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Bruce’s Garden: Community Collaborative Art Project with Howard Better

Artist and educator, Howard Better has been gracing Bruce’s Garden and the Inwood community with his fantastical collage art for many years. Now, he invites everyone to join him for a special all-day workshop in the garden, located at Park Terrace East and Isham Park.

Program:
“In this workshop, participants will contribute images to a large collage mural, which will grow and transform as more people add their creativity.

In addition, there will be a set of collaged cans that I encourage people to pick up, examine, and rearrange into new configurations—like building a miniature city of cans.”
— Howard Better
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Proyecto y taller de arte colaborativo comunitario con el artista de collage Howard Better

Sábado, 13 de septiembre de 2025 · Jardín – Bruce’s Garden · Todo el día · Todas las edades

Durante muchos años, el artista Howard Better ha embellecido Bruce’s Garden y la comunidad de Inwood con su fantástico arte de collage. Ahora, nos invita a acompañarlo en un taller especial de un día completo, en este hermoso jardín ubicado en Park Terrace East dentro del parque Isham Park.
Programa del taller:
“En este taller, contribuirás con imágenes a un gran mural de collage que crecerá y se transformará a medida que más personas agreguen su creatividad.
Además, habrá un conjunto de latas —las ‘latas de collage’— que quiero que toquen, examinen y organicen en nuevas configuraciones… como construir una ciudad en miniatura de latas.”
¿Preguntas? Comunicate através de PeaceArnold1008@gmail.com

Bruce’s Garden Summer Readings

Julie Salamon
The Ghosts of Tenth Avenue

Noted author Julie Salamon https://juliesalamon.com/ will discuss her forthcoming book, The Ghosts of Tenth Avenue (The Penguin Press, 2026.)  Along with being an accomplished author of numerous books including including New York Times best-seller, Wendy and the Lost Boys, a biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, (The Penguin Press, 2011) Julie is also chair of the Board of Directors of the  non-profit Bowery Residents Committee aka BRC.

Presently, the BRC is building the women’s shelter on Tenth Avenue and 212th street. When they learned that early maps showed their building’s site had been a cemetery for enslaved people, the board decided to include a memorial into the shelter’s design. Julie began her research.

Bruce’s Garden – Gallery in the Gazebo presents: 2025 Retrospective: Between Heaven & Earth

Gallery in the Gazebo presents:
2025 Retrospective: Between Heaven & Earth
A Group Paper Show

August 2nd to October 30th, 2025          Nadema Agard, Curator

Opening Reception, Sunday, August 17th         1-4 PM                    Nadema Agard, Curator

Works by Tomie Arai, Paul Deo, Pedro Gonzalez, Takashi Harada, Robin Holder, Craig Lemley, Damali Miller

Bruce Reynolds Memorial Garden, Isham Park

Garden Hours                       Weather Permitting

Rain Date: August 24, 2025

Bruce’s Garden Summer Readings

Geoff Wisner on George Tempelton Strong’s Civil War Diaries

George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries (Library of America, 2026) Geoff Wisner, editor.

Geoff Wisner is an author and editor whose work is published widely. In his latest book, the noted Thoreau scholar turned his keen editorial insights to the prolific diarist George Templeton Strong’s writings on the Civil War. These writings are remarkably vivid and suffused with novelistic detail. Strong wrote eyewitness accounts of the 1863 Draft Riots, field hospitals teeming with wounded men, and his meetings with both Grant and Lincoln. This book is greatly anticipated by scholars, and should also be a great read for all interested in New York history.

Celebrate the 55th Anniversary of Bruce’s Garden!

On the Summer Solstice – Friday, June 20th at 7pm – Bruce’s Garden will host a fundraising party to celebrate the 55th anniversary of our beloved community garden. Reserve your spot now!

We’ll also recognize local leaders and organizations that mirror the spirit of the garden’s founding family – the J.A., Gerri, and Bruce Reynolds, whose collective effort transformed an empty lot into a thriving garden, back in 1970. 
As many of you know, Bruce Reynolds was working for the Port Authority when he lost his life aiding victims of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. The Parks Department recognized Bruce’s selfless bravery and service by naming the garden in his honor.
Join us on June 20th for an al fresco dinner featuring local cuisine, music by Clérida Eltimé, a Grammy-nominated cellist — and a special Sound Bath by Licia of Aveani Sacred Wellness — not to mention the good company of friends and neighbors. 
AND there will be a special raffle of honey from Bruce’s Garden bees, as well as other local treats!
Space is limited, so please reserve your spot now!