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Community Gardens Events
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Shed the Old, Plant the New: A Day of Action & Learning
at Waterfront Garden (in ), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
This event brings together youth leaders, neighbors, and green space advocates to reimagine and revitalize the garden.
Free!
Garden tour & Unveiling of Audubon Mural Project
at Melrose New Generation Community Garden, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Stop by Melrose New Generation Community Garden and check out the garden's new mural the Great Crested Flycatcher and the Yellow Warbler with Purple Honeysuckle by artist D. Gale.
Free!
Saturday, July 12, 2025
East New York Farmers Market
at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The East New York Farmers Market is a community-run market including local gardeners, vendors, and regional farmers, happening every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free!
Volunteer Workday: Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary
at Edgecomb Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary and GreenThumb for a hands-on volunteer day building raised beds!
Free!
Ukelele Workshop
at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
The workshop is designed for adults and older kids who are keen to learn or already dabbling in playing the ukulele and would benefit from a supportive community.
Free!
Composting Tips
at NYCHA – Grant HousesTranquil Ground Garden, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Gardeners at Grant Shade Garden-Grant Houses (NYCHA) will share composting information with people in the NYCHA houses and their neighbors.
Free!
Event
Create Natural Plant Dyes & Design Your Own Dye Samples
at Fred McLeod Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Discover the art of natural dyeing using plants! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to extract color from common garden plants, kitchen scraps, and foraged materials to create plant-based dyes.
Free!
Event
Rock Painting
at New Madison Harvest Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Have fun creating a design, an emoji, or your favorite inspirational words on your own special rock. You can take it with you or leave it at the garden for all to see.
Free!
Kids
Story Time for Children and Families
at Nehemiah Ten Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Come to Nehemiah 10 Community Garden for story time by New Lots Library for children and families!
Free!
Workshop on Applying Bokashi to Soil Part 3
at East Side Outside Community Garden, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
In this workshop at East Side Outside Community Garden, the FFW (Fermented Food Waste) and bokashi FPE (Fermented Plant Extract) that were made in Part 2 will be ready to apply.
Free!
Sumner Houses Local NeighborhoodStat (NStat) Kick-off
at NYCHA Sumner Houses - Love Garden, Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Kick-off a participatory budgeting campaign to select a project that will contribute to improving the quality of life in the community, while engaging neighbors with music, fun, & food.
Free!
Weeding Volunteer Day
at George Washington Carver Community Garden, Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Volunteer at George Washington Carver Garden's open hours to help with weeding and pulling overgrown plants in the garden in an effort to make it safer and more accessible to walk in.
Free!
Storytelling and Papermaking Workshop
at Whole Neighborhood Garden, Brooklyn
12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Learn how to make beautiful, eco-friendly paper from recycled materials. Everyone will get to create their own unique sheet of handmade paper to take home.
Free!
Upgrade your old t-shirt cutting workshop
at Maple Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Ready to give new life to an old t-shirt? Join Zhenia Nagorny for a fun afternoon to cut, twist, & transform a basic tees into a one-of-a-kind piece that’s all you.
Free!
Open Bluegrass Jam Session
at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Open Bluegrass Jam Sessions are scheduled throughout the 2025 season, weather permitting. Bring your guitar, ukulele, banjo, etc., and join in! All skill levels and ages are welcome.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Latin American folk songs with Alida Torres and friends
at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Come to East 4th Street Community Garden to enjoy Le Petit Pépinot's Alida Torres and friends Aiden and Roy on a tour of Latin American folk songs.
Free!
Monday, July 14, 2025
Volunteer Day
at Ashford Learning Garden, Brooklyn
9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Lend a helping hand at the garden and learn about cleaning tools, pruning, weeding, and planting seeds. There will also be arts and crafts. All are welcome!
Free!
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Bringing It to Life — Lights, Sounds & Movement
at Success Garden - East New York, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Just as gardens come alive with sound and movement, so does theater. We’ll play with ways to use light and sound outdoors. Learn how to use what’s already in the garden.
