An apparel-making workshop for kids this afternoon at the 6BC Botanical Garden

The 6BC Botanical Garden is hosting another event today for kids (under 16, per the flyer!).

From noon to 4 p.m., participants can pick one item — a tote bag, T-shirt or canvas — and create their own design to take home. The garden is supplying the paint and art supplies.

The 6BC Botanical Garden is at 630 E. Sixth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C.

Something for the kids at 6BC Botanical Garden

The 6BC Botanical Garden is hosting its second Children's Fun Summer Event tomorrow (Sunday!) afternoon ... from 1-5, kids (toddler to age 10) can take part in an afternoon of collaging... the garden is supplying the paint and paper. 

The 6BC Botanical Garden is at 630 E. Sixth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C.

Member orientations start Sunday at the 6BC Botanical Garden

It's orientation time at the 6BC Botanical Garden ... on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

The orientation dates for 2021: April 11 (Sunday!), April 17, May 2 and May 15 .. from 1.30- 4  p.m. ...

Per the garden's website:

Orientations start with a workday, so please wear work clothes and leave pets and small children at home (just this once!) 

We take membership responsibilities seriously. Please read our rules. 

If you feel you cannot fulfill your obligations, please do not join, although you will always be welcome as a guest or volunteer. 

Keys will be given out at the end of the workday.

6BC Botanical Garden reopens today

The 6BC Botanical Garden reopens today here on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

For now, the garden is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays...



Large groups are not permitted inside ... public events are not allowed either. The garden website has more details on restrictions.

And now lets enjoy an aerial view of this beautiful space...

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Green days: How to become a member of the 6BC Botanical Garden

The 6BC Botanical Garden is hosting a series of membership orientations over the next few weekends, starting tomorrow (Sunday). The above flyer has the details. The sessions start at 11:30 a.m. in the community garden on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

You can find more details about becoming a garden member at this link.

Also, starting on Monday, you can check out "Whispers in the Grove," an interactive, multimedia sculpture on view through June 7...

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Do you love gardens and art? Come visit "Whispers in the Grove", an interactive, multimedia sculpture at 6BC Botanical Garden in the East Village, on view from April 29 through June 7. . . Artists: Kathy Creutzburg, Natalia Lesniak, Mirabai Kwan Yin and Nicola Anderson. Follow on @nightmultimediaart . . Regular hours: Sat & Sun, noon- 6pm, Mon-Fri, 6pm-dusk. The sculpture will also be visible from the sidewalk. . . Come for refreshments and a talk about tree communication by Samuel Bishop, master arborist and educational director of Trees NY. . . Free lecture by Trees NY about mycorrhiza: Day: Friday, May 17, 2019 Opening time: 6:00 pm, with the lecture starting at at 7:00 pm Location: 6BC Botanical Garden, 630 E 6th St between Ave B & C . . Did you know trees communicate through underground networks of roots and fungus? Visit this woman-made forest of interconnected, neuron-like, steel forms that rise to support bulbs, the leaf canopy. Each bulb is enveloped in found materials and illuminated, like fireflies who express through their flicker. Hear "Whispers in the Grove". . . "Whispers in the Grove" is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.

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3rd Annual Alphabet City Short Film Festival is Saturday at the 6BC Botanical Garden

The 6BC Botanical Garden, located on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C, is playing host to the 3rd Annual Alphabet City Short Film Festival Saturday evening.

Here's info via Facebook:

Join us for a rare screening of diverse shorts by local filmmakers. Curated by 6BC member and filmmaker Kris Enos.

• “I Aint Lazy, I'm Just Dreamin” 2015, 7 minutes
A concept music video that harkens back (...or forward?) to a time of hobo prophets, mulligan stew, orange ladies, bowery boys, bawdy vaudeville acts, and the fuzz. A burlesque club musician en route to work imagines magical dreams ... or is he living them? Featuring cameos by several Downtown NYC filmmakers and performers.
Director: Bill Poznanski

• "SunnySide Up" 2003, 26 minutes
A comedy from NYC... Where do babies come from? Marie doesn't want to know, but she's going to find out.
Director: Charles Krezell

• “Downfall” 1989, 6 minutes
An experimental documentary, shot between 1988-1989. The East Village May Day protests, interspersed with New York City Marathon footage. The demolition and beginnings of gentrification in Alphabet City — a neighborhood under siege.
Director: Kris Enos

• “Willow Weep For Me” 2017, 8 minutes
After 41 years of Cher, a willow tree beloved by her community and strongly identified with La Plaza, she's dismantled for the neighborhood safety. Her life is celebrated with a wake in the garden, officiated by community members.
Director: Alvah Holmes

• Mahagonny Songspiel Animation Reel” 2018, 5 minutes
Hand-painted animation inspired by Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht's early operatic work. The city of Mahagonny offers prosperity, but its citizens prove to be its undoing.
Director: Klay-James Enos

• “Penelope & Kennedy” 2017, 19 minutes
Two women face the challenges of their unique relationship.
Director: Anthony Laura

The films start at 8 p.m.

