Most of these events are free and open to the public. Space is limited for certain events, so advance registration is encouraged.
For a chance to see more plants up close and personal through October, check out Torrey Botanical Society’s field schedule.
JUNE
Botanical Tour of Inwood Hill Park
Time: Saturday, June 18, 12 – 2 pm
Location: Meet at the Inwood Hill Park Nature Center at 218 Street and Indian Road, Manhattan
Guide: Marielle Anzelone, botanist & Executive Director of NYC Wildflower Week
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Description: At the northern most tip of Manhattan, Inwood Hill Park contains the only old-growth forest left in the borough. We will be touring the rich, moist valley between two rock ridges called The Clove and see wildflowers and some of the largest trees in the city and the island's only remaining salt marsh. We will discuss the city's ecosystems and natural history and hone our plant identification skills.
Pollinator Week in the Union Square Native Plant Garden
Time: Sunday, June 19, time to be announced
Location: Native Plant Garden, 15th Street and Union Square West, Union Square Park, Manhattan
Guide: Marielle Anzelone, botanist & Executive Director of NYC Wildflower Week
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Description: In honor of National Pollinator Week, visit the native plant garden in Union Square Park! We will tour the nearly 200 species of plants that are native to the NYC region, review some plant identifications and discuss the importance of native plants for pollinators. We will also identify some of the garden’s winged visitors and review tips for creating an insect-friendly sustainable garden.
SPN Panel: Biodiversity in the City - The Case for Urban Nature
Time: Tuesday, June 21, 6 – 8 pm
Location: The New School 65 West 11th Street Wollman Hall (5th Fl.), Manhattan
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Description: Did you know that there is nature in New York City? The five boroughs are rich with forests, marshes, and meadows - more nature than any other city in North America. Yet these natural resources are threatened by habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation - the same factors that threaten biodiversity everywhere. In fact, about one-third of the native flora and fauna in the United States faces extinction. In our urbanized world, the idea of cities as "concrete jungles" is inaccurate and only further alienates people from the natural world. Conserving and maintaining the ecosystems on which cities depend is essential to the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of their citizens.
This panel will discuss the status of urban ecology in regional policies and national trends and especially the newly revised PlaNYC which mentions biodiversity and natural systems for the first time. The panel will examine how cities can develop comprehensive, collaborative, and proactive strategies for biodiversity conservation, management and restoration through government policies, public education, grassroots initiatives, business strategies and living systems design.
Moderator: Marielle Anzelone, Conservation Biologist & Executive Director, NYC Wildflower Week
Panelists: - The following are invited to participate - Marcia Bystryn,
Executive Director, New York League of Conservation Voters; Chris Garvin,
Partner, Terrapin Bright Green & Senior Associate, Cook+Fox Architects; P.
Timon McPhearson, Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School;
Samara Swanston, Pratt Institute Graduate School of Urban Planning and
Hunter College Graduate School for Urban Affairs and Urban Planning
Botanical Tour of Four Sparrow Marsh
Time: Sunday, June 26, 10 – 11:30 am
Location: Meet at the parking lot of the Toys R Us, 2875 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
Guide: Matthew Wills, Naturalist and Blogger
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Description: Four Sparrow Marsh in Mill Basin, Brooklyn is one of the last remaining salt marshes on the north shore of Jamaica Bay. The marsh provides critical filtration services for the bay and is habitat for numerous nesting and migratory bird species. Consisting of mudflat, salt marsh, upland meadow, and a sprinkling of deciduous trees, the Four Sparrow landscape hosts a mixture of native and invasive plant species. The marsh’s meadow is currently the site of a proposed retail center which threatens to degrade if not destroy this nearly unique corner of the city.
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JULY
Forthcoming – check back soon!
AUGUST
Botanical Tour of Oakwood Beach
Time: Saturday, August 20, 10 – 11:30 am
Location: Meet at the end of Kissam Avenue. Parking is limited. More parking available along Old Mill Road and Guyon Avenue.
Guide: Tim Chambers, NYC Parks & Recreation
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Description: Come see interesting, remnant maritime plants. These coastal communities are very rare in New York City. We will see dune grasses, asters, goldenrods and Eastern prickly pear, the only cactus native to the eastern U.S. and a NYC rarity.
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