Join NYC Parks GreenThumb for the Sixth Annual Open Garden NYC on Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4 (rain or shine)! Hundreds of community gardens are opening their gates to the public for a weekend of free activities and exploration.

Our GreenThumb community gardens are volunteer-run green spaces where people can come together around growing food and community. Gardens across the city are seeking new members to plant produce and flowers, host events, maintain community spaces, and contribute extra hands for garden projects. Beginners and experienced gardeners are welcome! Open Garden NYC is a great way to meet the garden group members and explore your neighborhood community garden.

If your community garden would like to participate, please fill out the Open Garden NYC Sign-Up Form . Your group can participate for a few hours on a single day or both days. We are encouraging all garden groups who are planning to take part in Open Garden NYC to host a free special activity. Activities can include garden tours, arts and crafts, musical performances, volunteer projects, and much more.

Brooklyn events are listed below.  Visit Open Garden Day NYC Events for the full list as well as many events in the other boroughs.

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Stop by all these community gardens to take a tour, meet members and neighbors, and find out how to get involved! ALL FREE! 

Saturday, June 3, 2023

9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Walking Tour at Hands and Heart Community Garden, Brooklyn. 

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Brooklyn’s Finest Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy the sitting area and tour the early season garden greens.

9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Walking Tour at Positive Seeds of Life Garden, Brooklyn.  

9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Walking Tour at Prophecy Garden, Brooklyn.  

9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Walking Tour at Sheffield Garden, Brooklyn.  

9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Walking Tour at Georgia Avenue Community Garden, Brooklyn.  

10:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Jane Bailey Memorial Garden, Brooklyn. 

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: What’s Growing in East New York? A Six Garden Walking Tour at Success Garden – East New York, Brooklyn. Join NYC Parks GreenThumb as we explore a cluster of six of East New York community gardens. Learn some history and what gardeners are planning to grow this season. Learn how YOU can get involved! 

10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Community Potluck at Prospect Heights Community Farm at Prospect Heights Community Farm, Brooklyn. Join the garden group for a potluck BBQ beginning at 1:00 p.m. 

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Rock Painting at Whole Neighborhood Garden, Brooklyn. Express your creativity with Rock Painting at Whole Neighborhood Garden from 11:00 a.m. to Noon! Painted rocks are great additions to gardens or as indoor decorations. 

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour and Volunteer at Union St. Garden and Community Development, Brooklyn.  

10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour at Java Street Community Garden, Brooklyn. 

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Garden Tour at Lincoln Road Garden, Brooklyn.  

10:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Science Workshop, Plant Swap, and Compost Demo at Maple Street Community Garden, Brooklyn. There will be science workshop and activities for kids conducted by Wildlife Conservation Society, a plant swap, compost demo, and more! 

11:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Concert, Workshops, Arts & Crafts at 6/15 Green, Brooklyn. Stop by the garden for workshops, a concert, scavenger hunts, arts and crafts, and more!

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tours, Music, and Arts and Crafts at Red Shed Garden, Brooklyn. Stop by for garden tours, a sunprint activity, and live music. 

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: CommuniTea and Volunteer at Herbal Garden of East New York, Brooklyn. Stop by for a volunteer clean-up day as well as a Paper Farm Hat making workshop. 

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Lentol Garden, Brooklyn. Relax by our lily pond, visit our bees, or walk our native garden path.

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour and Pollinator Workshop at Brooklyn Bears Pacific Street Community Garden, Brooklyn. Learn about how to attract pollinators to an urban garden in a workshop.

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Storytelling and Writing Workshop at Amboy Street Garden, Brooklyn. Participants will hear garden folktales from a professional storyteller and then get a chance to create and share their own tales from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Planting and Painting at Ashford Street Abundant Garden, Brooklyn. There will be activities from Noon to 2:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Plant Giveaway and Scavenger Hunt at Hollenback Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy a full day of treats, a plant giveaway, garden discussions, and a family scavenger hunt!

