Community Gardens New York

The Venture Garden, Jersey City (Entrepreneurs Welcome!)

Build ideas. Share tea. Turn conversations into real businesses. Join us every other week in Jersey City for a relaxed but intentional gathering of entrepreneurs, builders, and curious minds. This is not a pitch event. This is not a lecture. This is a space to think, connect, and actually move forward. We bring together people who are: * Starting or growing a business * Exploring new ideas or income streams * Looking to connect with other serious, thoughtful builders * Interested in tea, wellness, and intentional living Over tea, we create space for: * Real conversations about business and life * Sharing ideas, challenges, and opportunities * Meeting potential collaborators, partners, and friends * Gaining clarity on your next step What to Expect Each session is lightly structured: 1\. Welcome \+ Tea \(10–15 min\) Settle in, pour tea, meet the group 2\. Introductions \(15–20 min\) Who you are, what you're building (or thinking about), and what you need 3\. Open Discussion/Brainstorm \(30–45 min\) What's working & what's not Pricing and positioning Finding customers Turning ideas into action 4\. Connections \+ Next Steps \(15–20 min\) Connect, exchange info, and identify opportunities to collaborate Who This Is For Early-stage founders. Side hustlers. Creatives and operators. People serious about building something real. Anyone who values thoughtful conversation and community A Note on the Community This meetup is the foundation of a growing local network supporting entrepreneurship in Jersey City. For those who want to go deeper, there are opportunities to: * Join smaller working groups * Get hands-on support building your business * Access a broader venture support network * No pressure—just come, connect, and see where it leads. What to Bring: An idea, a business, or just curiosity. A willingness to share and listen. Come for the tea. Stay for the ideas. Leave with momentum.

COMMUNITY GARDENS Beautification Day

Join us as we come together to beautify and care for our community garden. Help with weeding, planting, cleaning, organizing, and preparing the garden for a vibrant summer season. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or a first-time volunteer, everyone is welcome. 📍 Diversity Edible Farm Garden 1673 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10029 What to Bring * Comfortable clothing * Closed-toe shoes * Water bottle * Sun protection (hat, sunscreen) We Provide * Gardening tools * Gloves (limited supply)bring your gloves * Community spirit and good company 🌻 Come connect with nature, meet neighbors, and help keep our garden growing. For more information, contact: GreenThumb NYC Parks “Many hands make light work, and every seed of service helps our community grow.” Hosted by Diversity Edible Farm Garden 🌿

SIDEWALK SUPPORT HUB

EAST HARLEM COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SIDEWALK SUPPORT HUB BRINGING RESOURCES TO YOU! on these select dates June- 4th *11th* 18th * 25th @12pm We will be providing school supplies to help families get Summer Rising ready. *Child must be present* OUTSIDE OF OUR OFFICE BUILDING IN THE GARDEN SPACE WEATHER PERMITTING supported By: UNION DEFG 1673 Madison Avenue

