayor is scheduled to give a major speech at 11 a.m. in the Great Hall.

Open to the public and FREE.

Nov
24
Thu
Garden Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 24 all-day
Dec
4
Sun
Leave the Leaves: Rake, Shred, Mulch!
Dec 4 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Leave the Leaves

The brilliantly colored leaves of our pear trees are among the last of the season to fall. Lend a hand with neighbors to keep leaves in the Garden. Let’s rake, shred and mulch them into beds in preparation of colder months come.

Both adults and kids are welcome to lend a hand (and play in the leaves). No experience necessary.

Open to the public and FREE.

Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Dec 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!

Help plan our Wake-Up Rally, Winter Solstice Celebration, Art Inspired by the Garden and more.

Open to the public and FREE.

Dec
7
Wed
Wake-Up Rally Outside City Council Building
Dec 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Wake-Up Rally Outside City Council Building

It’s time to sound the alarm! Join us as we “wake up” Council Member Margaret Chin and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration. Tell them to stop ignoring our community. Tell them that we will not rest until our beloved park is saved.

By subway: R/W to City Hall or 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall

Dec
17
Sat
Winter Solstice Celebration
Dec 17 @ 2:00 pm

Winter Solstice Celebration

Enjoy live seasonal music in the Garden and celebrate the coming of lighter days.

Winter caroling for kids and grown-ups with Pete Armstrong & Lauren Ruff and Kim Kalesti.
Hot cider, cocoa and coffee from neighborhood Gimme! Coffee and Lovely Day.

Open to the public and FREE.

Dec
21
Wed
Winter Solstice 2016 — First Day of Winter
Dec 21 @ 5:44 am
Dec
25
Sun
Garden Closed for Christmas Holiday
Dec 25 all-day
Jan
8
Sun
Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Jan 8 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!

Join us to help expand Garden support and plan for 2017 grant applications and programming.

Open to the public and FREE.

Feb
5
Sun
Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!

Join us to help expand Garden support and plan 2017 programming.

Open to the public and FREE.

Feb
7
Tue
Wake-Up Rally at Prospect Park Y
Feb 7 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Wake-Up Rally at Prospect Park Y

Let’s Wake Up the Mayor! Take the subway to his gym and tell him why
breaking the Garden in half will break our community. The Garden is
where everyone from children to seniors joins together for yoga, tai chi,
movies and community. Bring a sign and bring a friend. Rain or shine.

By subway: F to 7th Avenue, Exit 7th Avenue & 9th Street, NW Corner

Feb
11
Sat
Chinese Lantern Hanging
Feb 11 @ 12:00 pm

Chinese Lantern Hanging

Help hang lanterns to celebrate the traditional end of the Chinese New Year period. Lanterns will remain illuminated throughout the weekend. Enjoy them day and night.

Open to the public and FREE.

Feb
12
Sun
Garden Love-in — CANCELED DUE TO RAIN FORECAST
Feb 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Garden Love-In

We all need to spread the love right now. Come to the Garden to get your heart pumping!

Winter sun salutations, moving meditation, kids’ crafts making bird feeders and valentines and more.

Hot cocoa and coffee provided. BYOBaked goods, please.

Open to the public and FREE.

Mar
3
Fri
Wake-Up Rally at Rivington House
Mar 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Wake-Up Rally at Rivington House

Rivington House is yet another lost opportunity for affordable senior housing. Instead, de Blasio and Chin want to destroy Elizabeth Street Garden, our much loved neighborhood park.

Open to the public and FREE.

Mar
5
Sun
Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!
Mar 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Monthly Garden Meeting — All Are Welcome!

Do you have programming ideas for 2017? Bring them Sunday. Submit them online. Events planned by March 15 will be promoted in a press release introducing the upcoming season.

Open to the public and free.

Mar
25
Sat
33rd Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference: Sustaining Garden Legacies
Mar 25 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

33rd Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference: Sustaining Garden Legacies

Celebrate the official kickoff of the community gardening season in New York City!

The day will be packed with 30-plus workshops on garden-related topics including: food systems education, kids’ activities, vegetable growing techniques and designing your community garden for the present and future.

Friends of Elizabeth Garden will participate in 596 Acres workshops at 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. and 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.

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