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  • 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 have a fun theme to explore, nature crafts, planting, soil digging, and more! Come once, twice, or all four weeks for some playing and planting!...

  • A graphic with blue, grey and green background and a pink flyer with text about a panel discussion.

    Meet the Design Ideas Lab Teams

    Join us for a panel with the three teams selected from the Reimagining Design Ideas Competition to envision future memorial in the Bronx Reimagining the Enslaved African Burial Ground at Van Cortlandt Park is hosting a special panel conversation in partnership with Lehman College at CUNY, Campus Honors & Scholar Engagement. RSVP Now. Led by Van...

  • Family Fun Day

    Due to Saturday’s cold and rainy forecast, we are canceling Family Fun Day.  We hope to reschedule for the fall. Stay tuned for more details.  

  • 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...

  • A man in a green shirt and brown overalls using a shovel to dig into a trail

    Trail Work Thursdays

    Trail Work Thursdays

    Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park. Upcoming Activities Include: Clearing debris and overgrowth Ensuring trail safety and accessibility Maintenance on structures...

  • 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...