Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is delighted to welcome the Chinatown YMCA back to the Garden for a third season of weekly tai chi classes, weather permitting.
All skill levels are welcome. Open to the public and FREE.
Community Gardening, weekly
Open to the public and FREE.
Ladybug Release
They’re not just bugs, they’re our friends. Join us as we release thousands of ladybugs into the Garden and learn how these critters are helpful to the environment and control pests.
Did you know that one adult ladybug will eat more than 5,000 aphids in its year-long lifetime?
Open to the public. All ages welcome. FREE.
Volunteer Orientation, after Ladybug Release
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].
Vinyasa Yoga, weekly
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat. Open to the public and FREE.
May/June Yoga Partner Om Factory instructor: Caitlin Lavelle
Volunteer Orientation, before Live Music Sunday
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].
Volunteer Orientation, before Live Music Sunday
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].
Live Music Sunday: Eric Vitoff and Stillmarch & the Bandits
Our biweekly summer concert series begins today. Don’t miss Eric Vitoff and Stillmarch and the Bandits performing in the Garden.
Open to the public and FREE.
Eric Vitoff’s tunes toe a line between house/dance and those of an unplugged singer-songwriter. Equipped with an acoustic guitar and effects pedals, he builds pulsing, colorful beats that make your feet move and your mind wonder just where all those sounds are coming from.
Stillmarch and the Bandits are a gang of overly-sensitive misfits. Despite their best intentions, they stir up trouble, deep feelings and existential ideas that rattle the heart and twist the mind, making them a very dangerous band. If you happen to come across them, you may not survive unchanged.
Children’s Music, weekly
Live music, dancing, bubbles and fun with volunteers actress-singer Lauren Ruff and guitarist Pete Armstrong. We’ll provide music and percussion instruments for your little ones to sing, dance or play along. Bring the family and pack a picnic lunch for afterward.
Kids of all ages are welcome, but the music is geared especially towards newborns through 4-year-olds. FREE.
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.
Children’s Storytime, weekly
Garden volunteer Jeannine Kiely entertains kids with her 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 third season of weekly tai chi classes, weather permitting.
All skill levels are welcome. Open to the public and FREE.
Community Gardening, weekly
Open to the public and FREE.
Kids’ Dragon Defense League With McNally Jackson Books — POSTPONED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES UNTIL JULY 9
Join McNally Jackson’s Dragon Defense League. Kids will create their own dragons and pledge to protect all dragons secretly living in Elizabeth Street Garden. Hosted by Yvonne Brooks from McNally Jackson Books.
All ages welcome. Open to the public and FREE.
Rain location: McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street.
Volunteer Orientation
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].
Vinyasa Yoga, weekly
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat. Open to the public and FREE.
Instructor: Brianna Sculley
Brianna Sculley
Children’s Music, weekly
Live music, dancing, bubbles and fun with volunteers actress-singer Lauren Ruff and guitarist Pete Armstrong. We’ll provide music and percussion instruments for your little ones to sing, dance or play along. Bring the family and pack a picnic lunch for afterward.
Kids of all ages are welcome, but the music is geared especially towards newborns through 4-year-olds. FREE.
Seeds of a Memoir Writing Workshop
This workshop, led by Barbara Horn, English professor emerita at Nassau Community College, includes exercises that help us discover, reflect, recall and create. With the Garden as backdrop, participants are encouraged to remember long-ago and perhaps far-away places as they begin work on memoir writing. Reading pieces with other members is encouraged but not required.
Workshop dates: May 24, June 7 and June 28.
Open to the public and FREE.
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.
Natural Wellness Talk: Managing Stress
Learn about the healing power of sleep and natural remedies for more rejuvenating rest.
Kirsten Tempel, licensed practitioner of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, returns to the Garden with a new talk series covering such topics as detox, insomnia, allergies, fertility, women’s health, pain management, weight loss and ancient Chinese home remedies.
Open to the public and FREE.
Volunteer Orientation, before Movie Night
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].
Movie Night: Dragon (2011)
In this award-winning Hong Kong-Chinese film, a martial arts master with a dark past wants to start a new and tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and the former’s vicious father.
Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Drama/Thriller ‧ 115 minutes
In Chinese with English subtitles
Movie Nights are free, family-friendly events where neighbors can come out and meet one another for a great time. The Garden will remain open through the evening, so come, cool down, bring a blanket, picnic, cozy up and sink in! Open to the public and FREE.
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.
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is delighted to welcome the Chinatown YMCA back to the Garden for a third season of weekly tai chi classes, weather permitting.
All skill levels are welcome. Open to the public and FREE.
Community Gardening, weekly
Open to the public and FREE.
Volunteer Orientation
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].
Vinyasa Yoga, weekly
Instructors from our neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat. Open to the public and FREE.
Instructor: Sinikiwe Dhliwayo
Live Music Sunday: Stephan Timonier
Our biweekly summer concert series continues. Don’t miss local musician Stephan Timonier performing in the Garden.
Open to the public and FREE.
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.