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.

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.

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.

June Yoga Partner Lolë Atelier New York Ambassadors:
June 7 — Sara Auster
June 14 — Julia Chan
June 21 — Maggie Ryan
June 28 — Maggie Ryan

Find out how easy it is to volunteer as little as ONE hour a month to help keep the Garden open here.

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.

Help plant the herb and vegetable seedlings we grew earlier this year and start our special Chinese-Italian kitchen garden that celebrates the diverse culinary heritage of our neighborhood. Both children and adults are encouraged to attend. No experience necessary. Dress to dig.

Our weekly community gardening and hands-on workshops support this year’s season-long initiative Edible Garden Lab, funded in part with a Citizens Committee for New York City Neighborhood Grant.

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.

Tap dance students of all ages, led by ATDF Artistic/Executive Director Tony Waag, will join with the pros to perform the Shim Sham Shimmy. Open tap jam sessions will enhance the afternoon festivities. Bring your shoes or try on a pair they supply.

For info on American Tap Dance Foundation, click here.

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.

June Yoga Partner Lolë Atelier New York Ambassadors:
June 7 — Sara Auster
June 14 — Julia Chan
June 21 — Maggie Ryan
June 28 — Maggie Ryan

Find out how easy it is to volunteer as little as ONE hour a month to help keep the Garden open here.

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.

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.

Join us for an information and training session for third-graders or older looking to serve our community and care for our neighborhood garden.

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.

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.

Lolë Atelier New York Ambassador / Instructor: Maggie Ryan

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.

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

Make Music New York is a live, free musical celebration on the longest day of the year, with more than 1,200 concerts on streets, sidewalks and parks across the five boroughs. Don’t miss Jafé, Thicket & Thistle, and Justin Dean Thomas in the Garden.

For info on Make Music New York, click here.

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.

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.

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.

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.