The Garden is delighted to participate for the first time with this coalition of East Village and Lower East Side gardens in this annual weekend-long cultural festival.
Tracy Thorne — 5 p.m.
Rashad Brown — 6 p.m.
Open to the public. Free.
For the complete schedule of activities, visit LUNGS.
October’s Studio of the Month: Twisted Trunk Yoga
Each week, an instructor from our neighborhood studio will help you get your stretch on in the Garden!
Instructors:
Oct. 26 — Sara Auster
Oct. 19 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 12 — Paige Myles
Oct. 5 — Susanna Harwood Rubin
Sept. 28 — Angelica Olstad, Co-Founder Pop Up Yoga
Sept. 21 — Kevin Lamb, Twisted Trunk Yoga
Sept. 14 — Will Schneider, Yoga Vida
Join with downtown community gardeners in this massive, history-making march in advance of UN Climate Summit 2014!
Organizers anticipate that more than 100,000 people will participate, including many elected officials. Garden volunteers can join almost three dozen Lower Manhattan gardens to form a gardens contingent under the LUNGS banner. Make every effort to be part of this historic event. March with your family, friends and neighbors.
March Logistics: LUNGS are meeting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21 on Central Park West, between 71st & 72nd St. The march begins at 11:30 a.m. We are marching in Section 3, as part of the Food & Water Justice contingent. Vandana Shiva, world-famous environmental activist and outspoken critic of genetically modified crops, will address our contingent before the march begins.
The NYPD will control access to the assembly area, so please enter Central Park West from 72nd or 77th St.
For more info and updates, visit People’s Climate March Logistics.
Our neighbor The Nolitan New York hotel has graciously offered to host the Garden’s first fundraiser on their rooftop lounge!
For more information and to attend, visit Benefit RSVP.
Hosted by artist and Spring Studio founder Minerva Durham.
Open to the public. Free.
October’s Studio of the Month: Twisted Trunk Yoga
Each week, an instructor from our neighborhood studio will help you get your stretch on in the Garden!
Instructors:
Oct. 26 — Sara Auster
Oct. 19 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 12 — Paige Myles
Oct. 5 — Susanna Harwood Rubin
Sept. 28 — Angelica Olstad, Co-Founder Pop Up Yoga
Sept. 21 — Kevin Lamb, Twisted Trunk Yoga
Sept. 14 — Will Schneider, Yoga Vida
Hosted by artist and Spring Studio founder Minerva Durham.
Open to the public. Free.
October’s Studio of the Month: Twisted Trunk Yoga
Each week, an instructor from our neighborhood studio will help you get your stretch on in the Garden!
Instructors:
Oct. 26 — Sara Auster
Oct. 19 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 12 — Paige Myles
Oct. 5 — Susanna Harwood Rubin
Sept. 28 — Angelica Olstad, Co-Founder Pop Up Yoga
Sept. 21 — Kevin Lamb, Twisted Trunk Yoga
Sept. 14 — Will Schneider, Yoga Vida
Hosted by artist and Spring Studio founder Minerva Durham.
Open to the public. Free.
October’s Studio of the Month: Twisted Trunk Yoga
Each week, an instructor from our neighborhood studio will help you get your stretch on in the Garden!
Instructors:
Oct. 26 — Sara Auster
Oct. 19 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 12 — Paige Myles
Oct. 5 — Susanna Harwood Rubin
Sept. 28 — Angelica Olstad, Co-Founder Pop Up Yoga
Sept. 21 — Kevin Lamb, Twisted Trunk Yoga
Sept. 14 — Will Schneider, Yoga Vida
Come out to help prepare the Garden for the Harvest Festival.
Bring your neighbors and friends!
October’s Studio of the Month: Twisted Trunk Yoga
Each week, an instructor from our neighborhood studio will help you get your stretch on in the Garden!
Instructors:
Oct. 26 — Sara Auster
Oct. 19 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 12 — Paige Myles
Oct. 5 — Susanna Harwood Rubin
Sept. 28 — Angelica Olstad, Co-Founder Pop Up Yoga
Sept. 21 — Kevin Lamb, Twisted Trunk Yoga
Sept. 14 — Will Schneider, Yoga Vida
Ashley Galvani Bell, soprano (and Garden volunteer).
“An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.” — IMDb.com
Come early and cozy up, if you dare!
Open to the public. Free.
(Rescheduled from Oct. 15.)
October’s Studio of the Month: Twisted Trunk Yoga.
Our neighborhood studio will help you get your pre-Harvest Festival stretch on in the Garden!
Instructor: Susanna Harwood Rubin.
Open to the public. Free.
All skill levels are welcome. BYOM(at)!
Start your Halloween early and celebrate at Elizabeth Street Garden’s Second Annual Harvest Festival from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25. (Rain date: Sunday, Oct. 26.)
Costumes encouraged!
Invite friends and neighbors and enjoy a day of fun activities for all ages, live music, and lite bites and refreshments donated by neighborhood businesses. Give back by bringing canned vegetables to benefit The Bowery Mission’s Thanksgiving Meal.
For Everyone
- Jack-o’-Lantern Contest. Bring your carved creations to the Garden. Ribbons will be awarded at day’s end for the funniest, scariest and craziest designs. Pumpkins can remain on display through Halloween.
- Live Music performed by Laura Gragtmans, Eric Leva, Lauren Ruff & Friends, and Shaeera Tariq.
- Sketching by Spring Studio with flutist Andrew Bolotowsky.
- Photo Gazebo for social sharing. Visit our social media station, tag with #elizabethstreetgarden and tell the world why the Garden is important to you!
For Kids
- Game of Bones Halloween Party with crafts by McNally Jackson Books. Ghoulify wicked wooden coffins, create creepy costumes and play ghostly games.
- Pumpkin Decorating courtesy of Whole Foods Market.
- Mask Making by Little Peep Prep.
- Face Painting by the Chinatown YMCA.
- Festival Photos by The Montessori in SoHo.
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.
(Garden tools provided by GrowNYC.)
For Early Birds
- Meridian Tapping by Wenji Zou at 10 a.m.
- Vinyasa Yoga by Twisted Trunk Yoga at 11 a.m.
For updated activity and event times and details, visit the Garden calendar.
Lite Bites and Refreshments Donated By
- A.B. Biagi
- Black Seed
- Cafe Habana
- Little Cupcake Bakeshop
- Little Rascal
- Lombardi’s Pizza
- Lovely Day
- Pomodoro Pizza
- Prince Street Pizza
- PUBLIC
- Rubirosa Ristorante
- 16 Handles
- Sweetgreen
- Tacombi
The Harvest Festival is the culmination of our Bees, Butterflies & Worms neighborhood-led initiative which began in spring to educate children and adults about eco-gardening, habitat creation, urban wildlife and sustainable stewardship, with funding provided in part by Citizens Committee for New York City.
October’s Studio of the Month: Twisted Trunk Yoga
Each week, an instructor from our neighborhood studio will help you get your stretch on in the Garden!
Instructors:
Oct. 26 — Sara Auster
Oct. 19 — Suzanne Monto
Oct. 12 — Paige Myles
Oct. 5 — Susanna Harwood Rubin
Sept. 28 — Angelica Olstad, Co-Founder Pop Up Yoga
Sept. 21 — Kevin Lamb, Twisted Trunk Yoga
Sept. 14 — Will Schneider, Yoga Vida