Essex Chapter Free Guided Spring Meadow Walk

**Essex Chapter Free Guided Spring Meadow Walk** For anyone who lives up this way or wishes to travel there: Saturday, May 30, 10-11am Raindate: May 31 Eagle Rock Meadow Eagle Rock Reservation (across from 9/11 Memorial), West Orange \!\[img\]\(\) \| Description:Tour Eagle Rock Meadow with our naturalists and see late spring flowers and meadow grasses\! You will be dazzled by the clusters of creamy yellow golden Alexanders and golden ragwort\, mounds of soft blue Arkansas bluestars\, flowering rushes\, and colorful native irises\. What is the Meadow?Planted in 2014 by the Master Gardeners of Essex County, the Meadow was gradually overtaken by invasive plants, especially mugwort and phragmites. In 2024, our Essex Chapter partnered with the Master Gardeners to refurbish it: creating walking paths, removing invasives, and planting new native plants. The project is ongoing with a dedicated group of volunteers working regularly. We will be walking on a path of wood chips; long pants and comfortable shoes are recommended. Kids welcome; please leave dogs at home. Directions:Follow directions to[“Eagle Rock Meadow”](http://[https/9hnxr4cab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ag0QmM6f95IgqjVivifS4-f1ArhTaKKHYk2k806OnDVDz20UcRZDY1r4fLF6zH8NNA5LDMMbx_XW4CFVjEG-6eXYZsj629FsOXxUpl9zm8hGxaTykPQL8QrRcGN8LkUL0lNo6eNK-S8keEThpDH3qqk2oewEELG2TSIOs3jJSF0=&c=Yq98-wJ7fcpWwpcHRE52F9ibGU-VBhrhtzV7BJr9wCi0ktHViXA5-g==&ch=EuxyWgqcg6f2LWNo1Km1HCSUXehTTwPImGZ-onOPU20GDa42-cingQ==%5D(https://9hnxr4cab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ag0QmM6f95IgqjVivifS4-f1ArhTaKKHYk2k806OnDVDz20UcRZDY1r4fLF6zH8NNA5LDMMbx_XW4CFVjEG-6eXYZsj629FsOXxUpl9zm8hGxaTykPQL8QrRcGN8LkUL0lNo6eNK-S8keEThpDH3qqk2oewEELG2TSIOs3jJSF0=&c=Yq98-wJ7fcpWwpcHRE52F9ibGU-VBhrhtzV7BJr9wCi0ktHViXA5-g==&ch=EuxyWgqcg6f2LWNo1Km1HCSUXehTTwPImGZ-onOPU20GDa42-cingQ==) "\[https://9hnxr4cab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ag0QmM6f95IgqjVivifS4-f1ArhTaKKHYk2k806OnDVDz20UcRZDY1r4fLF6zH8NNA5LDMMbx_XW4CFVjEG-6eXYZsj629FsOXxUpl9zm8hGxaTykPQL8QrRcGN8LkUL0lNo6eNK-S8keEThpDH3qqk2oewEELG2TSIOs3jJSF0=&c=Yq98-wJ7fcpWwpcHRE52F9ibGU-VBhrhtzV7BJ")on Google Maps. The Meadow is located within a black fence, across the road from the 9/11 Memorial at Eagle Rock Reservation, where there is parking. \!\[img\]\(https://files\.constantcontact\.com/af4bb1fb001/b9d57be0\-b403\-47c9\-b516\-6e289120fe8c\.jpg?rdr=true\) \!\[img\]\(https://files\.constantcontact\.com/af4bb1fb001/6e178042\-c579\-4e53\-8fcd\-994466ba737a\.jpg?rdr=true\) MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING EVENTS Sat, June 13, 10-11:30am –Weed ID & Strategies & Chelsea Chop Workshop at Greater Newark Conservancy, 32 Prince Street, Newark \| Questions? Email [Essex@npsnj.org](mailto:Essex@npsnj.org) | | | --- | |

Plant Powered Potluck in Astoria

[Register here](https://plantpoweredmetrony.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F43516)! Share in great company and enjoy a wholesome potluck meal with Plant Powered Metro New York when we gather at The Lifestyle Building in Astoria, hosted by Enrica Sacca, PPMNY co-founder and lead organizer. For the potluck, please choose a plant-based recipe with whole plant foods — whole grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Please, no animal-based foods, vegan processed foods, white flours, or added oils, and we ask you to minimize added sweeteners and salt. If this sounds intimidating, don't worry! Contact Enrica at [enrica.sacca@ppmny.org](mailto:enrica.sacca@ppmny.org) to discuss simple dish ideas or check out our recipes at: [ppmny.org/recipes](http://ppmny.org/recipes/). *It's a good rule of thumb to double a recipe you would make at home! Please bring a serving utensil for your dish.*

GAY PLANTS! Plant Pot Luck & Social Mixer

**GAY PLANTS! HAPPY HOMES!** **[https://gayplantsmay2026.eventbrite.com](https://gayplantsmay2026.eventbrite.com) (Register Free)** Join us for our first Plant Pot Luck & Social! Share the Joy of having a house plant in your home. No experience with house plants required. Your hosts Jonathan & Zoe are avid planters. We have learned a few things along the way. You can bring: -a cutting or samples of a house plant to share -a plant to give away -an empty pot to give away -a pot you want to put a plant in -potting soil -snacks -or just a smile & desire to adopt a new Gay Plant for your home. **Register for Free. Donation are Appreciated & will go to cover new babies & supplies.** **[https://gayplantsmay2026.eventbrite.com](https://gayplantsmay2026.eventbrite.com)** **\*If you'd like to help all that we do in creating Safe-Space social events online & in person that are affordable & free become a Community Supporter memeber at:** **[www.queersocial.us](www.queersocial.us)**

