Green Oasis Community Garden & Gilbert's Sculpture Garden

9/14 UPDATE to all: Our new date is October 10, and we’ll meet at 11 at the parks building. 9/13 UPDATE to all: Our gardener is called away by family on 9/26...... we will readvise the new date later today. It looks like either October 3 or 10 depending on when he can get clearance from Parks. Re-posted from East Village Neighbors Hi East Village Neighbors! Tompkins Square Park needs some TLC! I have arranged (as part of hopefully an ongoing occurance) a general garden clean up day. While we are trying to get ongoing volunteers from groups like New York Cares, our immediate aim is to bring the neglected areas back to where our now retired gardener Debi had them. Due to lack of staff during covid and then the storm that brought down trees all over the city the gardens have become overgrown and it’s really just too much for one gardener to handle on his own right now. Saturday 9/26 will be our first date and our new gardener Jonathan has made himself available to help with instructions, activities, etc. I will find out what supplies we can utilize from parks, but please bring gardening gloves if you have them (some sort of hand protection anyway) Please PM me with your email address so Jonathan can add you to our email chain, or if you prefer, let us know here if you are able to come. (**Note that although we will try to make this ongoing, no one has to feel obligated to do more than they are able. Every bit of help counts!!) I hope some of you who love gardening can be available! It will be helpful for Jonathan to know who to expect and be able to add you to the email he will create. Hope to see you Saturday the 26th!

9/14 UPDATE to all: Our new date is October 10, and we’ll meet at 11 at the parks building. 9/13 UPDATE to all: Our gardener is called away by family on 9/26...... we will readvise the new date later today. It looks like either October 3 or 10 depending on when he can get clearance from Parks. Re-posted from East Village Neighbors Hi East Village Neighbors! Tompkins Square Park needs some TLC! I have arranged (as part of hopefully an ongoing occurance) a general garden clean up day. While we are trying to get ongoing volunteers from groups like New York Cares, our immediate aim is to bring the neglected areas back to where our now retired gardener Debi had them. Due to lack of staff during covid and then the storm that brought down trees all over the city the gardens have become overgrown and it’s really just too much for one gardener to handle on his own right now. Saturday 9/26 will be our first date and our new gardener Jonathan has made himself available to help with instructions, activities, etc. I will find out what supplies we can utilize from parks, but please bring gardening gloves if you have them (some sort of hand protection anyway) Please PM me with your email address so Jonathan can add you to our email chain, or if you prefer, let us know here if you are able to come. (**Note that although we will try to make this ongoing, no one has to feel obligated to do more than they are able. Every bit of help counts!!) I hope some of you who love gardening can be available! It will be helpful for Jonathan to know who to expect and be able to add you to the email he will create. Hope to see you Saturday the 26th!

Some pics of areas weeded, evergreen trimmed and swept sidewalks. Much more to be done, but it was a start.

More pictures today on this glorious "day before Fall" in the garden with Ian Knife, sculptures and Elly.

Beautiful ending to a great event/ day!

Blooming flowers, Bees, lantern making , S'mores and a neighborhood walk. Perfect end to a day.

Scenes from Green Oasis Community Garden.

Scenes from a CSA event

Jazz starting soon!