A chilly drizzle wasn’t enough to mar the beauty of the blooming tulips on the first day of the annual Tulip Festival! Come walk with me through the West Side Community Garden and see the incredible beauty.
The Garden
The West Side Community Garden is located at 123 West 89th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues. Just a few blocks from Central Park, it was a no brainer to visit before a trip to the Park.
The Garden was founded in 1976 on a vacant lot filled with garbage and stripped cars.
The Dutch settlers had called the area “Bloemendall”, meaning valley of flowers, later called Bloomingdale by the English.
Many of the tulips are yet to open, but the colored buds have a beauty and promise all their own.
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The bulbs are re-planted each autumn, and eagerly awaited in the Spring.
The West Side Community Garden spans the width of the block between 89th and 90th Street.
The rain doesn’t slow down the fun
The vegetable and herb beds
The vegetable garden and herb bed also hosts a handful of children’s school plots. This is time of year when gardeners are filled with excitement and eagerness to turn the soil and get the plantings in.
The members of the West Side Community Garden are able to use the greenhouse at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. They start many of their flower and vegetable seeds there.
Firecracker Tulips!
These incredible firecracker tulips truly were like tongues of fire!
The festival is supported by Con Edison and the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, and also by many individual donations.
How to visit the Tulip Festival
The Tulip Festival runs from mid-April through early May. The tulip festival is free, and the garden is open from 10 am until 6 pm. You can find out more on their website, West Side Community Garden.
How to get there
Subway: C, or B (weekdays only) to 86th Street or 96th Street; 1 to 86th Street; or 1, 2, 3 to 96th Street. Bus: M11 or M7 to West 89th Street
Sources
West Side Community Garden
Wikipedia
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2 responses to “Tulip Festival at the West Side Community Garden”
What a beautiful time of year! Always looking forward to seeing the new flowers pop up. Thank you for sharing the beauty from the city.
Thank you, I’m so happy to share it with you.