The Sixth Street and Avenue B Community Garden is a lush, green oasis offering beauty, peace, education and entertainment to hundreds in the East Village of New York City.
NEW OPEN HOURS: Saturday & Sunday 1 - 6pm
The history of the 6th and B garden dates back to 1982. Learn more about who we are and how we came to be...by David Rougé, historian...
Photos by William Hohauser
Early Lower East Side New York City history... until the colonial era, the site was a salt marsh, an arm of the East River. These coastal wetlands provided cover for waterfowl. These marshes were later filled in, and by 1845 the first buildings had appeared on the site, providing housing for tradesmen and artisans.
In the mid 80's,The 6th & B Garden became an official 501 (c)3 not-for-profit organization, and in 1996, thanks to tremendous help from The Trust for Public Land, we became a permanent garden within New York City's open space system under City of New York Parks and Recreation Green Thumb Program. Our fence, which was designed by garden members, represents the members' "hands-on" contributions in creating the garden.
photos by Mary Buchen
Events & Workshops The garden is open to the community for many events which range from children's workshops and lectures to music and films. Check out our current schedule...
ALL WAYS FREE •June 2009
(Located on the Lower East Side, at 6th Street and Avenue B)
OPEN HOURS: Saturday & Sunday, 1-6PM
CLAY WORKSHOP FOR KIDS Effie Serlis will assist kids in making and decorating wonderful air-drying clay figures, wearing clay clothes. Saturday June 6th, 10:30AM
FLAMENCO PARTY! Maya de Silva presents the East Village Kids Flamenco Co. Student-artists, ages 5-13, perform Andalusian flamenco gypsy dances – the Rumba, the Columbianas, and the Solea por Bulerias. Party with the artists afterwards. Sunday, June 7th 6PM
ACTION RACKET THEATRE Interactive storytelling for children. Perhaps “Abuela” or “Very Hungry Caterpillar”? Friday, June 12th 10AM (raindate: June 19th)
LUMINOUS RAGAS (North Indian Classical Music) Steve Gorn on bamboo flute; Bill Buchen on tablas. Friday June 12th, 8PM (rain or shine)
INTRODUCTION TO HAIKU WORKSHOP with Jeff Rabkin. All ages welcome. Learn the traditional Japanese art & craft of Haiku. Giant Mountain/ There it is/ Climb Mt. Fuji/ 15 cents/ –WH. Saturday, June 13th, 3PM
ALEX COLEMAN’S ONE NIGHT STAND Women photographers. Wednesday, June 17th, 8:30Pm
POETRY IN THE GARDEN A Solstice - Father's Day Poetry Event, featuring Pitts, Obsidian, Hobo Bob, Gabriel Levitsky and friends, plus open. Sunday June 21st, 1PM
SWING IN THE SOLSTICE Make Music New York presents compositions by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Richard Rogers. East River Big Band with vocalists. Sunday, June 21st, 4PM
FIREFLY CINEMA presents films for the Summer Solstice, projected live in glorious 16MM. Monday, June 22nd at dusk, rain or shine.
THE PARTY BEYOND OBAMA A farce film about 2000++ politics, set on the lower east side of NYC. Written & directed by Jimmy Dougherty. Thursday, June 25th 8:30PM
SCREAMING FOREST a Multi-Media Event-Installation to celebrate nature, featuring Screaming Forest, a video/sculpture/sound piece by Sandra Sprecher. Other short Films and Videos to be shown include: DIG by Robert Todd; BATHERS, by Douglas Urbank; RAIN by William Hohauser; TOPOGRAPH by Mindy Levokove; and CLIP by Robert Todd. Friday, June 26th, at duskIN TUNE IN JUNE,
Singer/Songwriter event. Enjoy the sounds of colorful local musicians. Coordinated by Joff Wilson. Saturday, June 27th, 7:30PM
GENERAL MEMBER MEETING Sunday, June 28th, 6PM (Note later time)
WATER STUDIES -The Ins And Outs of Water, an educational and participatory water event for the whole family. With Martha Hart Eddy, exercise physiologist and somatic movement therapist. Monday, June 29, 3pm.
