Building community since 1983
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
Want to donate a raffle prize? Send us a note, here!
Want to help sponsor our event? We are so grateful for your support!
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.
Get Involved
Learn more about our membership process + helping out around the garden!
Events
The garden offers dozens of free events to our community each season, including music, dance, crafts and kids activities!
Upcoming events
Support our work!
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