All Posts Under Nature

SciCafe: Amazing Anemones

American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park W, New York, NY, United States

Join Estefanía Rodríguez, associate curator in the Museum’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology, for an exciting underwater journey to meet sea anemones.

Free

MulchFest

Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!

Free

Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park

Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park Cabrini Boulevard & Ft Washington Ave, Manhattan, NY, United States

Come to Fort Tryon Park and try something new. Join us on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings for one hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises.

Free

Birding: Owls

Orchard Beach Nature Center Section 2 of Orchard Beach

Our parks are the perfect places to spot owls that live in New York City. The winter is the best time of the year to see owls because the trees are bare—making it easier to see them—and owls breed in the winter. Come have a look at some of the owls that call NYC's parks home !

Free

Make Your Mark

Roy Wilkins Recreation Center 177th Street and Baisley Boulevard, Queens, NY, United States

Please join us for a landscape painting workshop using watercolor, inks, and charcoal.

Free

February Mappy Hour NYC

Filson NYC, 40 Great Jones St., New York, NY, United States

Come learn about the trees in your neighborhood at highest risk for pests or disease, how to identify them, and how to spot signs of stress. Plus, Sierra Nevada brews for everyone!

$6.27

Family Discovery Weekends

Experiment, learn, and play together in the Discovery Garden. Hands-on stations throughout the garden’s meadow, woodland, and marsh habitats, and in the vegetable garden encourage…

Free – $12

Earth Day with Mud Coffee and Exit9 Gift Emporium

Mud Park 75 East 1st Street, New York, NY, United States

Prepare to get dirty! Mud Coffee is teaming up with Exit9 Gift Emporium and the NYC Compost Project hosted by LES Ecology Center to bring you an afternoon of Earth Day activities, for families with kids ages 4-10 !

Free

Living Water Explorations at Prospect Park

Prospect Park Grand Army Plaza Entrance, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Come join us for this all-age-friendly hands-on activity pond-dipping for snails, leeches and dragon fly nymphs !

Free

Make it Sweet!

High line 14th st 10th ave, Manhattan, NY, United States

Families create together on the High Line! In July, in conjunction with High Line Honey Day, we'll learn about bees, taste sweet plants, and more.

Free

Documentary Screening: 2.5% – The Osa Peninsula

Patagonia Soho 72 Greene St, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a private screening of 2.5% - The Osa Peninsula - winner of best documentary at the 2015 Santa Monica Independent Film Festival, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Eytan Elterman and Marco Bollinger.

Free

Queens Clean Up Crew Kick-Off Event

Kick off is at 10am in Astoria Park at 19th Street (between 23rd Ave and 22nd Drive). We invite ALL our neighbors to come out and volunteer to help clean up this beautiful community space! Hang out with your neighbors and enjoy.

Free