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Please Write Mayor de Blasio to Save Our Garden
Write Mayor de Blasio and tell him that you oppose the City’s plan to issue a Request for Proposal to developers to build affordable housing that would destroy Elizabeth Street Garden:
- Write the mayor and forward this action to your neighbors and friends asking them to write a letter too.
- Share this tweet and Facebook post.
- Join the discussion on social media. Use #elizabethstreetgarden and #ESGSaveOurGarden.
Thanks to the hundreds of supporters who have already sent letters to the mayor!
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This Weekend, Public & Free: Daffodil Tie-Down, Puppet Show & Yoga
Daffodil Tie-Down — Saturday, May 21, 10 a.m. – Noon
Come out and tie down daffodil foliage to make room for our herb and vegetable seedlings and allow the daffodils to continue manufacturing food for next spring’s bloom. All ages welcome.
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NYC Kids Project Puppet Show — Saturday, May 21, 1:30 p.m.
(Rain date: June 18)
The NYC Kids Project Puppet Show features child-size hand and rod puppet characters in theatrical scenes, focusing on disability awareness, anti-bullying issues and character development.
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The teaching artists presenting the show encourage audience participation through facilitated dialogue, allowing the students in the audience to learn from interacting directly with the puppet characters.
Best for second- through sixth-graders. Program length: 45 – 55 minutes.
Elizabeth Street Garden is wheelchair accessible.
Weekly Vinyasa Yoga — Begins Sunday, May 21, Noon – 1 p.m.
May yoga partner Om Factory instructor Caitlin Lavelle will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat.
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Beginning in May: Memoir Writing Workshop & Weekly Children's Music
Seeds of a Memoir Writing Workshop —
Tuesdays, May 24, June 7, June 28, July 12, and July 26, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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 – especially seniors – 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.
Weekly Children's Music — Tuesdays, 11 – 11:30 a.m., beginning May 31
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 afterwards.
Kids of all ages are welcome, but the music is geared especially towards newborns through 4-year-olds.
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Coming Up in June
All Elizabeth Street Garden activities and events are open to the public and FREE. For up-to-date details, check out the Garden calendar.
Movement & Music for Infants With Citibabes — Saturday, June 4, 11 – 11:30 a.m.
Fourth Season Celebration: Community Potluck and BBQ —
Saturday, June 4, 3 – 5 p.m.
Live Music Sunday — Sunday, June 5, 4 – 6 p.m.
Seeds of a Memoir Writing Workshop — Tuesday, June 7, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Ladybug Release — Saturday, June 18, 12:30 p.m.
Weekly in the Garden
Community Gardening — Saturdays, 10 a.m. – Noon
Vinyasa Yoga — Sundays in May, Noon – 1 p.m. and in June, 11 a.m. – Noon
Children's Music — Tuesdays, 11 – 11:30 a.m., beginning May 31
Kids' Yoga — Wednesdays, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Children's Storytime — Thursdays, 10:30 – 11 a.m.
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Highlights: Jane's Walk NYC, Composting Workshop & More
Jane's Walk Through Historic Chinatown
As part of The Municipal Art Society’s annual Jane’s Walk NYC, on May 7 Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden hosted a neighborhood walk through Chinatown with the Museum of Chinese in America. This year's walk explored how everyday buildings, public and commercial places, and streets have shaped the Chinatown community from its origins as a Native American village to one of the fastest growing immigrant communities of present day New York City.
Special thanks to MOCA for sharing this tour with our community. We look forward to working together again. Thanks to MOCA educator Alice Fung for leading the tour and to MOCA Public Programs Director Beatrice Chen and Garden volunteer Kristin Shea for coordinating.
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Composting in the City Workshop
Thanks to the Lower East Side Ecology Center for hosting a composting workshop in the Garden on May 7, as part of the NYC Compost Project, a city-funded effort to reduce dependence on landfills. The Ecology Center's Renee Crowley and Lia Lucero showed how easy it is to turn kitchen scraps into garden soil.
Thanks to Garden volunteer Jamie Jensen for organizing the workshop.
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Composting in the City Workshop
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Good Citizen Voter Registration
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Lower East Side Volunteer Fair
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P.S. 1 students check in on their seedlings.
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Additional Neighborhood Park Events
It's My Park "Day of Play" at Vesuvio Playground —
Saturday, May 21, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tree Stewardship at Petrosino Square — Saturday, May 21, 9:30 a.m.
Third Annual Rose Walk at LaGuardia Corner Garden —
Sunday, May 22, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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Garden Hours
Garden Open Daily
10 a.m. – 6 p.m., weather permitting.
Volunteers work to keep the Garden open daily year-round.
Email volunteer@elizabethstreetgarden.org to help.
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