This Saturday I had the extreme pleasure of going on the Green Thumb Koi Extravaganza!  

It was a walking tour of some of the Community Gardens on the Lower East Side of Manhattan that have Koi Ponds. They were beautiful!

We started our tour at the 6BC garden. I just Love this Garden!

It is such a jewel tucked away on 6^th street between Aves B & C.

You really forget you are in the city when you step into this garden.

The 2 floor freestanding building is such a charmer, with vines reaching for the roof, which has solar collector panels on it that power the waterfall in the Koi Pond.

A big thank you goes out to Cary who spoke for his garden, you guys do amazing work!

Our next stop was 6^th and Ave B Garden, this garden was made famous with its large towering sculpture.

This was on the opening shots of NYPD Blues TV series.

This garden also boasts a large performance stage.

William gave us the lowdown on their Koi pond, thank you for all the great info.

Our last garden was on 8^th St between Aves C & D.

This garden had the largest of all the Koi ponds we saw that day as well as the oldest it is 20yrs old!

They also have some lovely structures’.

 Thank you to Jan, Jim & Asami for their wealth of info on Koi & pond care.

I had such a great morning, hope you enjoy the photos!