Diaz Y Flores Community Garden

This is the garden where Victor and his crew will be celebrating the seasonal holidays. I suggested that if any pagan ceremonies occur that two LES witches' and two baggers (Levine and Kushner) could be symbolically burned at the stake. Here's info about the garden: From our mission statement...
It is the purpose of the Dias y Flores Garden to provide a green, beautiful, restful, safe and congenial space for gardeners to garden and for the community to enjoy. The garden will be open to the community as often as possible and will also serve as a public space for community meetings and other community functions. In Addition .... We are also committed to maintaining and growing our associations with neighbourhood organizations, from local schools to health clinics and encourage their use of the garden. We also offer many series of free classes through the summer from tai chi and yoga to horticulture, drawing, ecology and herbal sciences. a very brief history...
Dias y Flores, like most of the gardens on the Lower East Side, exists because of the dauntless efforts of a handful of people. When faced with ruin, they saw an opportunity for restoration and acted on it. In 1978, the 13th Street Block Association envisioned a community lot, with a garden and a playground, and began the labor-intensive work of clearing out the brick, rubble, and trash -- from broken hypodermic needles to refrigerators and car parts -- all by hand. Dias y Flores from its earliest days was graced with experienced gardeners and horticulturalists as members, and along with the help of Operation Greenthumb, most of the trees and shrubs that are here today were planted by 1981.