Free!
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Therapy with Art & Gardening
at Artsy Bloom Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Come to Artsy Bloom Community Garden for an art therapy session with painting and gardening as a therapeutic activity. All are welcome!
Free!
Friday, July 18, 2025
Karaoke Night
at Ashford Learning Garden, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Ashford Learning Garden invites you to Karaoke Night. Limited space, registration in advance required.
Free!
Saturday, July 19, 2025
East New York Farmers Market
at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The East New York Farmers Market is a community-run market including local gardeners, vendors, and regional farmers, happening every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free!
Bronx Food & Farm Tour: Bronx River Oases
at Bronx River Community Garden (in ), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
On this walking tour, we'll explore the history of some of the Bronx’s oldest community green spaces and their relationships with the Bronx River.
Free!
Drawing In the Garden
at Newkirk Community Garden, Brooklyn 
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come and draw your favorite spot, flower or plant, or insect. Materials will be provided.
Free!
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Seeding for The Future Workshop
at First Street Garden, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
We'll go through the foundations for germination, how to support the seedling once they have grown their true leaves, and talk about the importance of saving seeds (genetic importance).
Free!
Volunteer Workday at Green Oasis Garden
at Green Oasis Community Garden/Gilbert's Garden (in ), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer at Green Oasis Community Garden to help us maintain our community-led space. You'll learn how to plant, prune, identify plants and trees, compost, do basic carpentry, and more! Enjoy nature and meet your neighbors. Free tea provided. Bring gardening-appropriate clothes and shoes as well as water. There is no secure storage space so please leave your valuables and large bags at home. First and third Sundays of the month at 12pm.
Free!
Garden Ice Cream Fund Raiser
at Prophecy Garden, Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Help support Prophecy Garden and keep cool at their ice cream fundraiser! The garden group will be selling ice cream to raise funds for the garden.
Free!
National Ice Cream Day and Gardening
at Marge Matthews Garden, Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
On this day, attendees will receive a free scoop of ice cream and prizes celebrating community, unity, and ice cream.
Free!
Reframing Our Stories Workshop
at Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden (in ), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
In "Reframing Our Stories" workshop, led by Jan Cohen Cruz, we will tell and write stories in response to prompts about key moments in our lives that led us to becoming who we are now.
Free!
Beyond Flute Group: 3rd Sunday Jazz
at 6BC Botanical Garden, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Beyond Flute Group listens to create improv composed pieces of explorations from the heart, with each player given a chance to voice their individual ideas in unaccompanied solos.
Free!
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
A Garden in Performance — Sharing Our Creation
at Success Garden - East New York, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
We’ll install our designs in the garden and rehearse a short scene as a group. Everyone has a role, whether you help direct, act, design, or support. Invite your friends and neighbors!
Free!
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Volunteer Workday: St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
at St. Nicholas Miracle Garden, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join St. Nicholas Miracle Garden and NYC Parks GreenThumb for a hands-on volunteer workday restoring and painting the garden's benches and tables!
Free!
Music Performances: @, Tasha, Gabriel DeSanto & the Lovers, DJ eora
at 6BC Botanical Garden, Manhattan
5:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Come enjoy music performances at 6BC Botanical Garden by @, Tasha, Gabriel DeSanto & the Lovers, and DJ eora!
Free!
Friday, July 25, 2025
Art Exhibition: Surround Yourself with Saints" by Dana May
at 6BC Botanical Garden, Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
“In Surround Yourself with Saints" by Dana May, who paints her friends as saints, using symbolism and various media to convey the protection and guidance they have given her in her life.
Free!
Saturday, July 26, 2025
East New York Farmers Market
at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The East New York Farmers Market is a community-run market including local gardeners, vendors, and regional farmers, happening every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free!
Volunteer Workday: Hattie Carthan Community Garden
at Hattie Carthan Community Garden, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join Hattie Carthan Community Garden & NYC Parks GreenThumb for a hands-on volunteer day to prepare the garden's pathways, restore and paint furniture, and remove weeds!
