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Most NYCWW 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.
BRONX
HUNTER ISLAND
Time: Friday, May 6, from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Meet in Pelham Bay Park at the northeast corner of the Orchard Beach parking lot (far left corner from entry booth). Parking is free this time of year.
Guide: David Kunstler, Wildlife Manager, Pelham Bay Park Administrator’s Office
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Description: Hunter Island in Pelham Bay Park is home to giant oak and tulip trees that may predate the American Revolution. It also supports one of the richest concentrations of native, rare plants in the city. There will be abundant spring wildflowers such as wood-betony (Pedicularis canadensis), early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) and emerging ferns and flowering dogwood trees (Cornus florida). We'll walk the Kazimiroff Trail to see these floristic displays.
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NATIVE FLORA OF NYBG
Time: Friday, May 13, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Meet at the Reflecting Pool in the Leon Levy Visitor Center, New York Botanical Garden
Guide: Native Plant Garden with Curator Jody Payne, Forest with Manager Jessica Arcate Schuler, Deanna Curtis, Curator of Woody Plants and Kristin Schleiter, Curator of Herbaceous Collections, NYBG
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Description: Be one of the first to have a sneak peak at the not-yet-open Native Plant Garden, 3.5 acres of a modern, four-season garden. Then walk through the 50 acre old-growth Forest, which has been protected since the founding of NYBG in 1895. Lastly, stroll through the new Azalea Garden to see a variety of these shrubs in bloom. Free with admission to the grounds.
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BROOKLYN
MARINE PARK
Time: Thursday, May 12, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Meet at the Salt Marsh Nature Center, Avenue U & East 33rd Street, Brooklyn
Guide: Kat Bounds, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
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Description: See this large scale ecological restoration project to return high quality tidal salt marsh, upland meadow, and upland forest. NYC Parks will be planting over 6 acres of upland restoration including seeding in native wildflowers and planting 10,000 native trees and 2,000 indigenous shrubs in April 2011.
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FOUR SPARROW MARSH
Time: Sunday, May 15, 11:30 – 1:00 pm
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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MANHATTAN
INWOOD HILL PARK
Time: Wednesday, May 11, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Location: Meet at the Inwood Hill Park Nature Center at 218 Street and Indian Road
Guide: Matthew Palmer, Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
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Description: The forests of Inwood Hill Park contain mature red oak and some of the largest tulip trees in the city. There is also a rich, moist valley between two rock ridges called The Clove. During the early spring, the valley is covered in wildflowers, which are able to thrive in the sun before the tree canopy leafs out. Some of these wildflowers include the city-rare downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria).
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WILDFLOWER MEADOW AT RANDALL’S ISLAND
Time: Tuesday, May 10, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Location: Meet at Icahn Stadium, Randall’s Island
Guide: Horticulturist, Randall’s Island Park
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Description: Tour the Native Wildflower Meadow at Hell Gate facing the Harlem River on Randall’s Island. Horticulture staff will discuss the process of creating the meadow which is currently being extended to 10,000 square feet. Visitors will see emerging native wildflowers such as wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria), big-leaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus), golden alexanders (Zizia aurea), and switch grass (Panicum virgatum).
Download the brochure for the walk.
Can’t make it? Listen to an audio tour of the wildflower meadows.
Directions
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QUEENS
FOREST PARK
Time: Sunday, May 15, 10:00 - 11:30am
Location: Meet at the Wallenberg Square which is located at the southwest corner of Park Lane South and Metropolitan Avenue in Kew Gardens, Queens.
Guide: Michael Feder, Torrey Botanical Society
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Description: Designed by Frederick Olmsted in the 1890s, Forest Park is the third largest park in Queens. We will get a last look at some fading spring ephemerals, visit some oddball plant populations, see a restoration site that was formerly a stand of the invasive Norway maple and find good representation from the parsley (Apiaceae) family. If you'd like to do some bird watching before or after the walk, bring binoculars. Forest Park is an excellent place to view migrating warblers. .
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STATEN ISLAND
FAMILY WILDFLOWER HIKE IN SI GREENBELT
Time: Saturday, May 14, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Meet at the Nevada Avenue parking lot of High Rock Park.
Guide: Jessica Kratz, Nature Center Coordinator, SI Greenbelt Conservancy
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Description: Walk among the wildflowers of High Rock Park! Join us as we explore the bright green forest of early May on a moderate length hike. In honor of NYC Wildflower Week, we will search for trillium (Trillium spp.), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), and others.
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