Join NYC Parks & the Fort Tryon Park Trust for a fun and exciting movie for the season- The Addams Family (1991) PG-13. Wear your best costume for a chance to win a spook-tacular prize! The film focuses on a bizarre, macabre, aristocratic family who reconnect with what they believe to be a long-lost relative, […]
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and NYC Parks for some spring cleaning in Fort Tryon Park! Meet at the Broadway Greeting Garden at the Arden Street/Broadway entrance. Wear long pants, sturdy shoes, and get ready to improve the park's ecology by removing debris and helping site preparations. Tools and gloves will be provided but […]
Bugs aren't pests! Our planet needs them to thrive! Join artist Jessica Maffia to learn about the power of insects; and how they help the earth and the cycle of life; nourishing birds who help pollinate plants, which feed other animals and humans! Wear clothes you can create and get dirty in. Art Materials will […]
Join Paul Sadowski on an exploration hike of the forest of our sister park- Inwood Hill- to seek out mushrooms and learn their unique properties. Given the evanescent nature of fungi, it is difficult to know what species will be fruiting during the tour. Inwood Hill Park may be hiding fungi species not yet discovered! […]
Bring the kids and join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and NYC Parks for Bagels and Bulbs! Help our Friends Committee plant bulbs in Fort Tryon's Javits Playground! We'll be working in the Fort Washington Avenue perimeter beds; tilling the soil and planting a variety of bulbs to beautify our community's playground. Come spring, you […]
The community Halloween Parade is back ! We are happy to be providing support and the Harlem Hellfighters 2 Brass Band to lead us! Wear your best costume, meet us […]
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 […]
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and experts from the Alley Pond Environmental Center for this FREE nature program! What is an arthropod? What is the difference between an insect […]
Explore the northern reaches of the 103-acre forest of Highbridge Park. Check out the autumnal colors, and observe the diversity of trees and the geological formations and habitat for Northern […]
Join artist Jessica Maffia to develop masterpieces inspired by the flowers of the 3-acre Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park! Learn about the critical importance of native plants to our […]