Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is delighted to welcome the Chinatown YMCA back to the Garden for a second season of weekly tai chi classes, weather permitting.
Tai Chi Master Tina Zhang returns to lead the class.
All skill levels are welcome. Open to the public and FREE.
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden face a real threat that the Garden could be razed for development, but we can stop it with your help.
1. Attend LMDC Hearing — Thursday, Sept. 17, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
Wear GREEN. Arrive before 6 p.m. to make an impact!
Location: Borough of Manhattan Community College Fiterman Hall
245 Greenwich St., 13th Floor
(Barclay Street side entrance, two blocks north of World Trade Center)
2. Take three minutes to write a letter of support using online templates.
Background: Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) is considering a grant to New York City Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) for an affordable housing project at Elizabeth Street Garden. LMDC will hold a public forum Thursday to hear comments regarding potential projects to be supported with federal funds. Members of the public are invited to share their ideas and comments with LMDC at this public forum. For additional information and FAQs, visit elizabethstreetgarden.org.
Open to the public and FREE.
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].
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.
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat.
Open to the public and FREE.
September Volunteer Instructors:
Sept. 6 — Donna Moy
Sept. 13 — Will Schneider
Sept. 20 — TBA
Sept. 27 — Sam Emrich
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].
Weekly Kids’ Yoga — Beginning Wednesday, June 17, 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.
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.
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is delighted to welcome the Chinatown YMCA back to the Garden for a second season of weekly tai chi classes, weather permitting.
Tai Chi Master Tina Zhang returns to lead the class.
All skill levels are welcome. Open to the public and FREE.
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.
Show Our Neighborhood Street Trees Some Love
Come out and join us, bring the entire family and be a part of our neighborhood community service day.
Neighborhood Street Tree Care Day — Sunday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Together we will help clean up, mulch and water 150-plus beloved street trees surrounding Elizabeth Street Garden, including those in DeSalvio Playground. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Open to the public and FREE.
Meet in the Garden at 10 a.m. for coffee and bagels, and from there we will fan out in teams to tend our street trees.
If you are a resident, building owner, or local business who would like to help care for and “adopt” a tree in front of your building, please let us know by emailing [email protected].
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden received a 2015 MillionTreesNYC Mini-Grant — one of ten and the only one awarded in Manhattan. MillionTreesNYC is a PlaNYC initiative with NYC Parks and New York Restoration Project.
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat.
Open to the public and FREE.
September Volunteer Instructors:
Sept. 6 — Donna Moy
Sept. 13 — Will Schneider
Sept. 20 — TBA
Sept. 27 — Sam Emrich
Don’t Miss the Fourth Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is one of 38 member garden groups participating with Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS), as part of the Fourth Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival. Music performances in Elizabeth Street Garden include:
Kimistry The Living Museum — Sunday, Sept. 27, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Singer-composer Kim Kalesti brings her joyful spirit to sing in Elizabeth Street Garden again. Visitors have heard her beautiful voice during winter solstice celebrations. She returns now during the season of harvest.
Open to the public and FREE.
Don’t Miss the Fourth Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is one of 38 member garden groups participating with Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS), as part of the Fourth Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival. Music performances in Elizabeth Street Garden include:
Live Music Sunday — Sunday, Sept. 27, 4 – 6 p.m.
Our Sunday concert series concludes this weekend with performances by Foley, Justin Dean Thomas and Beau.
Open to the public and FREE.
Weekly Kids’ Yoga — Beginning Wednesday, June 17, 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.
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.
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.
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat.
Open to the public and FREE.
October Volunteer Instructors:
Oct. 4 — TBA
Oct. 11 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 18 — Jason Ostrander
Oct. 25 — TBA
Help plan October’s Harvest Festival.
Open to the public and FREE.
Weekly Kids’ Yoga — Beginning Wednesday, June 17, 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.
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.
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.
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat.
Open to the public and FREE.
October Volunteer Instructors:
Oct. 4 — TBA
Oct. 11 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 18 — Jason Ostrander
Oct. 25 — TBA
Weekly Kids’ Yoga — Beginning Wednesday, June 17, 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.
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.