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Open Hours

Open hours for food waste drop-off, yard waste drop-off, and for volunteers:

Tuesdays 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Sundays 12 pm – 4 pm

Volunteers are always needed during open hours.

Food Waste Drop-off: all year.
—We accept all food waste, incl. meats, bones, dairy, seafood, raw, cooked, oyster and clam shells, coconut shells, etc.
When bringing plant matter, please keep them separate from the food waste.
Leaf Drop-off: all year.
—We accept yard waste including leaves, plant discards, tree branches, and potting soil ALL YEAR ROUND.

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Harvest Arts Festival at 30 Community Gardens 9/18-9/27/2026

Free and open to all, 10 days with over 50 events from live music, arts, crafts, poetry, marionette theatre, events and activities for kids, dance, film nights, and more. 

Opening Night, Friday 9/18/2026 through Closing Day Sunday 9/27/2026.

Throughout the Lower East Side and East Village in Lower Manhattan 

Visit lungsnyc.org/harvest-arts-festival for full schedule of events and garden locations. 

This year, 30 of these community gardens will be participating in the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival. 

There are more than 50 community gardens in the east side of Lower Manhattan (East Village and the Lower East Side) and includes some of the oldest gardens in NYC. 

About LUNGS, Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens, lungsnyc.org. Formed in 2011 as a grassroots community gardens-based organization to unite the many volunteer-run community gardens in Loisaida, the Lower East Side and the East Village. LUNGS works to promote, protect, and preserve gardening and greening through cooperation, coordination, and communication. We believe that permanent community gardens and public greenspaces are necessary for a healthy New York.

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Bokashi Workshop Part 2 Sat 9/27/2025 11am-2pm Using Fermented Basic Recipes to Ferment Secondary Recipes for Amending the Soil

At Down to Earth Garden, 546 E 12th St, by Ave B.

Down to Earth Garden will be holding part 2 of 3 bokashi workshops on 9/27/25 Sat 11 am – 2 pm, as part of the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival. We will use the bokashi bran to amend the soil directly and to ferment food waste. And we will use the bokashi spray to amend the soil directly and to make bokashi FPE (fermented plant extract) using fresh cut weeds.