El Sol Brillante

El Sol Brillante

A community garden in the East Village
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A delightful fence sets the tone for this lush, well-tended garden.

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Save community composting: sign the petition at ww

Save community composting: sign the petition at www.grownyc.org/petition !

Don't let your pumpkins haunt landfills! Bring jac

Don't let your pumpkins haunt landfills! Bring jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins, or gourds to Pumpkin Smash 2023!

La Plaza Cultural (SW corner of E 9th St & Ave C)
Sunday, November 5, 12pm -3pm (rain date: 11/6, 12-3pm)
Register: bit.ly/PS-2023-LP

Smashed pumpkins will be turned into compost by the NYC Compost Project to help rejuvenate soils in parks and green spaces. Enjoy refreshments, activities and more!

Can't make it? Bring your pumpkins to a food scrap drop-off site near you! For a map of food scrap drop-off sites, visit nyc.gov/dropfoodscraps.

On Saturday, gardeners and community members brave

On Saturday, gardeners and community members braved the rain for a bokashi workshop with the @lesecologyctr and our resident expert @shignyc!

Want to do your part in rat prevention? NYC Health

Want to do your part in rat prevention? NYC Health offers free community training on safe & effective management strategies, including specialized sessions just for gardeners! Sign up at https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/rats-control-training.page

Sign up now for our upcoming bokashi workshop host

Sign up now for our upcoming bokashi workshop hosted by the @lesecologyctr! Our resident expert Shig Matsukawa will guide participants through uses of bokashi other than composting, including using the bokashi spray/liquid (aka Activated EM) to improve soil and plant health. Limited to 20 participants (who will get a bottle of bokashi spray to take home) - although additional observers are welcome! http://bit.ly/bokashispray23 #Bokashi #gardening #lowereastside

Our fundraiser will now be held on SUNDAY 10/1 🌞
All are welcome!

Rain check: Our biannual fundraiser is this SUNDAY

Rain check: Our biannual fundraiser is this SUNDAY, Oct 1!

🍻 Food & Drinks 🍔 Live Music 🎸 Fun 😎

Yesterday we hosted staff members from the @queens

Yesterday we hosted staff members from the @queensbotanicalgarden for an all-day #bokashi and #composting workshop! We went over the whole process from making bokashi to feeding the worm compost bin. Bokashi is the secret to how we've diverted almost 70 tons of food waste since 2009!

Live music! Refreshments! Food! Friends! Fun! Join

Live music! Refreshments! Food! Friends! Fun! Join us for our Fall Fundraiser garden party this Saturday the 1st from Noon to Moon! Thanks for the video @afranchell @viento_films

🍂 FALL FUNDRAISER 🍂 ☀️ SATURDAY SEPTEMBE

🍂 FALL FUNDRAISER 🍂
☀️ SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH ☀️

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LIVE MUSIC LINEUP:
2PM SUBLUNARMINOS
3PM THE VIGILANTES
4PM MOMENTUM
5PM KOLKER

Join us in the garden ☀️ SATURDAY 9/30 for our

Join us in the garden ☀️ SATURDAY 9/30 for our Fall Fundraiser!

🎸 live music 🥘 food 🍹 refreshments 💃🏻 fun

Members of the Garden joined tens of thousands of

Members of the Garden joined tens of thousands of others from around the world in the @marchtoendfossilfuels yesterday. There's no Planet B! #endfossilfuels #climateweeknyc

👨🏻‍🌾 GARDEN MEETING - Thurs. 8/31 6:30P

👨🏻‍🌾 GARDEN MEETING - Thurs. 8/31 6:30PM 🌆

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Our third year collaborating with Charlie Parker m

Our third year collaborating with Charlie Parker music Festival,
Summer Stage, City Parks Foundation and Partnership for parks.
Andrea Brachfeld Quartet
Wednesday, August 23, 5:30-6:30 FREE EVENT
@cpfnyc @summerstage @partnershipsforparks @arianaslist @jazzfoundationofamerica

Garden meeting, July 9, 11 AM! All are welcome!

Garden meeting, July 9, 11 AM! All are welcome!

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