Events
The West 104th Street Garden hosts a number of events throughout the year for garden members and the community, including seasonal festivals, Mothers Day plant sale, potlucks and flea markets. We also host special events including the West Park Montessori's preschool graduation and Make Music NY. If you would like to inquire about hosting an event at the garden, please download our special events registration form (13Kb PDF) or contact Honey Agrawala for details (events@west104garden.org)
COMING UP:
Aug 5, 7pm: Concert in the Garden SAVE the DATE!
We hope you'll join us for an evening of music on the East Garden Stage next Thursday, Aug 5 7PM-9PM featuring some home grown talent and some new friends! Details will follow soon but please save the date.
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
Peach Pickin' Time
The Annual Peach Harvest was held on Sunday evening, July 25th starting at 6 pm. Teams of pickers gathered plenty of fruit for everyone, including a passerby from Georgia who insisted on sampling our wares to be sure they are up to Georgia snuff. We sure think so!
A Farming Concrete weigh station was in operation to record the harvest. The 180 pounds of peaches we collected will contribute mightily toward our federal grant weight goal!
Stay tuned for pictures!
"A Lot of Possibilities"--Anna Lise Jensen's Art in the Garden
Anna Lise Jensen presented an art event in the garden on June 25 as part of "A Lot of Possibilities," an annual exhibition at WinterSpace, NY. Anna's view from her Winterspace apartment of a communal garden inspired her to become a garden member in 1996, and to write about the gardens in New York City and the exhibit exists to create a dialogue between artists, gardeners and the city, in order to help preserve the gardens."
This year's exhibit featured David Barr's installation, "A Project (untitled) for the W. 104th. Street Garden"
"Walking by the garden, I noticed that one of the sole unbridled forces of nature at work was that of the sun. The project takes the form of seven segments of mirrors, together forming a circle. The mirrors are placed around the garden, scattering their light as the day waxes and wanes, coalescing at noon onto the bare, east wall. A big part of the idea of the project is that it is always there, regardless of whether or not someone is there to see it. This would allow for the individual discovery of the work of someone walking down the street at noon, the random garden relaxer or art-appreciating finch."
—David Barr
"My desire to turn the communal gardens into partial sculpture gardens is driven by both aesthetic sensibility and municipal strategy: by adding the cultural capital of contemporary artists to the gardens, they stand a greater chance against future demolition."
—Anna Lise Jensen
Visit Anna Lise's A Lot of Possibilities website.
Make Music New York
On MONDAY, June 21, 2010 the West 104th Street Garden hosted Make Music New York, a citywide celebration in community gardens, with live music.
Montessori School Graduation
THURSDAY, June 17, 2009 Montessori 'Graduation' , 8 AM - 12 Noon, Stage area. The kids put on a charming 'fly-up' ceremony, getting ready for kindergarten in the Fall.
First Meeting of 2010 Season -- Potluck brunch
SUNDAY, April 18, garden members came together for an opening meeting, favorite dishes to share! Agenda included Sign-ups for monitor shifts, applications for those who haven't yet renewed, new members; Treasurer's Report, Committee assignments, Green Thumb & Rainwater System plus an update on the Wall / Fence; work projects; Election of Steering & Green Thumb reps and committee reports.
Halloween Party
Garden ghouls were scaring up some fun at the annual Halloween Party, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2009, replete with vendors, ethnic foods:
Peach Pickin' Time
Garden members came out Saturday, 7/25/09, to participate in our annual peach picking activity in the East Garden!
Montessori School Graduation
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2009 Montessori 'Graduation' , 8 AM - 12 Noon, Stage area. The kids put on a charming 'fly-up' ceremony, getting ready for kindergarten in the Fall.
Make Music New York
On SUNDAY, June 21, 2009 the West 104th Street Garden hosted Make Music New York, a citywide celebration in community gardens, with live music
2009 Spring Festival and Mother's Day Plant Sale
Garden members and neighbors alike celebrated the arrival of Spring with a lovely day of shopping and eating. Vendors set up flea market wares along the East Garden sidewalk while member Paula McKenzie sold plants for the Mother's Day sale and Raleigh Mayer and Elena Gardner held sway over the bake goods table. If you got to try Josephine's red velvet cupcakes you were one of the lucky ones!
Many thanks to all those who helped out.
View a slideshow at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26803601@N05/tags/2009springfestival/show/
2nd Annual Garden Winter Solstice Tea Party
The second annual Garden Winter Solstice Tea Party was held on Saturday, December 20 in the garden.
A group of approximately twenty-five hearty souls gathered for the celebration. Many pounds of canned goods were received on behalf of City Harvest through the event's Yes We Can Can drive as well as $93.61 for the garden cats via the Spare Change for Cats initiative.
Many thanks to all those who helped brighten the shortest day of the year.
View a slideshow at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26803601@N05/tags/2009wintersolstice/show/
West 104th Street Community Garden Fall Festival
Saturday, October 25th
11am - 4pm
Rain date:
Sunday, October 26th
11am - 4pm
Kids Halloween games and parade - costumes
1pm - 3pm
The Garden hosted these activities:
- entertainment / music
- flea market along the sidewalk in front of the garden gates
- apples, cider and pumpkins for sale
- kids halloween treats, games, face painting
Making Music NY: A Summer Solstice Celebration
On Saturday, June 21, West 104th Street Community Garden members and others experienced a day of free music in celebration of the Summer Solstice, part of the Make Music New York Festival. The annual program is a a wonderful community event, featuring a childrens program, jazz, and classical music.
View a slideshow of this event
Children and their parents had an opportunity to work with classical musician Vita Wallace of Orfeo Duo who taught them how to make and play instruments in the garden.
Special thanks to our marvelous performers, each of whom were offered free supporting garden memberships:
JAZZ: The Rob Jacoby Quartet, with sax, guitar, base and drums.
JAZZ: Sam Salinger and friends
CLASSICAL: Royden Ringer woodwind duo
From our semiannual solstice celebrations to our flea market and the Twin Parks Montessori School Graduation, our garden is the site of a wide range of community events. Are you interested in hosting an event in our garden? Please call: Rolando Hudson, 212 865-6112, for information.