Free!
Open Bluegrass Jam Session
at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Open Bluegrass Jam Sessions are scheduled throughout the 2025 season, weather permitting. Bring your guitar, ukulele, banjo, etc., and join in! All skill levels and ages are welcome.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Rat Academy Virtual Session
at Virtual/Online Workshop
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
This session is designed specifically for community gardeners and will cover essential strategies for rat prevention and management in garden spaces.
Free!
Saturday, August 2, 2025
East New York Farmers Market
at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The East New York Farmers Market is a community-run market including local gardeners, vendors, and regional farmers, happening every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free!
Reconéctate a Través del Movimiento y la Quietud
at Westbrook Memorial Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
En esta sesión, recibirás una guía suave para vivir una experiencia meditativa de sanación del cuerpo que combina técnicas de movimiento inspiradas en calentamientos de danza, y concluye con una meditación para enraizarte.
Free!
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Volunteer Workday at Green Oasis Garden
at Green Oasis Community Garden/Gilbert's Garden (in ), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer at Green Oasis Community Garden to help us maintain our community-led space. You'll learn how to plant, prune, identify plants and trees, compost, do basic carpentry, and more!
Free!
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
CANCELLED: Organizing for Garden Success: Group Structure (Part 1 of 2)
at Virtual/Online Workshop
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
This two-part workshop series is designed to help your garden group build a strong foundation for your group's leadership and decision-making structures.
Free!
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Seed Saving for the Next Growing Season
at Q Gardens Community Farm, Brooklyn
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore various seed-saving techniques tailored to different plant species. From tomatoes to herbs, you’ll gain practical knowledge on selecting, harvesting, and storing seeds to maximize viability for the next growing season.
Free!
Saturday, August 9, 2025
East New York Farmers Market
at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The East New York Farmers Market is a community-run market including local gardeners, vendors, and regional farmers, happening every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free!
Flower Identification: Exploring New York City’s Blooms With Will Thomson
at Francisco "Pancho” Ramos Community Garden, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
We will begin with an introduction to flowering plant reproduction structures and cycles; participants will dissect inflorescences and fruits, learning to identify flower parts and structures through hands-on exploration.
Free!
Saturday, August 16, 2025
East New York Farmers Market
at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The East New York Farmers Market is a community-run market including local gardeners, vendors, and regional farmers, happening every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free!
Building a Gutter System for Rainwater Harvesting
at Vogue Garden, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn how to install a functional gutter system for garden tool sheds and pavilions. This workshop provides an opportunity to learn about rainwater harvesting techniques and their applications in urban gardens.
Free!
Upon This Rock Community Garden Fair
at Upon This Rock Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come visit the garden to learn how to get involved and take part in activities, like games, arts and crafts, blood pressure checks, and herb education!
Free!
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Volunteer Workday at Green Oasis Garden
at Green Oasis Community Garden/Gilbert's Garden (in ), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer at Green Oasis Community Garden to help us maintain our community-led space. You'll learn how to plant, prune, identify plants and trees, compost, do basic carpentry, and more! Enjoy nature and meet your neighbors. Free tea provided. Bring gardening-appropriate clothes and shoes as well as water. There is no secure storage space so please leave your valuables and large bags at home. First and third Sundays of the month at 12pm.
Free!
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
CANCELLED: Organizing for Garden Success: Bylaws (Part 2 of 2)
at Virtual/Online Workshop
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
In this workshop, we will discuss writing garden bylaws that outline processes for decision–making and garden governance, and that will satisfy the GreenThumb requirement for bylaws.
Free!
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Extend Your Harvest into Fall and Beyond
at Karol's Urban Farm - Castle Hill (NYCHA), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
We’ll cover key planting deadlines, effective sowing techniques, and maintenance tips to help your fall crops get off to a strong start and keep producing deep into the season. Facilitated by Bronx Green-Up of The New York Botanical Garden.
Free!
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