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# April 2025 Garden Newsletter
- URL: https://blog.11th.garden/april-2025/
- Published: 2025-04-29T20:30:55.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-27T17:56:57.000Z
- Description: It is offically spring and the garden is becoming green again.
- Author: Connor
- Tags: News

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Read the following month's Garden Newsletter:  
[blog.11th.garden/may-2025/](https://blog.11th.garden/may-2025/)

Our public open hours have begun: **Tuesday & Thursday 5:30 - 8 pm, Sunday 12 - 6 pm.** We also welcome visitors whenever the gate is open.

## Volunteer Day - Planting

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Saturday, May 3rd, 2 - 4 pm

![](https://blog.11th.garden/content/images/2025/03/1000019012.jpg)

Impatiens from 2024's Planting Day

We will be planting the first batch of plants we are receiving for the spring. Come help us make the garden beautiful and plant our annual flowers. All are welcome to enjoy planning day!

## Live Music Series - May

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Saturday, May 10th, 3 - 7 pm

![](https://blog.11th.garden/content/images/2025/04/11th-Street-Garden-May-Live-Music.jpg)

Our April music event was rescheduled due to thunderstorms. We are participating in this year's [LUNGS Spring Awakening](https://lungsnyc.org/2025/04/22/spring-awakening-2025-schedule/?ref=blog.11th.garden), which has been rescheduled for the same day.

## Make Music New York

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Saturday, June 21st, 3 - 7 pm

Join us for June's Live Music Series. More details to follow in the May Garden Newsletter.

## Blooming Flowers and Trees

Both our Eastern Redbud, Cherry, and Almond trees have bloomed, marking the beginning of spring. We have also seen our daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths bloom.

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## Our New Donation Box

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Over the past few months, Al has been working on painting our new donation box. He repurposed an old toolbox of his to replace the rusted one we had before. Ross added the mailbox slot for paper money and a coin slot for change. It has two coats of polyurethane, so it should withstand the weather for a long time.

## Concrete Project Completed

The pouring of the remaining concrete wall in the back of the garden has been completed. This completes the entire back wall, preventing rats from digging underneath the fence and burrowing in an area that receives little to no sun.

![](https://blog.11th.garden/content/images/2025/04/PXL_20250330_170548975.MP--1-.jpg)

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Ross, Karl, Teo, and Connor

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Read last month's Garden Newsletter:  
[blog.11th.garden/march-2025/](https://blog.11th.garden/march-2025/)

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