Swale, a floating food forest built on a 130-foot by 40-foot barge made from repurposed shipping containers by artist Mary Matting, will be docked for just…
Join New York Restoration Project as we continue building a compost windrow in our storage facility. Learn about compost as we add food scraps, from our local partners at BedStuy Fresh and Local and Saraghina Restaurant, and garden clippings from our many gardens throughout Brooklyn and Queens.
Join panelists from MTA external communications, data journalists, and transportation planners for a discussion about documenting the effects of Superstorm Sandy in real-time and the power of social media as a tool for crisis management and recovery.
Join members of Upper Manhattan's food community, including healthy food advocates, activists, consumers, producers and scholars to discuss our food environment. This session's panel will focus on youth food justice programs that empower youth to make a positive change in Upper Manhattan's food environment.
We invite you to our second workshop and salon. Explore with us the digital, physical and cultural infrastructure needed to facilitate social and economic cooperation at…
Through sensations of depth, sound, and movement, this uniquely collaborative experimental media work is an instrument to view the city, as it examines the iconic geopolitical landscape of Lower Manhattan in ways not previously experienced. New York City is revealed to be a panopticon of frenetic urban renewals culminating in postmodern hyperspace, geopolitical tragedy and the entropic effects of climate change.
Our rooftop greenhouses are closed to the public due to food safety restrictions, but each week we offer free tours from our observation deck outside our Gowanus greenhouse where you can learn more about sustainable urban agriculture and taste our products.
For the 25th anniversary of NYC's favorite winter tradition, enchanting model trains zip through a display of 150 landmarks, each re-created with bark, leaves, and other natural materials under the twinkling glow of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
Join Repair the World and Friends of Brower Park as they partner with the NYC Composting Project this November! Volunteers will help rake up Brower Park's fall leaves. The leaves will be used to fill their Leaf-Mold bins to replenish last years leaf-mold crop that is used to add a blanket of nutrients to Brower Parks plant and tree beds.
Help the New York City Department of Transportation design future streetscapes in the Rockaways and get updates on the Access to Opportunity transportation study. Food…
Join the Prospect Park Alliance to see the wonderful work of The Brooklyn Quilters' Guild. This year’s exhibit features the artist’s personal interpretations of “Flight”.…
Try your hand at creating your own holiday centerpiece! Participants will be introduced to tips and techniques used by pros, and take home their own centerpiece. Fee includes Garden admission.