Programs
Volunteer Landscaping @ Freshkills Studio + Gallery
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance and NYC Parks for a volunteer day at our Studio + Gallery off the New Springville Greenway and discover ways to support our open and natural areas! Ages 18+
We will work together to remove invasive species and debris, spread new soil, light pruning and more!
...MORECity Nature Challenge Biodiversity Walk
Lace up your shoes for a nature walk at Freshkills Park! Freshkills Park staff will take you behind the scenes to visit areas that are currently closed to the public. On this one-mile walk, you’ll learn about the different plants and animals found in the woods, wetlands, and grasslands at Freshkills Park.
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Kayak along Freshkills Park’s waterways! This two mile round-trip paddle is a chance to explore the creeks and shorelines of Freshkills Park and experience the wildlife while the site is closed to the public. We know this program fills quickly and wish we could offer it more frequently.
...MOREFamily Nature Walk at Freshkills Park
Lace up your shoes for a nature walk at Freshkills Park! Freshkills Park staff will take you behind the scenes to visit areas that are currently closed to the public. On this one-mile walk, you’ll learn about the different plants and animals found in the woods, wetlands, and grasslands at Freshkills Park.
...MOREKayak Tour at Freshkills Park
Kayak along Freshkills Park’s waterways! This two mile round-trip paddle is a chance to explore the creeks and shorelines of Freshkills Park and experience the wildlife while the site is closed to the public. We know this program fills quickly and wish we could offer it more frequently.
...MOREFreshkills Park Alliance Earth Day Festival
Join us outdoors for our first annual Earth Day Festival marking the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day. Freshkills Park is an extraordinary 2,200 acre urban park that is a model for sustainable land reclamation, a source of pride for Staten Island and New York City, and an investment of open space for generations to come.
...MOREPollinator BioBlitz & Volunteer Landscaping at Schmul Park
Participate in the City Nature Challenge, and join Freshkills Park and United Activities Unlimited at Schmul Park. Help support citizen science and and support the local pollinators.
Volunteers will spend some time observing and reporting the pollinators and flora found at Schmul Park.
...MOREPhragmites Friday
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance on April 8th for a Stewardship Project harvesting phragmites to make room for native species. The phragmites will be used to support an art installation at Old Richmond Town. Learn how to identify the native and invasive plants while helping to understand the landscape!
...MOREVolunteer Landscaping @ Freshkills Studio + Gallery
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance and NYC Parks for a volunteer day at our Studio + Gallery off the New Springville Greenway and discover ways to support our open and natural areas. ! Ages 18+
We will work together to remove invasive species and debris, spread new soil, light pruning and more!
...MORESpring Cleaning @ Schmul Park
Invasive weeds are invading Freshkills Park. Join the Freshkills Park Alliance and NYC Parks Department for a volunteer day at Schmul Park and discover ways to get creative in our green spaces and support the bees! Ages 12+
We will work together to remove invasive species and litter, learn how to establish complex pollinator ecosystems, and highlight all the ways pollinators support our parks and our planet!
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Upcycling Winter Decorations Workshop
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance and NYC Parks Department for an all-ages upcycling winter decoration workshop at our Studio + Gallery on December 18th.
Decorations that end up in a landfill, never to biodegrade isn’t jolly or merry. Did you know you can bypass the waste and enjoy the holidays through upcycling?
...MORESmartphone Photography Tour
Join Photographer-in-Residence Jade Doskow for a special photography tour for smartphone users! This guided tour is an opportunity to see and capture the unique engineered landscape while using technology right from your own pocket. Learn from Jade how to optimize your cell phone’s features and consider lighting, framing, depth, and perspective to shoot spectacular open landscapes!
...MOREPainting Project & Bird Box Restoration @ Freshkills Park
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance for a Painting Project at our Visitor Center. Together we will work to remove old paint from the stairs before applying a fresh new coat of Blue. In addition we will be restoring a few birdhouses to hang around our Visitor center to attract Swallows in the Spring.
...MOREThe Garbage We Inherit / The Garbage We Create: A Poetry Workshop, 10/15/21
Join poets Jenny Pisani and Thomas Fucaloro at the Freshkills Park Studio + Gallery for a special poetry workshop that will take poets (18+) of all levels of experience through the generative and creative process of writing a poem. Following the layers of a landfill cap, poets will work step by step to reflect and deconstruct their process and create a poem that explores the emotional garbage we inherit, hold onto, let go of, and transform into something intentional.
...MORENot-so-Spooky Daffodil Planting @ Freshkills Park Visitor Center
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance for a not-so-spooky clean up at our Visitor center. Help us lay our garden beds to rest by removing invasive species and planting Daffodil bulbs for the Daffodil project at our visitor center. NY4P’s Daffodil Project is the largest volunteer effort in NYC history and living memorial in remembrance of the victims of 9/11.
...MOREWetland Cleanup & Costumed Kayak Tour 10/29/21
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance for a wetland clean up at our Kayak Launch site. Following the clean up volunteers will have the opportunity to Kayak along Freshkills Park’s waterways! This two mile round-trip paddle is a chance to explore the creeks and shorelines of Freshkills Park and experience the wildlife while the site is closed to the public.
...MORESustain-a-ween & Volunteer Landscaping @ Schmul Park 10/16/21
Join the Freshkills Park Alliance and NYC Parks Department for a Sustain-a-ween workshop and volunteer day at Schmul Park on October 16th.
Decorations that end up in a landfill, never to biodegrade is scary. Did you know you can bypass the waste and enjoy Halloween through upcycling?
...MOREAIANY Industrial Waterfront Tour with Classic Harbor Line
The following tour information is provided by Classic Harbor Line:
Key Points about this Tour:
- 3.25 hrs
- $86 per person
- Co-hosted by the AIANY & leadership from Freshkills Park
- Travels through industrial waterways into Freshkills to see the development of what will be a city park 3 times the size of Central Park!
Kayak Tour 10/9/21 @ 9:30 AM
Kayak along Freshkills Park’s waterways! This two mile round-trip paddle is a chance to explore the creeks and shorelines of Freshkills Park and experience the wildlife while the site is closed to the public. We know this program fills quickly and wish we could offer it more frequently.
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