Happy Midsummer everyone!

Summer solstice comes in NYC at 7:59 tonight
We shall have our launching of the wishes balloon then - and another one in the garden - for our Solstice Party there
See all the pics from the garden party here

Butterfly ceremony

We will be releasing our butterlfies today.
maya will have a soeech for each of them. We have a song. And read these

A Butterfly Lights Beside Us

A butterfly lights beside us, like a sunbeam...
and for a brief moment it's glory
and beauty belong to our world...
but then it flies on again, and although
we wish it could have stayed,
we are so thankful to have seen it at all.

Butterfly

Flutter by,
Butterfly,
Floating flower
in the sky.
Kiss me with your
Petal wings---
Whisper secrets,
Tell of spring.

Author Unknown


An Indian Butterfly Legend

If anyone desires a wish to come true they must
capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it.

Since they make no sound, they can't tell the wish
to anyone but the Great Spirit.

So by making the wish and releasing the butterfly
it will be taken to the heavens and be granted.

Love is like a butterfly,
it goes where it pleases
and it pleases wherever it goes.

Love is like a butterfly,
hold it too tight, it'll crush,
hold it too loose, it'll fly.
Go to the garden blog for more

Tulips & work in the garden

Beautiful day in the garden

So great, it made me start a new blog
A lazy, pleasant afternoon in the garden

Garden goings on

A few days ago we had a seedlings workshop - while maya & Zoe had a worms school 9the compost bin providing the students)
Today we help cut a tree (rest of photos here)

Welcoming spring and egg hunt in the garden

With lots of kids, we stood eggs, hunted for the cooked (and plastic ones), roasted marshmallows, played music and ate...Oh, and sent good fertility and health vibes to the garden and those we love, especially those who need them the most. Some images (Maya is the one looking like a catburgler) The rest of the photos are here

Mayalimpics - part 3

Thanks to Tania, maya and mandea for the good weather wishes - we had a superb sunny spring afternoon - in spite of all predictions of rain, clouds and snow. The girls were great = pretty much took care of themselves - from serving themselves with food to finding games to play - leaving us to sit in the sun and beam with pride. Some pics
The rest of them are here and also here

In the garden - The Bunny Cometh

The Bunny Cometh


Celebrate the coming of Spring at our annual Easter
Egg Hunt
and Equinox Hop
at Dias y Flores Community Garden
Sunday March 23rd, 2008, 1-5 PM

520 East 13th Street
between Avenue A & B
Make a wish. Bring a dish. Wear your bonnet. Bring

your basket. Sing, dance, hoot and hollah! Don't be
shy. Come on by!
Praise the turning of the seasons with us!

Is it spring yet? celebration

Party ongoing - groundhogs, kids, dogs cats and gardeners partying amd making music to bring in the spring

East Village Woody: 6 weeks of winter

here's what he saw:
Punxatawny Phil agreed this time
http://www.groundhog.org/
but was dead wrong last year

The rest of the photos are here:

New years' Day in the Garden

Singing, dancing, playing with fire

Winter solstice in the garden

Maya's teachers showed up, lots of kids roasting clementines on the fire (Maya created a new trend) and singing and magic

First snow in New York!

There are more pictures

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!