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Annual Tulip Festival, Saturday April 24 & Sunday April 25 2010

Emma Curtis — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:08:05 +0000

West Side Community Garden Annual Tulip Festival

Saturday, April 24, 2010 – Sunday, April 25, 2010, 1-4pm

Celebrate Spring on the Upper West Side! Enjoy a blaze of Spring tulips at our Annual Tulip Festival, All are welcome. Free Admission.

We are celebrating our 22nd year of tulips in bloom. You are invited to visit the beautiful West Side Community Garden while the tulips are in full color!

In addition, during the month of April we invite one and all to bring a camera to the garden, capture the beauty, and enter our first annual Tulip Photo Contest 2010.

For festival information, please contact:
Mira S. at 212-875-0632 (day) or
Jackie B. at 212-316-5490 (evening).

Annual Community Tulip Planting Festival

Jackie Bukowski — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:23:03 +0000

Saturday, November 14, 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday, November 15, 11 am until dark

Everyone is welcome, all ages, at this community planting festival, trowels and shovels are provided, bring gloves and dress warmly. There will be a brunch/Turkey lunch for the workers on both planting days. Planting will be in the garden West 89th Street, West 90th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenue. For more information call Tom Thies 212 369 6183, Jackie at 212 316 5490 or email westsidecommunity@gardener.com

Also needed, People to help with food- Chili, cookies, cakes, pies, welcome

THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY NOV 7, 11AM-4PM there will be a preplanting cleanup. Perennials must be marked or removed, leaves raked, toolshed cleared out, and compost turned.

There also will be a preplanting tulip sorting party Thursday November 12 on West 94th Street 10 am-4pm. Call Tom Thies for more information. Everyone is welcome for all activities.

Arts and Crafts Festival 2009

Jackie Bukowski — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:32:38 +0000

Sept. 12 & 13 11 am -5 pm

The Annual Arts and Crafts Festival Saturday will include a children’s crafts workshop at 11 am, and Director Morna Martell with the Dramatune theater company returns at 1 pm to reprise the “play within play” from this season’s “Mini Midsummer’s Nights Dream.”

The Sunday program features Greg Lorenz in a song recital with a Lute player and piano from 1-2 pm. The Vivian Sansom Reading series at 2 pm will again feature writers from our local New York City community. Howard Pflanzer, Victoria Sullivan, Rosalie Calabrese and other writers will be featured, and we have a new story from the Sansom archives!

There will be a reception for the artists and writers at 4 pm and Steven Jacobson and with the New York String Orchestra will serenade us between 4:30-5:30 pm.

There will be a Book Sale both days.

Tulip Festival, Saturday April 25th

Randa Kirshbaum — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:46:16 +0000

The Community Garden celebrated Spring this past weekend. Boosted by an article in TIME OUT Magazine, hundreds came to enjoy a blaze of spring tulips at the West Side Community Garden on Saturday, April 25, from 1-4 pm. Located at 89th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues, the WSCG celebrated our 21st year of tulips in bloom. Guests saw more than 30 varieties of tulips, in a kaleidoscope of colors and variations.

Tea and homemade cookies were served, along with ice water for thirsty visitors. The Garden is proud of its service to the community; we are open every day of the year.

The Garden attracted many new members, new donors, and many professional photographers. One of them was Lee Snider. Some of his wonderful photos are below.

New Garden member Alison Yobage took some lovely photos, too:

More photos can be found at: http://wscgtulips09.shutterfly.com/

For more information on joining or contributing to our Garden, please contact Brad Smith 212 749 6861 , or Jackie Bukowski, evenings at 212 316 5490.

Revised Tulip Planting: Sun Nov 16 and Sat Nov 22.

Jackie Bukowski — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:08:21 +0000

Saturday Nov 15 has been canceled due to rain. We will be planting Sunday Nov 16 and next Saturday Nov 22 from 10 am- 4 pm. Lunch will be served workers, and everyone is welcome! Community members, out of towners, anyone who wants to get their hands in New York City dirt can come and participate.

Tulip Planting Festival November 15, 16

Jackie Bukowski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:32:19 +0000

The WestSide Community Garden 2008 Community “plant in” is scheduled for Saturday, November 15, 10 am -5 pm and Sunday November 16, 10 am-4 pm. We will be planting about 10,000 Tulip bulbs along with Hyacinth, Crocus, Daffodils, and other small spring bulbs. Trowels, shovels, and bulbs will be provided, and everyone in the Community and beyond is welcome. There will be a worker’s lunch table with hot coffee and bagels, Turkey Chili and other goodies. For more information about the planting and other work weekends call Tom Thies 212 369 6183, to volunteer for the food table or other information about the Garden call Jackie Bukowski at 212 316 5490, or Edith Marks at 212 873 9661.

Misc 2003-2006 Photos

Judith Rohn — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:59:12 +0000

Tulip Planting 2003 Photos

Judith Rohn — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 10:10:58 +0000