Building community since 1983

about the garden

The 6th & B Garden is a 17,813 square ft. lush, green oasis offering beauty, peace, education and entertainment to local residents and visitors of all ages.

The Garden contains fruiting trees, flowering shrubs and innumerable herbs, flowers and vegetables. Members cultivate raised beds of soil (plots) and stage programs of crafts, horticultural/science workshops, culinary events, films, multicultural festivals, and musical and theatrical performances from around the world.

The Garden serves as an anchor and working model of preservation for the City’s network of community gardens which have transformed the environment of the East Village and the Lower East Side.

 

The Garden is operated by 6th Street and Avenue B Garden, Inc., a 501(c)3 not-for- profit corporation and operates under the name “6th & B Garden”.

The Garden is run by its membership, led by a group of officers and overseen by a Board of Directors. 6th & B Garden is issued a license by the City of New York acting by and through the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation for the operation of a GreenThumb Garden.

GreenThumb provides programming and material support to over 600 community gardens in all five boroughs of New York City.

Celebrate with us on Saturday, October 4th:

the 6&B annual HARVEST FEST

OUR 42nd HARVEST FEST!

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OCTOBER 4th

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OUR 42nd HARVEST FEST! 〰️ OCTOBER 4th 〰️

Music

The 99’s - bluegrass

The Eric Paulin Quartet - jazz

Kiki & the Fellas - latin

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Raffle prizes as of September 30th - thank you so much to all the local businesses who have made donations!

5C Cafe, 68 Ave C - $20 gift certificate

14th Street Y, $194 1 month membership to the Fitness, Pool, Community Ctr. & $55 Landscape painting class on Nov 13

Alphabet City Beer Co, 96 Ave C - $50 gift card

Alphabet City Wine Co, 100 Ave C - $75 1.5L bottle of Altare Barbera wine

Amy Berkov, Garden Member - $32 Book: East Village Cook Book

Aquarelle Seafood Restaurant, 47 Ave B - $100 gift certificate

Bibi Wine Bar, 211 E.4th St. - $100 gift certificate, use in 1 sitting

Brickman Ace Hardware, 55 1st Ave - $42.20 Pot, soil, gloves, spade, seeds

Book Club Bar, 197 E 3rd St - 2 prizes, $40, $20 gift certificates each

Buenos Aires Restaurant, 513 E. 6th St. - $100 lunch gift certificate

Caravan of Dreams, 405 E. 6th St. - $25 meal gift & $20 meal gift

Christine, Garden Member - $25 Trader Joe’s garden apron & gloves, $20 Yankee Xmas Candle

Commodore, 14 Ave C - $75, T-shirt, hat, coozie

Confectionery, 440 E 9th St - $40 gift card

Corner Bistro, 94 Ave A - 2 prizes $60, 2 $30 T-shirts

Danny & Coops Cheesesteaks, 151 Ave A - 2 prizes $90, 2 hats $45 each

Doggie Dearest, 543 E. 5th St - $90, one dog grooming, expires 1/4/2026

Dorine Oliver, garden member - $75 watercolor of French Countryside

East Point, 25 Ave B - $100 gift certificate

Exit 9 Gifts, 51 Ave A - 4 prizes, $150, $40 - 2 $20 seed packs, $30 Rooted in the Hood Book, $80 gift bag of book, seed and garden socks

Gabriel Don, garden member - $20, Gabriel's Living Without Skin poetry book

Garden Member, $50 Encaustic Photo of 1980’s Gas Station, 3 books: Birding $15, Herbal Dispensary $25, Plant Propagation $30

Garden member - $12, 5 magnet set of western birds

Garrick Beck, Natural Stones - $104 2 prizes, $44 Beauty Turquoise earrings, $60 34” Garnet Gemstone Bead Necklace

Gnocco, 332 E. 10th St, $50 gift card

Green Grin - $40 mitts for musing

Gretchen Van Dyk, Garden Member - 2 prizes, $40, $30 hand made pottery cups

Gruppo Thin Crust Pizza, 98 Ave. B - $50 gift card

Horus Cafe, 93 Avenue B - $50 dinner gift certificate (food only)