About the 6BC Botanical Garden orientation day

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In case you had an interest in becoming a member of the 6BC Botanical Garden ... their (possibly) last orientation and workday is now Sunday at 11:30 a.m. (It was originally scheduled today; moved due to the rain.) A garden member shared this...



Find more details here. The garden is on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

Vogue Magazine held a pre-Met Gala party on 6th Street Saturday night

Tonight is the annual Met Gala, aka the Costume Institute Gala aka the Met Ball, the fundraising gala for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. (This evening's honoree is Rei Kawakubo.)

On Saturday night, Vogue Magazine held its annual pre-Met gala at 6BC Botanical Garden and Grape and Grain on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

As we understand it, Vogue "made a very generous gift" to the garden and "promised to be respectful of the space."

Here's the recap via Vogue:

[There was] a “Midsummer Night’s Anime” dress code. All around, guests decked out in their finest mingled amid glowing flowers. For dinner, attendees meandered over to Grape and Grain, an adjacent wine bar, for custom bento boxes from David Bouley’s Brushstroke. Afterward, revelers returned to the garden for a dessert of Taiyaki fish cones topped with matcha green tea ice cream. Trays of Minamoto Kitchoan mochi and cookies were passed, along with glasses of Moët & Chandon Champagne and cups of Heavensake sake.

EVG regular Shawn Chittle shared the photos on this post...

Become a member of the 6BC Botanical Garden; 1st orientation is Saturday

[Photos via 6BC Botanical Garden]

Via the EVG inbox... from the 6BC Botanical Garden on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...

Hello, fellow gardeners! It's that time again! 6BC is seeking responsible persons interested in making a commitment to our community garden. Get out in the sunshine, meet your neighbors,and help us keep this lovely space green and growing for our community. And maybe make a new friend or two!

As a member of 6BC Garden, you will have year-round access to the garden, and invitations to members-only events,
Most importantly, you will be helping to maintain a priceless, serene, green space for our neighborhood and for yourself. So you know nothing about gardening? No problem! We all learn together. You don't even have to garden — there are other ways to help out.

Orientation Dates:
Saturday, April 1
Sunday, April 9
Sunday, April 23
Saturday, April 29
Sunday, May 7
Saturday, May 20

All orientations start at 11 a.m.

Find more details here.

Last year, 6BC received the Achievement in Landscape Design in the first GreenThumb Gardeners Recognition Awards ...topping 600 other city gardens.

The sign at the garden noting this distinction was recently enhanced...

There's a 6BC Garden Party & Fundraiser tomorrow (Saturday!)

Via the EVG inbox...

Join us for MUSIC, FOOD, POETRY, RAFFLES, A SILENT ART AUCTION and MUCH MORE in the Garden on Saturday Sept. 10, 2pm - 8pm. (Raindate: Sunday Sept. 11)
Help support 6BC Garden!
ALL Welcome.
FREE!

ICE COFFEE by Elsewhere
BAGELS & CREAM CHEESE by Tompkins Square Bagels
PIZZA by Two Boots

Head over to the Facebook events page for a full list of performers and raffle items.

The 6BC Botanical Garden is on East Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

An ugly scene at the 6BC Botanical Garden

Several readers/residents passed along an email that's circulating among garden members about an ugly incident Sunday in the 6BC Botanical Garden on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

A garden member showed up around 5 p.m. to work on her plot... she unlocked the gate. Several people came into the space upon the arrival of the gardener, including "a tall young man who said hi" who sat at the wire table in the back.

Here's more via the email to garden members:

Two other guys, a young man with a teenager sitting by the pond, started talking to me about what a treasure the garden is and we had a short conversation. While talking to them I turn, look around, and I see the first guy sitting at the wire table still, but completely naked and masturbating. I tell the two men I was chatting with ... "I must call 911." I did panic a bit, because at this point a good number of people were walking around in the garden.

Now the naked man is standing up and walking toward me, touching himself and growling, talking dirty. I start screaming “sir you must leave, we are calling the police.” He doesn’t care and honestly he seems very high. The gentlemen at this point reassured me they are staying with me while I call the police and as long as needed. The naked man is approaching and I start walking toward the exit, telling people to leave. I was hoping to lock him inside, but I couldn’t, too many people were still inside as well.

According to the email, the man walked outside the garden, turned west and headed to Avenue B. The woman, accompanied by the two other men, waited for the police from Grape and Grain next door.

The naked man left his clothes in the garden, so with the police I walked back there to show them where he was. Going through the pockets they found his phone and his ID: I recognized him in the photo. Something else was in his pockets, which I found very scary: a star-head screwdriver that can become a weapon in the wrong hands.

The email ends with a note about what an oasis of peace and harmony the garden is, though: "We are still in New York City and some crazy people walk around..."

The email did not contain a description of the man. We don't know if the police made an arrest in this incident. He probably wasn't too difficult to find given that he was naked and the police had his phone and ID.