Reading the Landscape; Identifying Trees & Plants

**Reading the Landscape : Wild Tree & Plant Identification-** *Learn the Ecological History of Prospect Park & the Eastern North American continent.* *Going from 40,000 years ago to the present.* Using the patterns of nature and geological time, to guide your understanding of how to participate in meaningful ways with Natural Succession. What are the inexorable elements of evolution and how can we engage with them wisely? Learn about this Temperate Deciduous Forest and how to be an ally, for all that trees can bring to our world. Come on out to take a walk with Andrew Faust ,your NYC Permaculture scholar & world renowned Bioregional Educator , 17 years in NYC and Brooklyn teaching this class here at Prospect park. We will discuss and explore the many useful gifts that forests and healthy ecologies provide. Andrew will go more in depth into the process of reading the landscape. Covering the geological history of Prospect park and the this part of the continent. Describing the anthropogenic forests of indigenous people’s of the region. The eco-social impacts of colonialism and industrialization and how to address them with a socially just and ecological ethic of care. Bring a lunch for this informative and inspiring event!

Brooklyn Botanic Garden w/Lunch

Exploring the East Village, its Community Gardens and Immigrant History

Note that this tour that was scheduled for Saturday, May 9th has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 13th from 1pm - 4pm. **Space is set aside for new group members, first timers and 2nd timers who land on the waiting list, space permitting. If this is you please email me at hankorenstein@gmail.com to request a spot AFTER you register.** This tour is free with voluntary donation to your leader at the end via cash, venmo or zelle. **To Bring**: Water to drink, snack and sun protection. We'll have a break at Tompkins Square Park (restrooms). **Note: Please take care of business before the tour.** The Strand has a restroom tucked away on the 2nd floor. **Other restroom options** at nearby Union Square can be found at the Whole Foods market on 14th Street, Nordstrom Rack at 60 East 14th Street There's also a restroom in Union Square Park - on the East Side between 16th and 17th Streets and Barnes & Noble on the north end of the park at 33 East 17th Street. **Think Coffee a block from our meeting place at 123 4th Avenue has a restroom (need a code from a purchase receipt).** Make sure you allow extra travel time given weekend subway changes. **Tour Overview** From the days of the Yiddish Theatre to Andy Warhol’s Electric Circus and Little Ukraine, this neighborhood, formerly part of the Lower East Side is packed with immigrant and counter culture history--past and present. The East Village features the city's largest array of community gardens of any single neighborhood in the United States and we'll be sure to visit some of them, along with historic Stuyvesant Street, lively Tompkins Square Park, the Charlie Parker residence, and unique houses of worship, including St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, the final resting place of Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam in the mid-17th century. We'll discover traces of Kleinedeutschland (Little Germany) and will also learn about how this neighborhood has made its mark as a center for cutting edge music and theatre arts, along with the squatter’s (urban homesteading) movement and the counter-culture. Optional after party for a drink and/or a bite after the tour. Thank you for your cooperation. Hank 646-596-3005 hankorenstein@gmail.com Photo credit: Group member Ariel