Il Posto Accanto, 190 E 2nd St - $120 gift certificate

Jane’s Exchange, 191 E. 3rd St - $25 gift certificate

Jen Jaffe, Garden Member - $195 Archival framed watercolor “Untitled Sky”

Jenny Yang Supreme Laundry, 96 Ave B - $60, 3 prizes, $20 each drop-off laundry only

Juicy Lucy, 85 Ave A - 2 prizes, $30, $15 gift cards and pins

Kitchen Gatherings, $100 Dinner for 2 by Chef Anika Chowdhury, garden member, featured on PBS on The Great American Recipe show

La Palapa, 77 St Marks Pl - $100 gift certificate 

Lavagna Restaurant, 545 E 5th St - $100 gift certificate

Lovemore & Do Salon, 428 E 9th St. - $120 Haircut, wash & blow dry

Lower East Side Ecology Center - $30 t-shirt, $50 LES custom hat, 4 packs wild flower seeds $12

Maiden Lane, 162 Ave B - $50 gift card

Marble & Milkweed, Briar Winters, garden member - two $50 gift cards 

Mark C., Garden Member - $250 framed Photograph featured in ‘And Just Like That”

Mary Buchen, garden member - 2 prizes, $200, 2 sets of hand crafted place mats $100 each set

Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread Shop, 93 1/2 E 7th St - $30 gift certificate for a box of 6 scones

Mashbill Wines & Spirits, 24 Ave C - $35 bottle fine rose wine

Michael Mangieri, garden member - $120, 12 $10 jars of 6&B plum preserves

Overthrow Hospitality, 445 E 6th St - $100 gift card, for one of their 8 restaurants

Pasta Rullo, 441 E 9th St - $50 credit

Pop’s Pizza, 223 Ave B. - 2 prizes, $52, 1 cheese pizza $26 each

Rod Hanson, former Garden president - 2 prizes, $120, Hand crafted pottery flower vase $70, hand crafted pottery candy dish & wine cup combo $50

Saadia, Garden member -3 prizes, $90, $30 each set of 2 Pakistani pillow covers

Sally Young, Garden Member - $100 framed original art work

Shawn King, garden member - $20 bottle hot hot sauce from 6B garden’s peppers

Sunny & Annie Deli, 94 Ave. B - $30 store credit

Takahashi, 85 Ave A - $80 gift certificate, expires 4/3/2026

Terra Thai, 518 E. 6th St - $30 gift certificate food & drink

Theatre for the New City, 155 1st Ave. - $40  2 tickets Halloween Costume Ball

Theo’s Haberdashery, 13 E 7th St. - $50 Gift Certificate

The Rainbow Play Space, 343 E 10 St - 3 prizes, $141, 3 open play sessions for 2 kids, ages 0 - 7, $47 each prize

The Source Unlimited Print & Copy, 331 E. 9th St - $25 gift certificate

Tim Dark Hair (Mark), 27 E 3rd St - $115 Haircut

Tim Dark Hair (Tim Dark), 27 E. 3rd St - $125 haircut

Top A Beauty & Cutie Nails Inc, 139 Ave A - 5 prizes $107, 4 manicures, 1 mani pedi

Trader Joe’s, 436 E 14th St. - $50 gift bag of food

Two Boots Pizza, 42 Ave A - $50 gift card

Union Market, 240 E. Houston St - $150, 2 prizes of $75 gift cards

Village Preservation, 232 E 11th St, 2 prizes, $60, $30 canvas tote bag, $30 5th Ave book

Visit the Garden

The garden is open to visitors (weather permitting) from April through October, on Saturdays and Sundays 1-6pm, as well as during scheduled events.

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Get Involved

Learn more about our membership process + helping out around the garden!

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Events

The garden offers dozens of free events to our community each season, including music, dance, crafts and kids activities!

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Upcoming events

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Contributions made for the charitable purposes of Sixth Street & Avenue B Garden, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Please contact us at sixbgarden (@) gmail.com for a formal receipt, if needed.

A copy of the latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from Sixth Street & Avenue B Garden, Box 20247, Tompkins Square Station, New York, NY 10009 or the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty St, New York, NY 10005