August happenings at Green Oasis Community Garden

[Catherine Lin]

AUGUST HAPPENINGS

Hi garden friends, here are some events happening at the garden this month! For more updates, follow @greenoasisnyc on Instagram or view the calendar at www.greenoasisnyc.org/events. 

Garden workdays

• Sunday Aug 3 12pm
• Sunday Aug 17 12pm

Garden workdays are open time for anyone to drop by and volunteer in the garden, no experience needed. Tasks include pruning, weeding, sweeping, composting, and repairs.

Urban ecology reading group

• Sunday Aug 17 3:30pm-5:30pm

Be part of a learning community on all things urban ecology! Bring your own reading material pertaining to the multi-species communities we’re part of, including topics such as gardening/horticulture, urban planning, soil management, the philosophy of science, history, anthropology, mycology, climate change, and birding. All genres welcome, including fiction. The more the merrier in terms of interdisciplinary conversations! We will compile the texts into a big reading list as a learning guide for all. One hour of quiet reading time, 15 minutes reserved for optional open mic presentations, and the remaining time for free chatting and discussion.
Event organizer: Catherine (garden member)

Izzy's Drawing Party

• Saturday Aug 2 4pm-7pm

Izzy's Drawing Party in the Garden is a fun, laid-back, judgment-free art zone open to all ages and skill levels. We will draw in community with each other, sharing ideas for prompts, collaborating on group works like exquisite corpses, and/or drawing solo in the setting of a beautiful community garden! Some materials will be provided, and feel free to bring your own.

Event organizer: Izzy, an independent artist. @izzy.drawing on Instagram

Golden Summers Brush Hour

• Sunday Aug 10 12pm-4pm

Golden Summers: Brush Hour is an outdoor creative experience combining acoustic music, painting, and community vibes in a garden setting. Guests will paint on canvas while enjoying a relaxed mix of live acoustic sounds, creating a peaceful and inspiring atmosphere. Materials will be provided.

Event organizer: Golden Summers, a group hosting fun summer events for all.

Theatrical performances: Widows

• Friday Aug 22 3pm-7pm
• Saturday Aug 23 3pm-7pm
• Sunday Aug 24 3pm-7pm
• Friday Aug 29 3pm-7pm
• Saturday Aug 30 3pm-7pm
• Sunday Aug 31 3pm-7pm

A theatrical production of Widows, by the Argentine-Chilean-American writer Ariel Dorfman. A town gripped by oppression is completely peopled by women. All of them are waiting, seemingly in vain, for their men to return, all of which have been swallowed up by the vicious fascist government. An old woman forecasts a change on the horizon…

Event organizer: Max (garden member)

Finally, a creature spotlight: monarch butterflies!

I saw a monarch butterfly hovering near the milkweed in the garden. Milkweed is the only plant monarch caterpillars can eat, and the only plant monarch butterflies lay their eggs on. Monarch butterflies aren't unique for their picky eating habits. The vast majority (roughly 90 percent) of plant-feeding insects are specialists, adapted to digest only a limited suite of plant chemistries.

More on this from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

See you at the garden,

Catherine