Join us for a guided tour at the Ridgefield Park Nature Preserve! Bring your camera, binoculars and outdoor boots. Family-friendly event!Attendees should gather at the nature preserve's parking lot by 9:00AM. An expert guide will be present from the Ridgefield Park Environmental Commission. This is an all ages event!The nature preserve's grand opening is on…

Join us for our annual Earth Day Celebration from April 15-22, 2023, for a week of events on the theme of restoring our planet.

Join us in the gardens as you and your family explore and learn about the outdoor world through crafts, scavenger hunts, activity sheets and displays. Each program will focus on a specific theme, and our Van Vleck Education team will guide your family through this interactive learning experience. Registration is required and includes everything you…

Let's celebrate spring together on Earth Day!It’s a Spring Fling!We’re marking the official opening of the new Gates Avenue Plaza (Gates and Vanderbilt Avenues) with a Saturday soireé packed with music, food, and fun! Bring your families out to enjoy fantastic hands-on activities and interactions with local organizations like Brooklyn Public Library, Street Lab, Recycle…

Yay, it’s EARTH DAY! Bring your family, friends, and neighbors to our annual outdoor festival honoring beautiful planet EARTH, the sustainer of all life! On this special day, the Essex County Environmental Center will make extra efforts to share its wonder and appreciation of the natural world with patrons, partners, and friends. Enjoy a day…

Earth Day is every day at Queens Farm!

RIPA’s Earth Day Festival ushers in the warmer months, celebrates care for the earth we all share, and gives visitors the opportunity to appreciate the park’s spring beauty. We’re excited to showcase the seasonal blooms, especially the cherry blossoms. Activities will include: Reading with Boogie Down Books Face painting with Sheila Jordan Art & Entertainment…

Join us for a guided tour to celebrate spring, the Earth, and all things in bloom! An expert horticulturist will lead a guided tour of what’s blossoming around the Urban Farm and in the Cottage Garden across the street, featuring interesting fun facts, and more. The Randall’s Island Park Alliance maintains a variety of planted…

Celebrate Earth Day in Van Cortlandt Park with various nature activities.Join us at this FREE event to celebrate Earth Day. Activities include:Garden ActivitiesNature Crafts Music & Dancing with Edwin Ferreras & Company NYC Parks’ Urban Park RangersMeet the Horses! Event will be held on the Stables Lawn and inside VCPA's Garden & Compost Site in…

Are you curious about how the small Farm Team manages the one-acre Urban Farm and educates the community? Tour the area with our Farm Educators to discover many of the 200 varieties of fruits and veggies grown each year and to learn how the Urban Farm functions. Celebrate how plants bring us together as a…