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M’Finda Kalunga Garden Outdoors in Lower East Side
The mood
Refreshing, scenic · best in the afternoon · good for big groups
Known for
Chickens
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An outdoor space on the Lower East Side. Known for its chickens.
“The M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden began in 1982 as a group organizing to rid the Sara Roosevelt Park area of drugs and crime and to protect low-income housing and services in the neighborhood. We are dedicated to being an activist community garden as well as a place of respite.”
Know before you go
- Vibe
- Refreshing, Scenic, Peaceful
- Best times
- Afternoon
- Group size
- Solo, Friends (2-3), Small Group (4-6), Large Group (6+)
- Insider tip
- Best way to join: Come to a meeting (usually the second Sunday of the month between April October 31). Garden hosts cultural celebrations: Halloween/Samhain, Chinese Moon Festival, Juneteenth, Cinco de Mayo, and Sukkot. Activities include Urban Park Rangers day, It's My Park Days, Senior and Head-Start Gardening classes, story hours, Pet Adoption Days, compost, chicken-care and raised-bed building workshops, live music, poetry readings, a housing round-table.
The details at M’Finda Kalunga Garden
- Setting
- Outdoors
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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Good to know about M’Finda Kalunga Garden
M’Finda Kalunga Garden is at 179 Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002, on the Lower East Side, Manhattan.
Mon Closed; Tue 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM; Wed–Fri Closed; Sat–Sun 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
M’Finda Kalunga Garden is free to visit.
M’Finda Kalunga Garden is known for its chickens.
Yes: outdoors.
M’Finda Kalunga Garden lists: wheelchair-accessible entrance.
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