All People’s Garden, Inc. under a sub-license operates the garden in the Lower East Side of Manhattan commonly known to the residents as Loisaida with The Manhattan Land Trust. All People’s Garden, as so many others in the city was carved out of two vacant NYC owned garbage strewn, drug infested lots. This beautiful urban garden is botanical in nature, and connects the community both environmentally and culturally.

By 1980 these vacant sites became a thriving green space with the help of the City, and other open space supporters. In 1999 under a court order secure By Eliot Spitzer the then NYS Attorney General, the garden was saved through and agreement between the City of New York and the Trust for Public Land. Through a grant from the Frankel Foundation and partnership with the Coalition on the Environment (GROWnyc) the garden was completely redeveloped and reopens in 2003.

In 2004 All People’s Garden, Inc. working with TPL formed a coalition with thirteen (13) other community gardens located in Manhattan to form The Manhattan Land Trust. All People’s Garden is a private space, staff by volunteers and held in trust for the benefit of the entire community in perpetuity