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: CommuniTea and Volunteer at Herbal Garden of East New York, Brooklyn. Stop by for a volunteer clean-up day as well as a Paper Farm Hat making workshop.

11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour, Music, and Art at 400 Montauk Avenue Block Association, Brooklyn. Enjoy music, art, and a garden tour!

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Music and Arts and Crafts at Hooper Grove, Brooklyn. Come enjoy music at Hooper Grove and draw what’s growing in the garden!

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour and Drawing at Ponderosa Garden, Brooklyn.

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Workshops at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy a writing workshop, pollinator safari, and learn about bonsai trees.

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Walt L. Shamel Community Garden, Brooklyn.

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Hull Street Community Garden, Brooklyn.

12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Madison Hill Community Garden, Brooklyn.

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Clothing Giveaway at Euclid 500 Community Garden, Brooklyn.  There will be a clothing giveaway, where you can choose the clothing that you want and need.

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at El Puente: Espiritu Tierra Community Garden – Earth Spirit, Brooklyn. Enjoy the day with neighbors, family and friends.

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates, Garden Tour, and Planting at Lefferts Place Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy family-friendly seeding and planting activities.

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour, Composting, Arts and Crafts, and Games at Jes Good Rewards/Children’s Garden, Brooklyn. Jes Good Rewards Children’s Garden will engage children and families in a garden tour with demonstrations, and hands-on compost development. There will also be arts and crafts, games, and a children and family team basketball game.

1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Garden Tour at El Garden, Brooklyn. Come visit El Garden and get a tour of its herb, edible, and flower beds!

1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Arts and Crafts at Seasons of Vision Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy a day of relaxation and integration!

1:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Soul of Food: Seeding a Vibrant Afro–Indigenous Garden at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn. Join us to plant crops of the African diaspora that will be used in some of our culinary workshops this year!

2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Garden Tour at Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy garden tours and family-friendly activities, including making bird feeders and creating still-life drawings from the garden.

4:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Potluck, Games, and Music at Warren-St. Marks Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy a potluck in the garden and music by The Pollinators

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Sunday, June 4, 2023

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Learn about Labyrinths at McCarren Park Demonstration Garden (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn. Enjoy tours of the garden’s labyrinth and learn about labyrinths.

10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour at Java Street Community Garden, Brooklyn.

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at 721 Decatur Community Garden, Brooklyn.

10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Gardening and Cookout at Keap Fourth Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy a cookout at Keap Fourth Community Garden!

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Music at Westbrook Memorial Garden, Brooklyn. Listen to music by The Lazours at 11:00 a.m. by the pollinator garden!

10:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Jane Bailey Memorial Garden, Brooklyn.

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Arts and Crafts at Hart To Hart Community Garden (in ), Brooklyn.

10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Music Performances at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy a musical afternoon as we celebrate the garden’s new solar panel, plus special guests and ribbon cutting, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Health and Wellness Workshop at Her-King Alagantic Community Garden, Brooklyn. Learn how eating a healthy diet promotes a healthy gut.

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour at Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden, Brooklyn.

11:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Concert, Workshops, Arts & Crafts at 6/15 Green, Brooklyn. Stop by the garden for workshops, a concert, scavenger hunts, arts and crafts, and more!

11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour, Arts and Crafts, and Music at Prospect Farm, Brooklyn. Take part in arts and crafts, and listen to some music in the garden!

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Hooper Grove, Brooklyn. Draw plants in the garden and listen to flowery tunes.

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates at Greene Acres Community Garden, Brooklyn.

11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Community Art Project at Spencer Street Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy a community art project in the garden!

11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Making Fairy Gardens at Olive Street Garden, Brooklyn.  Help make fairy gardens!

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Arts and Crafts at Nehemiah Ten Community Garden, Brooklyn. Enjoy family friendly activities, like arts and crafts.

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Garden Tour and Plant Identification at Green Dome, Brooklyn.

11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Open Garden NYC: Open Gates and Garden Tour at Powers St. Community Garden, Brooklyn.