Saturday, September 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. At 237 West 111th Street Join Electric Ladybug Garden in celebrating our transfer to the NYC Parks Department as a GreenThumb Community Garden! Come mingle and enjoy light food and refreshments. Gardeners will be thanking the Harlem community, elected officials, sponsor organizations and wonderful volunteers who […]

Saturday, February 4 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. At Pratt Institute 61 St. James Pl Brooklyn NY 11238 Visioning and strategy workshop with the youth from the Food Council. Read about how it went below. The Youth Food Council Rocks! February 07, 2012 This past Saturday, 596 Acres had the honor and privilege of […]

Sunday, May 22 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. At 5th St. between Ave. C & D in Manhattan Garden-making stories with 596 Acres! Last year, we made an audio documentary in collaboration with El Jardin del Paraiso’s founding members telling the story of its start: Lower East Side neighbors created it in 1981 out […]