Another bench has been donated to the sidewalk garden — with thanks to our generous neighbors.

Sidewalk Greenspace on New York's Upper West Side
Another bench has been donated to the sidewalk garden — with thanks to our generous neighbors.

Someone left a few dried-up mini roses in three-inch plastic pots at the edge of the garden fence, but they didn’t seem entirely dead so I repotted them into a slightly-larger planter trough and have been watering them regularly, and a week later they’re showing signs of life.

Getting in the holiday spirit with our flag and some patriotic messages.

Lantana blossoms doing a great job of previewing tomorrow’s fireworks.

We had a first flush of strawberries a few weeks ago, with several coming ripe each day for weeks on end — and then there was a long dry spell, and I figured the heat had been too much, and we’d have to wait for the fall for more fruit… so I was pleasantly surprised to find another cluster of flowers forming, and am glad that we can look forward to a few more sweet treats later in July.

If you stop to look, you can find a variety of small flowers blooming in some of the raised planters.
