Fort Tryon Park Conservancy

Winter Tree Online Workshop
2022-02-06 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
RSVP HERE for a virtual tree tour of Fort Tryon Park with author, naturalist, and teacher, Leslie Day!
You will receive the Zoom link details in a confirmation email.

Tour: Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted in the Heather Garden
2022-06-26 14:00 - 15:00
Join Public Garden designer Ronda M. Brands for a tour of Fort Tryon Park’s world-class Heather Garden, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted’s sons in 1933 to be a key feature in this 67-acre Scenic Landmark park. Learn about the Olmsted vision for the garden, its decline following the City’s fiscal crisis, the birth of the Fort Tryon Park Trust, and the Framework Plan developed by Brands and Lynden B. Miller that helped make it the destination it is today.
To enrich your tour, please read about the Heather Garden Framework Plan HERE.

Winter Interest Heather Garden Tour with Ronda M. Brands
2022-12-18 13:00 - 14:30
Bundle up and join Public Garden Designer Ronda M. Brands for a winter walk through the 3-acre Heather Garden and learn about the plant selections made to ensure the garden would delight visitors even in the cold winter months. Learn about the multitude of conifers, seedpods, barks, and berries that add to the color, contrasts, and textures of our year-round garden and how you can use our Plant Finder to identify them.
Hot chocolate will be available!
This program is brought to you by the Greenacre Foundation.

Autumn Highlights Tour of the Heather Garden
2023-11-05 13:00 - 14:30
Join public garden designer Ronda M. Brands for a behind-the-scenes look at the particular design emphasis on the Heather Garden’s autumn assets, and the plant selections made to ensure a remarkable blend of fall colors throughout the three-acre site with its 600+ varieties of plants, trees, and shrubs.

Brands and colleague Lynden Miller have served as garden consultants to the Fort Tryon Park Trust since 2009. Learn how they worked with the park’s gardeners and the Olmsted Brother’s original 1935 plant list to strengthen and rejuvenate the Heather Garden to make it a destination with horticultural interest in every season. Their Framework Plan also equipped the Fort Tryon Park Trust and NYC Parks gardeners to best sustain the garden for future generations!
This program is made possible in part by the Greenacre Foundation.

Public Art Tour of Fort Tryon Park
2024-02-24 14:00 - 15:00
Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Fort Tryon Park (meet near pictured sculpture (“UDD” by Wolf) at the northern end of the Cloisters Lawn), Manhattan
Celebrate Art in the Parks! Creator MJ Levy Dickson leads a free public art walking tour. Fort Tryon Park’s newest installation, Appearances, operates with the goal of bringing awareness to the majesty and fragility of our environment. Artists featured in this exhibition include Elizabeth Akamatsu, Katharina Chichester, MJ Levy Dickson, Rosy Keyser, Dorothy Palanza, Billy Sherry, and Wolf.
This event is FREE and open to the public. No raindate.
For accessibility information, please email accessibility@parks.nyc.gov or call (212) 360-1430.

Public Art Walking Tour of Fort Tryon
2024-03-23 14:00 - 15:00
Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Fort Tryon Park (meet near pictured sculpture (“UDD” by Wolf) at the northern end of the Cloisters Lawn), Manhattan
Celebrate Art in the Parks! Creator MJ Levy Dickson leads a free public art walking tour. Fort Tryon Park’s newest installation, Appearances, operates with the goal of bringing awareness to the majesty and fragility of our environment. Artists featured in this exhibition include Elizabeth Akamatsu, Katharina Chichester, MJ Levy Dickson, Rosy Keyser, Dorothy Palanza, Billy Sherry, and Wolf.
This event is FREE and open to the public. No raindate.
For accessibility information, please email accessibility@parks.nyc.gov or call (212) 360-1430.

Public Art Walking Tour
2024-04-20 14:00 - 15:00
Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Fort Tryon Park (meet near pictured sculpture (“UDD” by Wolf) at the northern end of the Cloisters Lawn), Manhattan
Celebrate Art in the Parks! Creator MJ Levy Dickson leads a free public art walking tour. Fort Tryon Park’s newest installation, Appearances, operates with the goal of bringing awareness to the majesty and fragility of our environment. Artists featured in this exhibition include Elizabeth Akamatsu, Katharina Chichester, MJ Levy Dickson, Rosy Keyser, Dorothy Palanza, Billy Sherry, and Wolf.
This event is FREE and open to the public. No raindate.
