Roosevelt Island has a little garden for all who would love to try their hands at planting and need a little land to plant, or call their own in the middle of the city: that is the allure of the Roosevelt Island Garden Club. Its garden in Octagon Park is a patchwork of 139 individual pieces but, with a little effort, it can be decoded as a quilt-map of the community.
The garden is deceptive. Occupying less than two acres, it seems bigger because of a trick of perspective – the jumble of miniature landscapes framed in the distance by the towers of the East Side. You do not need to reside on the Island to own a little piece of this little paradise, there is a long waiting list.
If you are ever on the Island, do visit the garden and take a look. Each little plot is different depending on the creativity of its owner. I enjoyed walking there and met and chatted with some of the people who were there tending to thier plants.
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