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LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
We have more than 2,700 subscribers to our newsletter. Help us to get as many who like us on Facebook by clicking HERE. (We like you!)
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VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME AND TALENTS
Sign up to volunteer in the Garden. The more volunteers we have, the more hours we can keep the Garden open. Our next Volunteer Orientation is 6 – 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, followed by the Summer Volunteer Cookout and Potluck.
We also need help with:
- Coordinating volunteers.
- Gardening.
- Photographing events.
- Sharing on social media.
- Contacting the press and writing releases.
- Developing our WordPress website.
- Keying subscriber addresses into our newsletter list.
- Fundraising.
- Finding and writing grants.
- Bookkeeping.
If you'd like to get involved, email us. We can use your talents.
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THIS WEEK: Lunchtime Moving Meditation, Children's Storytime and Music Sundays
All activities and events are open to the public and free. For details, check out the Garden calendar.
Children's Storytime — Wednesday, July 30, 11 a.m.
Elizabeth Street Garden continues our Wednesday storytime hosted by Garden volunteer, teacher and dad Joshua Frost and his 2-year-old daughter Amelie. Open to all children under age 5.
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Lunchtime Reset: 30-Minute Moving Meditation — Wednesday, July 30, noon
The Garden is pleased to expand our wellness curriculum with a weekly mid-day, 30-minute moving mediation. Take your lunch break in the Garden, and breathe!. (No mat or clothing change required.)
Music Sundays — Sunday, Aug. 3, 4 – 6 p.m.
Take the opportunity to relax and enjoy another of the Garden's popular music performances. Round up your friends, and come by.
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COMING UP IN AUGUST
All activities and events are open to the public and free. For details and times, check out the Garden calendar.
Monthly Garden Meeting — Aug. 6
Movie Night — Aug. 6
Volunteer Orientation, followed by Summer Volunteer Cookout and Potluck — Aug. 13
Children’s Seeds and Flowers Workshop — Aug. 14
Movie Night — Aug. 27
Music Sundays — Aug. 31
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Every Week in the Garden
Children's Storytime — Wednesdays, 11 a.m.
Lunchtime Reset: 30-Minute Moving Meditation — Wednesdays, noon
Drawing With Spring Studio — Thursdays, 2 – 4 p.m.
Tai Chi Outdoors With the Chinatown YMCA — Fridays, 5 – 6 p.m.
Meridian Tapping With Wenji Zou — Saturdays, 10 – 11 a.m.
Vinyasa Yoga — Sundays, 10 – 11 a.m.
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Meridian Tapping With Wenji Zou — Saturdays, 10 – 11 a.m.
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Cool Bugs!: Ladybug and Lacewing Release
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Children's Compost Workshop
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GARDEN PRESS: NYTimes and Curbed
Curbed New York
“Escape the City at 29 of New York’s Awesome Hidden Parks”
by Zoe Rosenberg, July 14, 2014
The New York Times Dance Review
“A Space That’s Fully Inhabited Can Make Little Seem Big Enough”
by Siobhan Burke, July 14, 2014
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Cornfield Dance's "Small Stages"
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