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Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Friday, April 4, 2025
Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Category: Arts & Crafts, Birding, Nature, Art, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Tours, It's My Park, Seniors, Accessible Activities
Kids
Urban Forest Tree Bed Revitalization
at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join us in a hands-on experiment to plant native species in 10 tree beds and help make our city greener.
Category: Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Event
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Spring Garden Workday at Brooklyn's Finest Garden
at Brooklyn's Finest Garden, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Brooklyn's Finest Garden for a spring volunteer day! Volunteers will help clean up and build raised beds to get ready for the open garden season.
Category: Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
It's My Park at Juniper Valley Park
at Pullis Family Cemetery (in Juniper Valley Park), Queens
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
volunteer with Friends of Juniper Valley Park to beautify at Juniper Valley Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Westerleigh Park
at Westerleigh Park, Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Westerleigh Parks Coalition to rake leaves and clean debris around Westerleigh Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Wolfe's Pond Park
at Wolfe's Pond Park, Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Volunteer with The New York City Mountain Bike Association on the First Saturday of each month to, build, ride, and maintain trails at Wolfe's Pond Park in Staten Island.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Horse of Course
at Bandshell - Jackie Robinson Recreation Center (in Jackie Robinson Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Join NYC Parks Mounted Unit and meet a real horse officer at the Horse of Course program and discover the vital role of horses in city parks enforcement. Learn about how we care for the horses, where they live, and what they eat. All ages welcome!
Category: Nature, Wildlife
Free!
Event
It's My Park at Glenwood Landing
at Glenwood Landing Garden (in Glenwood Landing), Queens
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Westmoreland Association to steward Glenwood Landing.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at East River Esplanade
at East River Esplanade, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Alliance for Kips Bay to do a general clean up, watering and weeding at East River Esplanade.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Ewen Park
at Ewen Park Dog Run (in Ewen Park), Bronx
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Stewards of Ewen Park to do a general cleanup, remove invasive plants, and prepare the ground with mulch and compost at Ewen Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Baisley Pond Park
at Baisley Pond Park, Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC H2O to steward Baisley Pond Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Cross Country Course Volunteer Days
at VCPA Garden & Compost Site (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park.
Category: Nature, Fitness, Volunteer, It's My Park, Outdoor Fitness, Hiking, Wildlife, Walking
Free!
Volunteer With EQA: Turn an unsightly lot into a Botanical Garden
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park)
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
The Eastern Queens Alliance is looking for volunteers to help us turn an unsightly lot into a Botanical Garden.
Category: Nature, Gardening
Free!
It's My Park at Alley Pond Park
at 234th St and Northern Blvd, Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Alley Pond Park to steward Alley Pond Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Tappen Park
at Tappen Park, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Roc-A-Natural Cultural Foundation Inc to become a TappenTeer, by helping to clean and beautify Tappen Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Volunteer Workday at Floral Vineyard
at Floral Vineyard (in ), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
The garden will be hosting it's volunteer day along with the introduction of community programs which will include self sustainable agriculture methods, solar power, & its benefits.
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Earth Day Volunteer Day
at Clayton Williams Garden, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join Clayton Williams Community Garden for a volunteer workday to help with starting seeds, building raised beds, and spreading mulch.
Category: Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Event
It's My Park at Herbert Von King Park
at Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Herbert Von King Dog Run to beautify at Herbert Von King Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Category: Arts & Crafts, Birding, Nature, Art, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
Hotbox Community Build Day w/ The Brotherhood Sister Sol
at ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn more about The HotBox Composting system: a unique thermophilic food waste processing bin that is rodent-proof, super efficient, and takes minimal effort to manage.
Category: Education, Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
It's My Park at Marconi Park
at Athletic Field (in Marconi Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Abuela Neighborhood Maintenance to steward Marconi Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
CANCELED: Community Garden Work Day
at Myrtle Village Green Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join Myrtle Village Green for a celebration of EarthMonth! We’ll be having fun with garden projects like painting, building borders, and cleaning up.
Category: Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Volunteer Garden Workday at Fred McLeod Community Garden
at Fred McLeod Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join Fred McLeod Community Garden for a spring volunteer day! Volunteers will help collect weeds and debris and organize the tool shed.
