The 7th Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival coming to a community garden near you Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23.
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LUNGS Summer programming
We have 12 City High School Students again working with us in the gardens through the City’s Summer Youth Employment Program. Let us know your garden’s needs and projects and we can schedule workdays. Our workdays are Sundays, Wednesdays. Thursdays. Fridays and Saturdays 10 am to 4pm.
This year LUNGS is continuing The Living Classroom(TLC) program. We are offering free educational environmentally based classes for elementary aged children. The classes will be held in the mornings 10:30-11:30 am on Mondays and Fridays at Campos Garden, 640 E.12th St between Aves B & C. And in the afternoons on Mondays and Fridays 1:30 to 3pm at Green Oasis Garden, 376 E.8th St, between Aves C & D. We are working in conjunction with the Educational Alliance for the TLC program but classes are open to all. If you are interested contact us at info@lungsnyc.org
This year LUNGS new Program:
FREE SENIOR SUMMER CLASSES
In Three Community Gardens, For six weeks
July 9 to August 17
Cooking Classes, Every Monday 10:15 to 11:30am
In DeColores Garden 311 E. 8th St (Aves.B & C)
Gardening Classes, Every Wednesday 10:15 to 11:30am
In Eastside Outside Garden 404 E. 11th St ( 1st Ave & A)
Movement Classes, Every Friday 10:15 to 11:30am
In 6BC Botanical Garden 624 E. 6th St Aves B & A)
To register and for more information info@lungsnyc.org
NYC URBAN AGRICULTURE POLICY Meeting And Survey
PUBLIC MEETING Saturday, April 28, 1pm at Green Oasis, E.8t between Aves C & D.
New York City is in the process of developing an Urban Agriculture Policy. This will affect all of us. Urban Agriculture can be anything from beekeeping to fishing in the East River to growing peppers in your plot.
Your ideas and input are vital to developing a coherent policy that helps us all. We need access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. The City must support our needs.
A listening session to discus a potential Urban Agriculture policy is scheduled in Brooklyn for May 8 with representatives of stakeholders and City officials. It is NOT a public meeting.
But you can be part of the process, please come to our meeting this Saturday, April 28, 1pm at Green Oasis, E.8St. and fill out this survey.
Most broadly, urban agriculture refers to growing and raising food crops and animals in an urban setting for the purpose of feeding local populations. Cities choose to narrow and focus this definition in various ways, often categorizing urban agriculture as one or more of the following: community gardens, commercial gardens, community supported agriculture, farmers’ markets, personal gardens, and urban farms.
New York City has a long, rich history in urban agriculture. From backyards to community gardens to urban farms, across the five boroughs concerned community members have been growing food as well as greening communal spaces in our neighborhoods for decades. For-profit growing businesses have also entered the NYC urban agriculture landscape.
That is why it is important to hear from you, please fill this out: SURVEY LINK
Spring Awakening Costume and Banner Workshop
On this Saturday, April 21, we are doing another workshop, join us. At Campos Garden, E.12th St between Aves B & C 11- 4pm.
Getting ready for Spring Awakening on Sunday–EARTH DAY–April 22
Spring Awakening Costume Making Workshop
Spring Awakening Meeting Thursday, the Ides of March
This week, Thursday, March 15 we will be have a planning meeting for Spring Awakening at 428 E. 10th St at 7pm. Please join us and help make this a great event!!
Spring Awakening is happening on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22 as we parade and party to welcome the Spring and celebrate the opening of our community gardens!
We will be having music and dance, toy making and costumes for kids, soap making, seed swapping, canning and wellness workshops!
OCTOBER is a TEN
Yo Lungsters,
I see October growing, glowing in your eyes all golden with orange flecks. You’re smiling, then hiding a small yawn, as the sunlight kisses goodbye.
WAKE UP–Too much good stuff to do!
LUNGS Meeting this Saturday, OCTOBER 7 at 11am, at DeColores Garden 311 E.8th St Btwn Aves B & C. RAIN or Shine–if it’s raining we will meet at 428 E.10St btwn C & D. We need to talk about garden membership and how to improve it, some gardens are in need of help. In 2018 our licenses with GreenThumb are up for renewal, they are going to be very strict with gardens maintaining open hours. We need to work on a neighborhood wide membership plan.
We will also be discussing the LUNGS FEST, lessons learned and improvements needed.
AND ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON 6B Garden’s Amazing Harvest Festival 2-7pm, Music, Food, Prizes, Great FUN!
The LUNGS CSA has moved this to DeColores Garden at 311 E.8th St between Aves B & C. Pickup is still Sundays between 1-3pm. The CSA will be in DeColores for the entire month of October. Still $10 for a bag of fresh goodies.
This coming THURSDAY, Mayor DeBlasio is holding a Town Hall Meeting with Council Member Mendez and BP Brewer and Brian Kavanagh on Thursday, October 12th, at 7 pm. The town hall will be held at PS 188- The Island School, 442 East Houston Street, New York, NY, 10002. The event is open to all constituents of Council District 2 and it is an opportunity to ask the Mayor and Commissioners and senior officials from all City agencies questions on any topic.
Space is limited at the school so people must RSVP by visiting http://our.cityofnewyork.us/page/s/mendez-town-hall or calling 212-788-2781.
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Also FYI GOOD NEWS –the Governor’s Office of Sandy Recovery has finally signed off on the Second Phase of the Gardens Rising Project, better late than never. It is too late in this year to actually do any green Infrastructure work in our gardens but we need to start now planning in earnest for 2018. So keep your eyes peeled for notices of neighborhood meeting we will be having this Fall.
That’s all folks!!
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LUNGS FEST storytime
WORLD MUSIC Today at Toyota Children’s Garden
LUNGS FEST at Toyota Children’s Garden,
E11 St between Aves B & C, close to B
Today Sunday
2PM
Downbeat Magazine “Rising Flute Star,” Sylvain Leroux is a notable player on New York City’s African and improvised music scene, his group “Source” hosted the African Jazz Friday at the Zinc Bar for twelve years. His 2012 CD, titled “Quatuor Creole,” was hailed by critics as “perfect contemporary music release.” He is the inventor of the (patented) chromatic tambin, a new take on a traditional instrument. Since 2013, he has been conducting a successful music literacy pilot program based on his invention in Guinea, West Africa.
He will be performing in duet with Andy Algire, virtuoso percussionist and veteran of many African music groups and performances in the United States.
4PM
Oud player / guitarist, Brandon Terzic will be performing accompanied by percussion.
“MIDNIGHT IN THE URBAN GARDEN”
One day only! Saturday, September 23, 2017 1 – 6pm
at Children’s Magical Garden, Stanton and Norfolk Sts, (F train to Delancey St.)
2017 LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival
George Hirose’s “MIDNIGHT IN THE URBAN GARDEN” A POP-UP INSTALLATION
+ Live Art, Sidewalk Drawing, and Interactive Art with audience participation by
“ Help Ourselves”
A site-specific pop up exhibit of vivid night photographs by George Hirose of NYC community gardens installed all throughout a Lower East Side community garden… Please come and explore!
“Help Ourselves” is a youth empowerment group involved with creative activism in diverse communities. In collaboration with Children’s Magical Garden, they will be inviting local Artists to create spontaneous works of art alongside audience participants and guests!
