SEE: Park Slope Library's New 'Storytelling Garden' Opens

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Park Slope kids have a new place to hang out and read outside. The Park Slope Library's new "Storytelling Garden" opened Saturday and includes a storytelling amphitheater, community garden, paths, planters and other improvements funded through the participatory budgeting process.

The garden will soon feature a statue of "Knuffle Bunny," a popular character from Brooklyn author Mo Willems, which will be funded by the Friends of Park Slope Library.

City Councilman Brad Lander, whose office funded the project through participatory budgeting, led the festivities, calling the garden "the most joyful new public space around." Lander also announced this year's participatory budgeting winners, which you can see here.

Other officials, library workers, community groups and neighborhood residents came out for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Check out photos of Saturday's event below, and stop by the garden next time you're in the area. And for more Park Slope news, be sure to sign up for Patch's daily newsletter and free, real-time news alerts.

Photos by Marc Torrence, Patch Staff