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  • A group of trees with green leaves.

    Tree Identification Walk

    Put your ID skills to the test and have the opportunity to ask the experts! Think all trees look the same ? Think again! Join us for an in-person tree...

  • Two young men with loopers cutting plants in a wired bin.

    Tune-up Tuesdays

    Tune-up Tuesdays

    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...

  • A young child wearing blue gloves and digging in a raised garden bed.

    Super Seedlings

    Super Seedlings

    Join VCPA for tons of family-friendly garden fun! Let's grow together! Super Seedlings is a free, drop-in gardening program for kids ages 3-7 and their caregivers. Each Saturday session will...

  • A lime green background with colorful text about Woodlawn Family Fun Day with flags and trees.

    Family Fun Day

    Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, Women of Woodlawn and Woodlawn Taxpayers Association Present Woodlawn Family Fun Day featuring: Face Painting NYRR Mobile Van Urban Park Rangers Woodland Family Walks Nature Crafts Bocce...

  • Two men standing in the forest holding up handfuls of plants that they have removed.

    Sunday Stewardship

    Join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance for Sunday Stewardship — hands-on ecological restoration in Van Cortlandt Park. No experience necessary. Tools, gloves, and guidance provided. This will be City Nature Challenge...

  • A hand holding a book that says Unhired Hands and a photo of a man in a blue shirt over text about an event.

    Unhired Hands

    Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Van Cortlandt House Museum presents a poetry reading by poet and Bronx byproduct David Mills. Mills will read from Unhired Hands, his new poetry collection...

  • A photo of a woman dancing on grass with people on a bench playing instruments next to blue text that says Pinkster Festival over a pink background

    Pinkster Festival

    Hosted by Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, Van Cortlandt House Museum and Kingsbridge Historical Society. Celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Pinkster at this year’s Pinkster Festival hosted by the Van...

  • Yellow and orange flowers of a tuliptree among the branches and leaves.

    Van Cortlandt Nature Group Walk

    Take a slow walk in the park and learn about local flora and fauna with naturalist Debbi Dolan. Spring is off to a glorious beginning. Wildflowers are emerging, and the...

  • An image that looks like a painting off a man reading on a park bench under a tree and a field with soccer goals behind him.

    Springtime Shindig 2026

    Cocktails • Lite Bites • Dessert Music • Picturesque Setting • Raffle HONOREES Betty Campbell-Adams Award Christopher Rizzo of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, LLP Lyman Casey Spitzer, Attorney NYC Parks current and past leadership For facilitating VCPA’s license agreement with NYC Parks, recognizing Van Cortlandt Park Alliance as its official partner.  Cultivating the Bronx Award...

  • Yellow and orange flowers of a tuliptree among the branches and leaves.

    Van Cortlandt Nature Group

    Take a slow walk in the park and learn about local flora and fauna with naturalist Debbi Dolan. Spring is off to a glorious beginning. Wildflowers are emerging, and the...