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Eighth Annual New York City Wildflower Week
New York City Wildflower WeekNYC Wildflower Week presents a full week of free events to showcase the 53,000 acres of open space and 778 native plants in NYC's 5 boroughs. The goal of the week is simple: to encourage New Yorkers to get to know the nature in their own back yard and to inspire them to protect this natural heritage for future generations. Most events are FREE and open to the public!
Free
Beyond the Honeybee: Exploring Critical Pollinators
Threes Brewing 333 Douglass St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThis spring season the Gowanus Canal Conservancy is hosting a 4-part series examining the theme “Living Things in an Urban Ecosystem”, where invited panelists bring their perspectives on the living infrastructure of New York City, provoking questions about our human and environmental relationships within an urban environment.
Free
350 Divestment Working Group
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 West 64th Street, New York, NY, United States350NYC is the the local affiliate of 350.org, a grassroots network of volunteer-run campaigns in over 188 countries working to solve the climate crisis. Here in New York, they are working locally for a cleaner, greener, better New York City for everyone.
Learn more about 350.org's campaigns and check our upcoming events to get involved
Free
Resiliency and Elements Art Exhibit
Visitor Center in Conference House Park Satterlee Street and Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island , NY, United StatesThe Lenape Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition featuring an amalgam of works by Staten Island artists and natural infrastructure projects implemented to make New York City more storm resilient and sustainable.
Free
Prospect Park: Natural Areas Conservancy Lecture
Audubon Center at the Boathouse , Parkside Ave. bet. Flatbush Ave., Ocean Ave. and Prospect Park SW, Brooklyn , NY, United StatesLearn about native plants and ecological features in Prospect Park, one of Brooklyn’s last remaining native forests.
Free
Transition New York City Introduces Permaculture Design at Far Rockaway Garden Workday
Battalion Pentecostal Assembly Church 454 Beach 67th St, Arverne, NY, United StatesCome out and learn how to build raised bed gardens! We will build a community garden with raised beds on a grassy lot on Beach 67th St., alongside Rockaway residents and NYC Transition movement activists!
Free
Basic Canoeing
Martling Avenue and Brooks Pond Place in Clove Lakes Park 1150 Clove Rd, Staten Island, NY, United StatesFew experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City. NYC Parks trained Urban Park Rangers will lead you on canoe adventures that range from the gentle waters of protected lakes to the challenging open waters of rivers and bays.
Free
All Around Snug Harbor, Staten Island: Part 2
A cultural tour of Snug Harbor in Staten Island's north shore.
$20
What Was Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park Historical Tour
Brooklyn Bridge Park , Select a Country:Join architectural historian Matt Postal on this historical tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park that spans from the colonial era to present day!
$10
Minetta Brook Walk
First Presbyteran Chuch 12 West 12th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBefore NYC became concrete and asphalt, the island was covered by rivers, streams and marshes. Greenwich Village's Minetta Brook is one such watercourse and still makes its presence known in the basements of the structures built on top of it; some are still visible if you know where to look.
Join urban explorer Steve Duncan of Undercity.org as he shows us the Minetta's 1.5 mile buried path and explains the waterway functioning both today and in the past!
$40
Shakespeare in the Park
Delacorte Theater Central Park, NY, United StatesThe annual Shakespeare in the Park is an event not to be missed. You can get a touch of the English Renaissance period within the modern-day urban park.
Free