Join the B91 Community Garden This Saturday, For A Fall Potluck Party!

The warm colors and intricate textures of an autumn garden are often overlooked, but not by nature enthusiasts, earth lovers, mystics, and our witches. We see the world in a different way. We see the big beauty in the small bits. We know the less popular and tainted hold more wonders.

Just the other week, while puttering around the Beach 91st Street Garden, I spotted a songbird feeding on a spent sunflower, its seeds neatly tucked into their own little compartments. How is that even possible? A sleepy grasshopper rested on the soft white petals of a dahlia, too lazy to hop away from my camera. Big Gray, the cat, and a garden member, loves to chill on the neon green bench—he’s a little rough around the edges, and that makes him even more incredibly sweet. Monarchs are slowly arriving, refueling on the marigolds. We still have ripe raspberries, the lettuce has made a comeback, and the rosemary, thyme, and basil are ready for drying.

The Garden is hosting a Community Potluck this Saturday, October 5th,  from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., (Beach 91st Street, beach block). If you’re a cook or baker, bring your favorite fall dish to share with neighbors. This is a free event though, so we encourage you to just come as you are—straight off the street, just out of the water, or on your way home –  don’t go home. Eat with us. There will be an art activity for kids (of all ages) and a table with houseplants and pumpkins for purchase as donations.

We hope sharing a meal with our neighbors in our garden will foster a sense of community belonging. Let’s celebrate the joy of growing and the harvest over home-cooked food.  Please come and have a seat at our table. It will be a wonderful afternoon!

Follow the @beach91communitygarden for the fall and winter joys ahead.

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Update! Here are some snaps from the Potluck Party!