© Robin Langsdorf

It’s the giving time of the year! 
If you’re able to support us with a donation,
we would be most grateful.

Dear Neighbor,

It’s been a year of exciting renewal at the West Side Community Garden, and we need your help to keep our momentum going.

The garden continues to thrive season after season, and thanks to our volunteer members, we continue to offer the same beauty, tranquility and horticultural education that we have for nearly 50 years. But as with many things approaching the half-century mark, we
now must make important changes to sustain our longevity. And so our renewal has begun.

We have commenced a series of major projects, to be carried out over several years, that will repair, rehabilitate and refresh the physical structures of the garden. First up: Mending the ironwork and masonry of our exterior fences, starting with the column in the northwest corner. This work began a few weeks ago. The cost is significant, and there is much more yet to be done.

The spirit of renewal was also apparent in the Garden’s programming this year, as we added new events to our usual lineup of music and theater. A favorite memory of mine from this summer was watching two of those magical performances, highlights from the operas Carmen and The Magic Flute, presented by OnSite Opera. If you missed them, no worries, next summer we will have more! And no event better exemplifies renewal than our annual tulip planting (November 11th and 12th this year) when the community comes
together to plant thousands of bulbs that, in spring, will turn bare winter beds lush and beautiful again. Please join us on those days to lend a hand.

Renewal can be hard work, and costly, and the Board of Directors and I ask for your help to continue making it possible. If you’re able to support us with a donation, we would be most grateful.

Please send contributions to
WSCG, P.O. Box 20301,
New York, NY 10025,

or click “DONATE” from our website navigation bar.

Thank you for your support and, and see you in the Garden,

Judy Robinson
President, Board of Directors

WSCG HISTORY

West Side Community Garden was founded in 1976 on a trash-strewn vacant lot on Columbus Avenue that had been slated for an urban renewal project. West Side Community Garden is committed to providing a beautiful, peaceful, green space in which everybody can relax. The only privately owned example of its kind in New York City, the garden is fully funded by grants and donations and run entirely by volunteers.
Tulip Festival 2020

Tulip Festival 2020

A selection of images of tulips and other spring flowers that were planted for the 2020 Tulip Festival, beautifully photographed by Robin B. Langsdorf.

Tulip Festival Video

Tulip Festival Video

This captivating video of the garden by Richard Kaplan incorporates photographs by Robin B. Langsdorf, as well as original aerial footage, and is set to Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, L. 137, performed by Auréole Trio.

West Side Community Garden is open from dawn to dusk for everyone to enjoy, every day. 

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2023 Compost Drop-Off Open

2023 Compost Drop-Off Open

WSCG has weekly public food scrap collection from 11:00 AM-noon on Sundays. Please note, dropoff will not be available if it is raining or the Garden is closed due to snow or ice. Bring your fresh or frozen organic waste to our collection point outside the garden gates on 90th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus, where volunteers will be waiting to assist you. We can accept the following items:• vegetable and fruit peelings• coffee grounds and tea bags• egg shells• shredded newspaper and brown paper bagsWe cannot accept:• meat, fish, bones, dairy, fats• pet waste and bedding• used tissues...

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WEST SIDE COMMUNITY GARDEN

123 West 89th Street (between Amsterdam Avenue and Columbus Avenue)
Manhattan, New York City

Subway: C, or B (weekdays only) to 86th Street or 96th Street; 1 to 86th Street; or 1, 2, 3 to 96th Street. Bus: M11 or M7 to West 89th Street
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