© Robin Langsdorf
West 89th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues
West Side Community Garden
West Side Community Garden was founded in 1976 on a trash-strewn vacant lot on Columbus Avenue that had been slated for an urban renewal project.
The only privately owned example of its kind in New York City, the garden is fully funded by grants and donations and run entirely by volunteers. The garden is committed to providing a beautiful, peaceful, green space in which everybody can relax.
We are open from dawn to dusk for everyone to enjoy, every day.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Chair Yoga with Monica Pfeiffer
July 22, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmConcert — Youth Chorus from Spain
July 27, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
2026 Compost Drop-Off Open
WSCG has weekly public food scrap collection from 11:00 AM-noon on Sundays. Please note, dropoff will not be available if it is raining or the Garden is closed due to snow or ice. Bring your fresh or frozen organic waste to our collection point outside the garden gates on 90th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus, where volunteers will be waiting to assist you. We can accept the following items:• vegetable and fruit peelings• coffee grounds and tea bags• egg shells• shredded newspaper and brown paper bagsWe cannot accept:• meat, fish, bones, dairy, fats• pet waste and bedding• used tissues...
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PHOTO GALLERIES
Tulip Festival 2022
Photographs by Shira...
The Garden in June, 2020
While the garden remains closed to visitors, we present a selection of images of the flowers and plants that are currently in bloom.
Tulip Festival 2020
A selection of images of tulips and other spring flowers that were planted for the 2020 Tulip Festival, beautifully photographed by Robin B. Langsdorf.
Tulip Festival Video
This captivating video of the garden by Richard Kaplan incorporates photographs by Robin B. Langsdorf, as well as original aerial footage, and is set to Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, L. 137, performed by Auréole Trio.
WSCG IN THE MEDIA
Nine Local Community Gardens
The West Side Rag compiled a sampling of Upper West Side community gardens for those looking for a burst of nature and outdoor calm in an urban...
Tulip Festival in the News
"Dozens circulated through the garden over a weekday afternoon, gazing in rapture at the jewel-toned blooms." Read Ezra Marcus's recent tulip...
Flower Power
Blogger Jack Cruger celebrates the recent reopening of West Side Community Garden in his series The Out There Side WEST SIDE COMMUNITY GARDEN 123...
Ballet Hispanico
Good Morning America honors Ballet Hispanico's 50th anniversary in this broadcast of a performance of specially commissioned work '18+1', filmed in...
WEST SIDE COMMUNITY GARDEN
123 West 89th Street (between Amsterdam Avenue and Columbus Avenue)
Manhattan, New York City
McCann Art & Design © 2019 West Side Community Garden