Tune-Up Tuesdays
Turnip to volunteer! Volunteers will help care for our garden, maintain compost bins, weed, water, and harvest produce. No gardening experience needed - just show up in clothing you will...
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Wetland Wednesdays
Join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance for Wetland Wednesdays — a year-round opportunity to participate in hands-on conservation in one of NYC’s most dynamic and vital ecosystems. Each week, we take...
Trail Work Thursdays
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park. Whether you’re an experienced trailblazer or new to trail maintenance, your help will make a...
Springtime Shindig 2025
Cocktails • Lite Bites • Dessert • Music • Picturesque Setting • Raffle HONOREES Betty Campbell-Adams Park Angel Award: Herb Barret, Korean War Veteran & Memorial Grove Advocate Cultivating the...
Forest Fridays
Help protect and restore the forests of Van Cortlandt Park — one of NYC’s most ecologically significant green spaces. Spring is here, and the forest is waking up. Join our...
Super Seedlings
Due to the rainy forecast for 4/26, we are cancelling that session of Super Seedlings. Play and plant with your little one! Super Seedlings is a FREE, drop-in gardening program...
Woodlawn Wildflower Area Beautification
Join us for a special weekend edition of stewardship in the Woodlawn section of Van Cortlandt Park! Volunteers like you play a vital role in protecting this unique urban ecosystem...
Woodlawn Forest Restoration
Join us for a special weekend edition of stewardship in the Woodlawn section of Van Cortlandt Park! Volunteers like you play a vital role in protecting this unique urban ecosystem....
West African Dance Workshop with Live Drumming
Get up and dance to live West African Drumming with Yahaya Kamate and friends. West African dance energizes mind, body, and spirit and opens the heart to cultural connections. Fun for the whole family… parents and kids of all ages are welcome. Yahaya Kamate is a master drummer and a teaching artist with the Bronx...
Birding with NYC Bird Alliance
Explore Van Cortlandt Park's ecologically diverse grounds and celebrate a long tradition of birding in the park. We will look for various species of resident and migratory birds and discuss...
After Holiday Weekend Clean Ups
Join the Van Cortlandt Park staff in cleaning up the Park after holiday weekends. Help Van Cortlandt Park staff clean up trash after holidays this year: Tuesday, May 27th (after...
Spring Tea
Tea Culture & Arts and Bronx River Art Center are joining us for an afternoon nature hike, tea experiences, poetry and papermaking. RSVP Required (registration opens 5/16) Featuring: Nature Walk 2pm With Van Cortlandt Park Alliance staff Tea experiences from 2:30pm With Nizar Gartit for Moroccan Tea Garden herbal tastings and more Odes to Common...