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THE 2009 EVENTS PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE FUND FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITIES/NYS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS DECENTRALIZATION PROGRAM AND THE MANHATTAN COMMUNITY ARTS UND/NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, ADMINISTERED BY THE LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL. SANDRA SPRECHER IS A 2008 RECIPIENT OF A GRANT FROM NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS (NYSCA). SPECIFIC THANKS TO THE FILM-MAKERS’ COOPERATIVE FOR HELP SELECTING OUR NEW FILM SCREEN. THE PROGRAM WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND FOR ONGOING ASSISTANCE.
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JULY EVENTS for 6th & B Garden
(Located on the Lower East Side, at 6th Street and Avenue B)
OPEN HOURS: Saturday & Sunday, 1-6PM
*FREE*FREE*FREE*
UNTITLED screenplay by Joie Lee: Seventeen year old Teddie is in her senior year of high school when her mother dies suddenly. Not knowing how to grieve, her family life begins to unravel. While her jazz musician father and the school’s headmaster want to carry out her mother’s wishes for Teddie to attend college, leaving home is the last thing she wants to do. “Untitled” is a story about the denial of personal grief. Thursday, July 9th, 7:30PM (raindate: July 10th)
ALEX ALEXANDER’S ELECTRIC PERCUSSION returns with special guests: classical/jazz guitarist Spiros Exaras and Amanda Homi on vocals. The visuals provided by Z Collective. Don’t miss this excellent meeting of improvised soundtrack & beautiful images on the Garden stage. Saturday, July 11th, 9PM (raindate: July 12th)
COMPOSTING WORKSHOP Backyard composting workshop will get you ready to start converting your garden waste and kitchen scraps into a rich organic fertilizer to feed back to your plants, just like nature intended! Workshop will cover composting basics: set-up, application, and troubleshooting. NYC-composting issues will be addressed. Outdoor compost bins available for purchase at reduced price. Register by contacting the Lower East Side Ecology Center at (212) 477-4022, or info@lesecologycenter.org. Wednesday, July 15th 6PM
MAMBO CITY a film by Bette Wanderman. Pulsating salsa music, sexy Mambo dancing, the exotic instruments of Latin music are the backdrop for an entertaining portrait of Awilda, a soulful Puerto Rican performer and her husband Tito, a Congero/singer, who is the co-leader of a latin band called Grupo Latin Vibe. On Fridays the sounds of bongos, congas, timbales, bass keyboard and vibraphone draw eager Salseros into the backroom of an LES bar where couples circle the dance floor. Wednesday, July 15th, 9PM
CABARET IN THE GARDEN. MMase Productions presents an evening of cabaret, poetry, theatre, rock-n-roll, comedy, magic and beatbox. With Carolyn Kitay, Sarah Kiefer, Marla Mase, Heather Powell, Janine Squillari, and Ragidy Supreme. Saturday, July 18th 8PM
ALEX COLEMAN’S ONE NIGHT STAND Contemporary film art., Wednesday, July 22nd at dusk.
MID-SUMMER SINGER/SONGWRITER SESSION Enjoy the work of local artists. Coordinated by Joff Wilson. Saturday, July 25th, 7:30PM
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Sunday, July 26th, 4PM
!!BINGO11 Is it fund raiser or a fun raiser? The caller will be Bingo Legend Tyler Horsley. For those not familiar with Bingo at 6th&B, what you win are fabulous prizes of your own choosing. Do not miss it! Friday, July 31st, 8PM
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information - For general questions about the garden.
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rentals - if you or your oraganization would like information about renting our garden for parties, weddings, professional photography, filming etc...
membership - If you live between the East River and the Bowery/Third Ave and between 14th Street & Houston Street, you can be a working member of our garden.
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La Plaza Cultural - La Plaza Cultural and the 9 BC Garden was founded in 1976 with a 1 year short-term lease changed to Greenthumb licence in 1996. It consist of 100 members, and 27,000 sq. ft. of land that includes a large park and attached garden with approximately 30 plots.
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