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6BC Botanical Garden

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6BC Garden is designed, planted & maintained by local volunteers in association with GreenThumb, a program of the City of NY Dept. of Parks & Recreation.

Open April 1st through October 31st or whenever the gate is open. Why '6BC'? Our name --6BC--tells you where we are: on 6th Street in Manhattan's lively East Village, between Avenues B and C. But there's more to it:

'B' for Botanical
We call it a botanical garden because that's the traditional name for a garden where visitors come to learn about lots of plants from lots of places. Our garden includes hundreds of plants, native plants as well as many that were immigrants to New York-- and that makes our garden a lot like our community.

'C' for Community
Unlike many other botanical gardens, 6BC is also a community garden: East Villagers, all volunteers, started building it on a rubble-strewn empty lot in the early 1980s. Since then, our garden's story, like our neighborhood's, has been one of constant challenge and change. Today, after a period in which 6BC's survival, like that of other New York community gardens, was threatened by the city's exploding development, our garden's land has been permanently set aside for public use as part of the New York City Parks system. Even so, the garden is still completely cared for and run by community members, all volunteers. We are a Green Thumb garden, and we work with a variety of community garden coalitions and enviromental groups to ensure the continued health of all community gardens--and a greener future for all of us. We invite you to join us and to support 6BC financially as well as with your time and talents. Entry is FREE & open to the public. RULES
No drugs or alcohol
Stay on paths (People and pets)
Keep back from pond and pools
Do not pick or break plants
Do not run or shout
No bikes, skates or skateboards
No fires or barbeques
Take your garbage out with you

HOURS
April 1st through October 31st
Wed. & Fri. : 6pm - 8pm (or dusk, whichever comes first)
Weekends: 10am - 7pm
Or, whenever the gate is open you are welcome to come on in & explore the garden.

10/18/2026

Fall feels and all smiles as the Tompkins Square Park Halloween dog parade spilled over into the garden yesterday.

10/11/2026

Third time’s a charm 🦢🪷 SWAMPED 🪷🦢 by SAACHI with ! Stop by the garden on 10/24 for some Indian classical music & acoustic sets from some Floridians.

10/11/2026

Show your street tree some ✨💚✨

🌳Know a street tree near you that could use a little extra help? We are reopening up our recommendation form for street trees in the Lower East Side to receive tree guards!

Find our form here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckhhSejMK-8JyLEQk_wYv6drwQ9SX3H9A-LlXQ7MdsQKU5xg/viewform?usp=send_form

09/18/2026

CANCELED due to rain 💦😭💦

3rd Sunday Jazz -♫♪♫•*¨ ♫♪♫•*¨

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- Howling for Jeremy Steig solo flute festival
with flutists Cheryl Pyle, Jay Rodriguez-Sierra, Samatha Kochis, Gene Coleman, Ras Burnett , Mary Cherney, Sylvain Leroux, Martha Cinader, Chip Shelton.

part of the L.U.N.G.S Harvest Arts Festival 2026

Jeremy Steig's birthdate is Sept 23, 1942 - rip April 13, 2016
We remember this great flutist with solo flute music, improvisations and explorations with some of the most wonderful flutists.
Jeremy Steig died in April 2016 but we didn't hear anything until May. Finally the New York improvising flutists played a memorial concert for him at the Stone later that year.
Now, every Sept. around his birthday, we play in memory of this great flutist. Swing by the beautiful 6BC Botanical Garden for solo improvisations by some great jazz flutists. FREE and open to the public. Seating available.
Sunday Sept. 20, 2026 music at 4:00 pm ♫♪♫•*¨

09/17/2026

Thanks to our events team, opening act Nina Ryser AND the SPACE LADY for last night’s extra special terrestrial concert in the garden ⭐️🚀⭐️
The Space Lady 🎬🎥

09/16/2026

The LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival starts this weekend.
Link below for full schedule.

08/22/2026

More upcoming events including one TODAY!

05/17/2026

A gorgeous Sunday afternoon at the garden!
Thank you Cheryl Pyle Music

Address

624 E 6th Street
New York, NY
10009

Opening Hours

Saturday	12pm - 6pm
Sunday	12pm - 6pm

Website

http://6bcgarden.org/

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