This is the greatest community garden, I can't believe it was right around the corner and I always…read morewalked past admiring that giant tree without stopping in. Open for impromptu outdoor dinners and gatherings, a grill and seating for public use, individual gardening plots (with a lengthy waitlist I'm sure), free bugspray (and wow are there mosquitoes), summer movie nights, and best of all -- COMPOST! You can bring your compost by during open hours or sign up for a composting annual membership with a personal key so you can have access whenever. I'm impressed. This is the best of Brooklyn.

I love this garden. One of the sweetest places in the neighborhood. Open long hours and a great…read moreplace to drop your compost. It is beautiful and a really tranquil slice in busy NYC. You can come here to eat dinner, they have great community programs and a sweet koi pond.

6 BC Botanical Garden 624 E. 6th. St…read more New York, NY 10009 There is a tranquil garden nestled away in the Lower East Side. This hidden oasis has multiple seating areas where you can admire the sights of a rock garden, koi pond with a mini waterfall, and a tree house. It is the perfect place to eat your breakfast, lunch, or snack. It is also a nice area to socialize among your peers. Be sure to add this to your bucket list because it is a relaxing destination for all ages! #6bcbotanicalgarden #plantlife #treehouse #rockgarden #koipond #pond #lowereastsidenyc #alphabetcity #lowereastside

My family and our friends came to the 6BC Botanical Gardens to see the Nightmare Before Christmas…read morelight show. This was an incredibly exciting experience. I went with a couple of friends of mine and we all had a lot of fun. The music was really great and the lights took you through the movie from beginning to end. The sculptures were also really cool and I was so happy to see my favorite characters. They incorporated the main movie characters including Jack, Sally, and my personal favorite Zero. They also had Oogie Boogie, and they also had Lock Shock and Barrel. But they also had many of the secondary characters including the clown with the tearaway face, and a few of the witches. It was as if I was walking through the movie and seeing some of the scenes in real-time. The best words that I could use to describe the experience are magical and immersive. I'm glad that I went and I know that we all had a great time.

When reality sets in that I don't have a partner, or when I feel deep in my soul that the only…read morefriend I have in the universe is the city I live in, the city of alphabets, I come to 9th Street Community Garden Park to feel better. Lonely as I am, together we cry. Sorry, my dear reader, I've been a little down in the dumps after a recent situationship went south. I'm trying to see the bright side in it. I think it will give me some space to breathe and allow me to blossom into the person the universe has destined me to become. But yeah, I've been coming here a lot recently to mope and be sad. It's important to let yourself feel feelings in order to process them.... Although wtf do I know I'm just so random dude reviewing a garden ahahahahah. This garden is LUCIOUS with greenery and BOOMING with life. It's so much greenery that it provides a bit of a shelter and capsule from the brutalistic concrete jungle. Sometimes it's just nice to be around life, even if it's not human you know? After all we human beings need sunlight just as much as plants, so it's kinda of nice to just sit and photosynthesize with them every once in a while........Damn I'm down bad ahahahahaha Be careful though you can get lost in here it's lowkey a maze! A-TOWN STAND UP! IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov__

It is a cute and well maintained garden in the area. I went on the NYC Open Garden Day so I was…read morestrolling around a few gardens near East Village, and this is one of the best. I also learnt from them that they have a volunteering program that you can work yourself up to become a member and get a lot for your gardening passions. I have never really done that before - but if I decide to do it some time, this is likely the place that I will go try for it!

This is a great little getaway while I'm waiting for the bus. When you enter the revolving doors,…read moreyou are greeted by tall trees and a roof of skylights offering a lot of natural light. There are quite a few tables and chairs and surprisingly little noise despise being by such a busy street. There are security guards in there so I feel safe and occasionally go around sweeping to keep the area clean. The only slight con would be the bird poop on some of the tables and chairs from the birds that occasionally get in. It's not too messy though. It's a great place if you're looking for a place to eat, get some work done, or rest for a while.

A great little place to escape the wilderness of NYC! Came by with my boyfriend to eat our Halal…read moreGuys and escape the cold. It's full of a ton of natural light, plenty of tables and chairs to sit, and there's plenty of security guards (like a ton of cops crossing through) there's a little bar here too with a happy hour from 3-6!

Went during their tulip festival! There is a bit of a line…read moreto enter as they limit the number of visitors allowed inside the garden. I really appreciated that as it didn't become too crowded and you could fully take your time and look at every single flower. It was free which is rare in NYC. Their website says it is fully funded by grants and donations and operated by volunteers! They have other events and opportunities to volunteer in their website as well! It's a really beautiful garden and a nice break from the city. Snap a few pretty photos of the flowers and then put your phone away. Take the time to really be present and relax!!!

It's a small garden on the Upper West Side with some the most beautiful flowers. Located on 89th…read morebetween Amsterdam and Columbus and open daily from dawn to dusk. The West Side Community Garden is committed to providing a beautiful, peaceful, green space in which everybody can relax. It's funded by grants and run by volunteers. I was lucky enough to be up here for the Tulip Festival. The garden is lovely and so colorful. There were over 13000 tulips! It was absolutely gorgeous. Weekends are crowded but the festival is on until Mid-May. Check out their website for upcoming events. In the spring and summer they have concerts, opera, a Shakespeare festival, and other events.