May Picnic in Prospect Park

Simultaneous Centuries: Birds, Roses, Buildings and Time

Did you know areas of West Harlem and Washington Heights are home to the only Heritage Rose District in the United States? And that the same areas hold the largest concentration of Audubon bird murals? You probably knew that the Manhattan grid was designed to end between these two neighborhoods and largely does, with the grid system interrupted by streets that once were farm and designed neighborhood paths, dictated by events and people of the 19th Century. Come along on an Uptown Saunter through heritage rose plantings, wandering birds, and time fluctuations. **Highlights**: Harlem and Washington Heights history, Gothic City College buildings, Stunning rowhouses of Convent Avenue, Beaux-Arts architecture, Trinity Church and Mausoleum and a few of its few of its inhabitants, an Uptown cloister, historical buildings, interspersed with seemingly random and sometimes unseen gardens and murals. **Meet**:The Forum, Broadway and 125th Street (inside) **Time**: 9:45 AM, firm start at 10:00 **End place:** 167th Street and Amsterdam Avenue **End tiime:** APPROXIMATELY 2:00 **RAIN:** Hard rain cancels or postpones. You will be informed early. *Note that this is a linear walk* with approximate route and end time, depending on the amount of stopping and picture taking. The Forum is most easily accessed by the #1 train, and a 10-minute walk from the ABCD. The ending is close to the #1 and AC lines from 168th. Check the MTA schedule for weekend changes. The Upper Manhattan nature of the walk is that there will be some hills but all paved sidewalks. **Attendance:** Attendance is limited. Please register only if you really plan to attend. If for any reason you change your mind or your circumstances change, please revise your RSVP in time for others on the waiting list to join. **Bring**: Check the weather and dress appropriately, bring sunscreen if that is your habit, and bring water. The walk is mostly on city streets, where there won't be fountains but where there will be stores. **Rest Rooms:** At the start in the Forum, in the Trinity Cemetery, and near the end on Edgecombe in front of High Bridge Park. **Breaks**: one planned lunch break about halfway, no bathrooms at the break but one shortly before. Carry a lunch or purchase something at one of the several bodegas. Hike Leaders: Text on day of only. Host: Gina (347-842-5452) Cohost: Christine (646-491-0764) Cohost: Maureen (718-954-1591)

New York Botanical Garden

**Details**: The roses are in bloom! Join me on a leisurely stroll through the [botanical gardens](https://www.nybg.org/visit/) on Wednesday, where we will immerse ourselves in the sights, sounds, and smells of the lush green forest on our way to the Rose Garden. Our first stop will be at the Ross Gallery to see the small but relevant exhibition *[Before New York: The Bronx](https://www.nybg.org/event/before-new-york-a-traveling-pop-up-exhibition/)*. We will then walk through the Thain Family Forest to the Rose Garden, make our way to the benches near Pine Street Cafe, have lunch, and then look at the small gardens and peonies that line our path to the exit. **Admission** On Wednesdays, [Grounds Admission](https://www.nybg.org/community-access-discount-programs/) is free to NYC residents all day and to all other visitors between 10‒11 a.m. Tickets are required for visiting the conservatory or taking the tram tour. **How to get to the gardens**: If you are taking public transportation, you will be entering the gardens through the Moshulu entrance ([see map](https://www.nybg.org/visit/interactive-map/)) * **Train**: From Grand Central, take the 10:21 Metro-North Harlem local line to Botanical Garden Station, located directly across the street from the Garden’s Mosholu Entrance. Off-peak one way tickets are $5:25. Senior $3:50 tickets can be purchased on the train. * **Subway**: Take the D train to Bedford Park Blvd. Station. From the station exit either take the Bx25 or Bx26 bus east to the Garden’s Mosholu Entrance or walk the eight downhill blocks on Bedford Park Blvd. Turn left onto Southern Blvd. and walk one block to the Mosholu Entrance. The walk should take around 20 minutes. **Drivers** should enter through the main entrance, 2900 Southern Boulevard. Directions and parking fees can be found [here](https://www.nybg.org/visit/how-to-get-here/). **When and where to meet**: Meet at 11 AM in the seating area past the ticket windows and the Farmers Market stalls. This would be the first day of the [Farmers Market](https://www.nybg.org/event/farmers-market/), so look for the group in the seating area just past the stalls. **The walk will start at 11**; if you are late, ask the ticket agent for directions to Ross Gallery. Look for signs on the path directing you to the exhibition. **Bring**: water, snacks, lunch; we will stop for lunch near the Pine Street cafe, where you can buy food and beverages. **Wear** sturdy footwear as the paths in the Thain Family Forest are not only unpaved, but also require negotiating tree roots, stones and boulders that serve as steps. **Restrooms**: in the Ross Gallery, our first stop, near Pine Street Cafe, and also near the entrance. **Pace**: leisurely stop-and-smell-the roses stroll. **Registration** opens at 9 AM on Monday, and is capped at 15 as the NYBG requires groups of 15 or more to register and pay the required admission fees. Please check your schedules and availability before registering for this walk. Do note that although this is a leisurely stroll, we will be walking uphill and downhill on paved paths, and also scrambling over stones and small boulders on unpaved paths. **Leader**: Prathima Christdas, christdasp@yahoo.com