Category: Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Nature Meditation Hike
at Suydam Street & Irving Avenue (in Maria Hernandez Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers in a guided nature meditation while learning how the four classical elements of air, water, earth, and fire exist in harmony inside all of us.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Event
It's My Park at Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center
at Rev. T Wendell Foster Park - Dolphin Fountain (in Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center ), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of 4 Parks Alliance, Inc. to do a general cleanup at Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Volunteer Open House
at Wave Hill, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join the Wave Hill family as a volunteer! Come explore the many ways you can contribute your time and talents to our engaging community at this special weekend Open House.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Volunteer Open House
at Wave Hill, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join the Wave Hill family as a volunteer! Come explore the many ways you can contribute your time and talents to our engaging community at this special weekend Open House.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Event
Volunteer Open House
at Wave Hill, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join the Wave Hill family as a volunteer! Come explore the many ways you can contribute your time and talents to our engaging community at this special weekend Open House.
Category: Volunteer
Free!
It's My Park at Astoria Sitting Area
12:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Triboro G to beautify at Astoria Sitting Area.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Seeding Change: Conserving the Ash Tree
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Van Cortlandt Park is home to one of the only known populations of Pumpkin Ash trees in NY State, a critically endangered tree species. Help by seeding the next generation of Ash trees.
Category: Volunteer, Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Event
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Tours, It's My Park, Seniors, Accessible Activities
Kids
It's My Park at McCarren Park
at McCarren Park, Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Volunteer with North Brooklyn Parks Alliance to beautify at McCarren Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Sunday, April 6, 2025
It's My Park at Marine Park
at Carmine Carro Community Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Volunteer with Marine Park Alliance to beautify Marine Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
GCC Stewardship: Trash Clean-up on the White Trail
at Willowbrook Park, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
To get to the entrance where we are meeting, go to the end of Shephard Avenue, off Rockland Ave., make a right, entrance is at the dead-end of Ashworth Ave. There is only street parking.
Category: Volunteer
Free!
Event
Urban Farm Volunteers
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
It's My Park at Brighton Playground
at Brighton Beach Playground (in Brighton Playground), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Asser Levy Park to beautify Brighton Playground with milkweed plantings.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Henry Hudson Park
at Henry Hudson Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Friends of Spuyten Duyvil to clean, rake, weed, compost, and mulch in Henry Hudson Park as we care for native plants & pollinator habitat.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Franz Sigel Park
at Franz Sigel Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of 4 Parks Alliance, Inc. for their monthly general cleanup at Franz Sigel Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Stuyvesant Square
at Stuyvesant Square, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Stuyvesant Park Gardeners to eneral clean up, mulching and raking at Stuyvesant Square (as weather allows).
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Spring Cleanup Volunteer Day
at Robert L. Clinkscales Playground and Community Garden, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Come meet the gardeners and lend a hand! Volunteers will assist with removing weeds, cleaning garden structures, and clearing the walkways for Senior members.
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Urban Farm Volunteers
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, STEM Classes, Gardening
Free!
It's My Park at Asser Levy Park
at Asser Levy Park Play Area (in Asser Levy Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Asser Levy Park to beautify the park with milkweed plantings.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Outdoor Skills: Shelter Building
at West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Shelter is one of the most important components of outdoor survival. Learn the essentials on how to build an outdoor shelter using foliage, branches and other natural materials.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Event
Discovery Hike: Disturbed Habitat and Invasive Plant Ecologies
at Fort Totten Park Visitors Center (in Fort Totten Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join Urban Park Rangers for useful tips on non-native plant ID and very rewarding non-native plant removal activities. Tools will be provided.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Wildlife
Free!
Event
Bug Buddies!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Calling all bug enthusiasts for a monthly Bug Buddies program with our STEM Coordinator and resident bug expert, Keith McManus!
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids, Talks, Wildlife, STEM Classes
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Volunteer Workday at Krystal Community Garden
at Krystal Community Garden
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Come meet and lend a hand to Krystal Community Garden! Volunteers will assist with repairing raised garden beds and install temporary greenhouse covers for seed starting.
Category: Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Volunteer Open House
at Wave Hill, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join the Wave Hill family as a volunteer! Come explore the many ways you can contribute your time and talents to our engaging community at this special weekend Open House.
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Event
Public Garden Highlights Walk
at Wave Hill, Bronx , Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens every Sunday. Each walk varies with the Guide leading it.
Category: Education, Nature, Tours, Wildlife, Walking
Free!
Spring Cherry Blossoms Hike
at Entrance - East 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue (in Central Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a super hike of all the best cherry trees in Central Park, from Pilgrim to Cherry Hill to the Great Hill and the Reservoir!
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Earth Day & Arbor Day
Free!
Event
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