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Events
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Tune-Up Tuesdays – Garden Volunteer Days
Turnip to volunteer and help us take care of our Learning Garden! Volunteers will help care for our garden, maintain compost bins, weed, water, and harvest produce. No gardening experience...
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Wetland Wednesdays
Hands-on restoration in the park's wetlands and floodplain. What we do shifts with the season — check the individual date before you sign up. By season: water chestnut removal on...
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Youth Run Farm Stand
We are very excited to bring our Youth Run Farmstand featuring fresh local produce at affordable prices back! Wednesdays 2-7pm from July 8 to October 28 Train Park (Gale Place and Orloff Avenue) We accept WIC, FMNP Checks, EBT, Snap, Fresh Connect Checks, Cash and Credit/Debit.
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Trail Work Thursdays
Help Maintain the Trails that Keep the Park Connected Be part of the community crew that cares for Van Cortlandt Park’s trails! Whether you’re a seasoned trailblazer or trying trail...
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Forest Fridays
Join us for forest restoration work at a new work location. Your work opens the forest floor for native wildflowers, oak seedlings, and the understory waiting underneath. When: Fridays, 9:00...
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Super Seedlings – Family Gardening Fun
This October, you're invited to the VCPA Learning Garden for FREE family garden fun! Super Seedlings is a FREE, drop-in gardening program for kids ages 2-7 and their caregivers. Each session will have a fun seasonal theme to explore, crafts, plants to water, veggies to harvest, soil to dig into, and more! Come once, twice, or all three weeks for some playing and planting! We hope to see you there! 📅 Dates: Saturday, October 10th* Saturday, October 17th Saturday, October 24th 🎃 🕐 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM 📍 Location: VCPA Learning Garden Enter through the park entrance off...
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REIMAGINING: Fall Get-Together
Join us for an afternoon of creativity and reflection as we gather at the Enslaved African Burial Ground in Van Cortlandt Park. The event will begin with a moving live performance by musician Juan Usera and The Sambuco Tribe, setting the tone and making space for remembrance and renewal. Following the music, Bronx-based artist Tijay Mohammed will lead an interactive chalk art project aptly named “Message to my Ancestors,” transforming the pathway into a vibrant canvas that honors history and sparks imagination for the future. Local artists will work alongside Tijay Mohammed, including Adrian Bermeo, Adrienne George, Dario Mohr, Musah...
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Paper making with Michele Brody
Join a local artist as they work to highlight the Van Cortlandt forest through casting falling trees using homemade paper. Work with a local artist as she makes paper and casts fallen trees for an upcoming exhibit. Join a local artist as they work to highlight the Van Cortlandt forest through casting falling trees using homemade paper. Work with local artist Michele Brody in collaboration with VCPA to create paper casts of fallen trees in Van Cortlandt Park. VCPA is collaborating with Bronx Artist Michele Brody to produce an immersive installation that will reanimate fallen Park trees through cast handmade-paper...
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Birding with NYC Bird Alliance
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and NYC Bird Alliance invite you to join us during 4 weekend mornings of birding in the park this fall. 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 a wide range of avian topics. Each walk will be led by a NYC Bird Alliance guide. Advance registration is required. You must register separately for each date you would like to attend. Birding sessions meet at 9am on the following dates: Sunday, September 20 Sunday,...
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Halloween: Wags to Witches
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, Van Cortlandt House Museum, and the Urban Park Rangers invite you to a FREE afternoon of family and doggy fun. Get ready for creepy crafts, face painting, spine-chilling stories with LINC and more! The event will be held on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum. Join us at 3pm for our Fourth Annual Canine Costume Contest. The Canine Costume Contest starts at 3:00 pm sharp! Register your pup day-of between 2pm and 2:45pm, or pre-register. Visit our Canine Costume Contest Eventbrite for more details and to pre-register. Join the Urban Park Rangers for Nocturnal...
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Memorial Grove Volunteer Clean Up Event
Join VCPA and Bronx Community Board 8 in honoring our veterans by cleaning up Memorial Grove in Van Cortlandt Park. Help us get Memorial Grove ready for the Annual Veterans Day Ceremony in Van Cortlandt Park. Volunteer Tasks: Raking Leaves: Gather and rake leaves to keep the grove tidy. Picking Up Sticks: Collect sticks and...