Updated October 15, 2022
Tuesdays 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Sundays 12 pm – 4 pm
Food waste drop-off: all year.
Leaf drop-off: October–December.
formerly, Children's Garden – 546 E 12th St, New York, NY
Updated October 15, 2022
Tuesdays 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Sundays 12 pm – 4 pm
Food waste drop-off: all year.
Leaf drop-off: October–December.
2 pm at El Jardin del Paraiso, E 4th St (between Ave C & D).
For more on other events, visit LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival (2022) or visit lungsnyc.org.
As part of LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival.
At Down to Earth Garden (546 E 12th St, corner of Ave B, East Village/Lower East Side).
Bokashi Composting Workshops
Sundays, October 9 and October 16, 2022
1 pm – 3 pm
Visit the community garden, Down to Earth Garden, where bokashi composting has been on-going since fall 2009.
We will cover the basics and make the bokashi fermentation starter.
See how we recycle food waste, all food waste (including meats, bones, dairy, etc.), by the bokashi method.
For further information, see our bokashi process page, and also visit recyclefoodwaste.org.
To volunteer and get involve with our bokashi process, sign up here.
Visit LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) lungsnyc.org.
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 1 pm – 5 pm
We will be focusing on our bokashi-composting process, including the following:
Please wear proper clothing and shoes for the garden-composting work. We have gardening/work gloves, if you don’t have or forgot to bring your own.
Sunday, April 10, 2022, 11 am – 4 pm
Garden work will include rebuilding our compost bin, bokashi compost trenching (soil amending technique), and general garden maintenance (litter picking, hand mulching, destroying rat burrows).
From April 1 to October 31:
(Updated drop-off hours will be provided for November 1 – March 31.)
Tuesdays 1:30 – 4 pm
Thursdays 3:30 – 6 pm
Saturdays 1 – 4 pm
Sundays 2 – 4 pm
For other food scraps drop-off sites, visit DSNY- Drop-off Composting.
Down to Earth Garden general meeting April 2, 2022, Saturday 12 pm – 1 pm.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Saturday, November 6, 2021, 12 pm – 4 pm
Garden work will include rebuilding our compost bin, bokashi compost trenching (soil amending technique), and general garden maintenance (litter picking, hand mulching, destroying rat burrows).
We accept leaves, as well as, plant discards, tree branches, and unused potted soil.
October 26 – December 30, 2021
Same time as our public food waste drop-off hours.
When the garden is open:
Tuesdays 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Thursdays 3:30 – 6 pm
Saturdays 2 – 4 pm
For more information and other leaf drop-off sites, visit nyc.gov/drop-fall-leaves
When the garden is open:
Tuesdays 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Thursdays 3:30 – 6 pm
Saturdays 2 – 4 pm
For other food scraps drop-off sites, visit DSNY- Drop-off Composting.