Spring Saturday, East Harlem

Last Saturday Sam and I took advantage of the perfect weather and spent time outside having a fun-filled East Harlem day. We started the day with the One Harlem Community Service Day volunteer program I wrote about earlier on the blog. We were assigned work at the Modesto "Tin" Flores Garden on Lexington between 104th and 105th St. We planted flowers and did general clean up in the garden. I'm definitely going to go back and see how our flowers are doing in the next few weeks.
Afterwards we had brunch at Orbit and walked around the neighborhood listening to the ice cream truck music and watching spontaneous sidewalk parties erupt.





Hard at work in the garden



Sam and I celebrated a morning of hard work over Blue Moons at Orbit


NYC Green Cart on 110th and 3rd Ave.


Dusk in East Harlem

-Gloria

New York Restoration Project Gardeners Gathering

Sam and I volunteered at New York Restoration Project's Second Annual Gardeners Gathering last weekend. NYPR is a program started by Bette Midler to develop green spaces throughout New York City. This event was held at Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center on First Avenue at 112 St. The meeting gathered gardeners who work on NYRP community gardens to give out out seeds and plants, horticultural information, and generally encourage gardening in New York City. We helped serve lunch at the event. It was really interesting to hear various gardeners tell stories of the trials and tribulations that they had encountered on the way to establishing their gardens. We wanted to meet a gardener in our neighborhood, and we did. We connected with the lead gardener from an herb garden around the block from us that we are very excited to start work on. To find out about working on a garden in East Harlem check out NYPR's website.

-Gloria

Below are some photos from the event.









Naturally it was a very green event.