Located at the corner of the Bowery and Houston Street in Manhattan and running across to 2nd Avenue, it is now a part of New York City Parks Department.

[1][2] The Liz Christy Bowery Houston Garden, originally named "Bowery-Houston Community Farm and Garden," traces its origins to 1973 when neighbor Liz Christy successfully petitioned the City of New York for access to make the vacant lot a garden for $1 a month.

[6] In 1985, the garden was renamed in Christy's honor upon her death due to cancer.

Magnolia and weeping birch trees are among the lush vegetation to be found there.

[9][10] The tallest Dawn Redwood tree in the city is located at the garden.