I should warn you that I belong to this community garden, so I'm completely biased. I think it's…read moretotally wonderful and my life in New York wouldn't be complete without it. I love the people and the flowers and the fishpond. I come here to see fireflies in August. I water people's plots when they're on vacation. I make ice cream with children whose parents I know by sight. I attend bi-monthly meetings and vote on what color to paint the gazebo (they chose this salmon color instead of Haystack Yellow--teaching me that democracy doesn't always work to the best advantage). Anyhow, it's always open on the weekends, and many evenings you can come in as well if a member is pottering about. A very nice place to sit still for a while, or email me and ask to host a party or to join the garden. I'd be into it.

Piece of Heaven! My girlfriend and I are members of the Green Oasis Community. We do some gardening…read moreand buy fruits and vegetables from the farm there every weekend. It's a nice quiet place for reading a book. There is also a fish pound and a kids' corner for a family outing.

Leave Elizabeth Street Garden as is!…read more This garden is an anomaly in a sea of chaos, concrete and brick. ESG isn't refined and doesn't hold pure beauty, there are alot of rustic edges which certainly adds to the charm. In fact to be some of those edges might actually be rust! There is a certain beauty to the old stone work and lack of consistency. There seems to be a constant but muted flow of folks coming and going, to have a quiet break or meet up with a singular friend, or enjoy a sip of coffee. Nobody really stays long which allows for many others to enjoy the garden. Whatever the reasons are for destroying this sanctuary of peace, it should be noted that enough people do care about it, and there are good enough reasons for it to stay. Affordable housing is important as well, but affordable and NYC do not necessarily go hand in hand. The real question is why is it important to take this little patch? There are certainly plenty of other plots to build affordable housing on. Build it elsewhere!

The Elizabeth Street Garden is a nice little oasis in NOLITA nestled mid block between Spring and…read morePrince Streets. I'm not sure how long it's been here but it appears most of the trees, shrubs and flower beds are fairly mature. Currently, there is a legal battle between the City and residents over the future of the site. The City wants to build some sort of shelter there and of course the residents and the park's benefactors want to keep it. There is a donation jar in the front along with displays telling the history of the garden. Just my opinion the garden should stay. The City owns enough real estate elsewhere to turn something else into a shelter.

This is a wonderful community garden. It isn't the best place to take people who aren't steady on…read moretheir feet, as much of the garden has stepstones instead of a path. This is a small, local community garden where locals each have their own plot, so please tread carefully and don't pick anything. Because of the private nature of the plots, there are no sidewalks inside the garden. There is a small patio area near the beehives and storage shed where you could read a book, eat lunch, or simply sit on a bench and enjoy the company of the flowers, squirrels, and birds. The benches are not commercial benches, so it really feels like you're in someone's yard. The fence is open limited hours. If you aren't able to get inside the fence, it's a perfectly enjoyable option to walk around the edge of the plot as there are sidewalks and it is considered a public area. While you're here, why not stop in at Morton Williams, open 24 hours, for some excellent options? There is a fellow who lives on this corner. You can't miss him - her has dread locks longer than he is tall, and the end of them are growing moss that makes him look like a tree spirit. He has a small grill and a bicycle. COVID-Specific info: Last year, the garden underwent some renovations. Due to COVID, the garden seems to always be locked up. The new fences feel hostile. I hope to feel differently when everything is alive again in the spring. As with most of the iconic homeless people, the dryad is gone. I hope he is enjoying a hotel bed in the NYC Homless-in-hotels COVID program.

I wouldn't call this green space anything special, but it's a pleasant place to walk through that…read morespruces up the neighborhood a little.

Hell's Kitchen has a quaint communal garden which is limited access to the public on weekends only…read more During the week it is accessible with a key to residents in this neighborhood. Clinton Community Garden is a teaching garden and enables all to hone the importance of growing vegetables, plants and bloom flowers. There are benches for resting and lots of green. Very well maintained. Clinton Community Garden is a great example of a unification of a community and building bridges in working toward a common goal of a healthier environment and healthy living.

What a great little place in concrete city, in the middle of the block to have this opportunity for…read morethe residents in the neighborhood, to have a green space, and to learn a thing or two about the importance of eating vegetables. Clinton Community Garden is open to the public 20 hours every weekend (10 hours Sat & Sunday). The rest of that time, it is closed off for residents or for those who have key access. Children and residents in this neighborhood does have access 7 days a week (which is fantastic) to learn how to eat healthy, grow their own vegetables, and live a healthy lifestyle. What I like most about the garden is the opportunity for residents in this neighborhood to get out of their apartments, and have a special space to call their very own, whether it be vegetations or to plant beautiful flowers. What an awesome way of team collaboration, and for the young minds to learn nature in the heart of West Side Manhattan!! For more info you can goto: http://clintongarden.org/ Until then, Cheers! ~ :p

There's a beautiful community garden with veggies and fruits growing on a hillside in Ridgewood…read moreQueens. The planted crops cover a large area of land surrounded by tall fences, but there's a bonus section. On the Onderdonk Ave side, there are a couple of raised beds outside the locked fence that neighbors are encouraged to sample. Currently there's some healthy looking kale growing tall and a bunch of green tomatoes peeking through leaves. It warms my heart to see things growing, that also serve to feed local needs. I saw a group lovingly tending to it as I came home a month ago, and have wondered how to get involved, but havent seen the crew again. Ill keep an eye out.