Eat, Drink and Win a Vespa at our Mouthwatering Fundraiser Bash

Dont miss the most delicious fundraiser in town, Wed, Oct 29th, when chefs from New York's best restaurants gather to celebrate harvest season:

Blue Hill, Gramercy Tavern, Savoy & Back Forty, Telepan, The Green Table, Centrico & Paladar, Chanterelle, Hearth, Terroir & Insieme, Butter, Wallse, Chanterelle, Il Buco, Tocqueville, Centovini & I Trulli, Pegu Club, The Modern, Cookshop, Five Points & Hundred Acres, Esca, Centrico & Paladar, Telepan, Craft, Mas (farmhouse)

Plus live music, cocktails by Pegu, local vino, amazing auction items and the chance to win a Vespa!

Master of Ceremonies: Emmy-nominated Kelly Choi of Eat Out NY and Iron Chef America

Honoring GrowNYC board member and Open Space Institute CEO Kim Elliman; City Council Speaker Quinn; and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Proceeds help us preserve family farms, bring fresh produce to the city and educate children about food systems.

Tickets $150 ($300 for early entrance)

Apples on Orchard Street!

The Lower East Side turns the "Big Apple" green with its first annual New York City Apple Day and the Go Green Lower East Side kick off this Sunday, October 19th from 11:00am through 4:30pm. Produced by the Lower East Side Business Improvement District (LES BID) and Greenmarket, New York City Apple Day is a free, fun street festival on Orchard Street between Broom and Grand which was the Delancey Apple Orchard in the mid 1700s.

Apple Day will feature an apple cider press, face painting, arts-and-crafts, historical neighborhood walking tours and, of course, samples of everything from apples to apple bread to chicken apple sausage to chocolate apple truffles! Rabbai Stone from the Chabad of the Lower East Side will be present to celebrate the harvest holiday of Sukkot with an apple and honey tent.

This event is also the kickoff event for Go Green Lower East Side, an initiative of Manhattan Borough President, Scott M. Stringer. Festival-goers will be able to take home free energy saving light bulbs, t-shirts, tips and information on how to live a more eco-conscious lifestyle.

for more information visit LES Apple Day 

Today: Mo' Honey, Mo' Honey, Mo' Honey

Bees Without Borders will host their fundraiser, emceed by the Bees Without Borders Founding Director (and Greenmarket farmer), Andrew Cote. A $50 ticket will grant you an evening of music, dinner and a raffle. The guests of honor will be the bees themselves (secured inside their hive, of course). Bees Without Borders Benefit Event Sponsored by Fat Cat Pie Co. & Fountainhead Wines Friday, October 17th 7 -10PM

To purchase tickets visit the link below or for information email tess@beeswithoutborders.org

For more information visit Bees Without Borders

Organic Beer Bash at Counter

Counter Restaurant will host NYC's second annual Organic Beer Bash on Saturday, October 25 from 12 pm - 4 pm. Featuring over 30 organic beers and ciders from around the world. Savor a Wolaver's Wit beer spiced apple purse or a Peak Nut Brown Ale pecan pie; swig a Grizzly Beer (organic whiskey, lemonade and brown ale) or Bloody Beer (spiced tomato juice and pale ale). Brewers will be at the event discussing their brewing practices. Proceeds will be donated to the Greenmarket (GrowNYC) & Food Systems Network NYC. COUNTER. 105 First Avenue (6th & 7th st.) Saturday, October 25th from 12 - 4pm $30 RSVP to frank@counternyc.com or 212-982-5870

For more information visit Organic Beer Bash

Free Trees for NYC Homeowners and Community Groups at select Greenmarkets!

Through the generous sponsorship of American Express 1,250 FREE trees are available for adoption by homeowners and community groups at select Greenmarkets this month, distributed by New York Restoration Project (NYRP). Adopt your FREE TREE at the following Greenmarkets

• Saturday, October 18th 9 am to 2 pm St. George Greenmarket Staten Island St. Marks and Hyatt
• Saturday, October 18th 9 am to 2 pm Sunset Park Greenmarket Brooklyn 4th Ave. between 59th and 60th Streets
• Sunday, October 19th 9 am to 2 pm 92nd Street Greenmarket 1st Ave and East 92nd
• Saturday, October 25th 9 am to 2 pm (Its My Park! Day) Atlas Park Greenmarket Queens Cooper Ave at 80th Street

For more information visit MillionTreesNYC