Gardening for Veterans is a program that looks to build and foster community for veterans and their families. Come to: Connect with other veterans Help create a healthy ecosystem Build a supportive community Email us to register.
Solar One x Holes In The Wall Collective Join us for a Ferry tour with plant stewards and urban ecologists Journei Bimwala, Candace Thompson, and Liz Paredes in conversation with environmental journalist Yessenia Funes. We'll start at Stuy Cove park for a pollinator count workshop and little tour. From there, we'll jump on the ferry […]
Join us in September as we continue fostering connections with land and community with veterans and their families.
Join us for a Thursday evening fishing clinic on the East River Estuary, held in collaboration with our friends from LES Ecology Center. We'll try our hand at catch and release, discuss and attempt to identify the various fish species we see, and watch as the shorebirds outfish us all :) All abilities, and skill […]
Our street trees do so much: cool our homes, clean the air, mitigate storm water, provide habitat for wildlife...but did you know they can, at times, provide food and medicine for us as well? During this urban canopy foraging walk we'll learn the history and culinary uses of some of our most common street trees. […]
It's time to put the park to bed for the winter, and you can help!
The Community Ecology Reading Group has been meeting for over a year, exploring trees, wildlife, waterways and more, and compiling a reading list on community ecology. In this meet-up, we'll make community ecology zines with the texts and images that have inspired us the most, on the theme of Fire. Share your favorite excerpts with […]
Come get up close & personal with the finned friends of the East River Estuary! Thanks to our ongoing collaboration with Lower East Side Ecology Center, we are once again offering barb-free fishing clinics this fall! Thursday September 4th, with 1 hour slots 5:30PM - 6:30PM and 6:30PM - 7:30PM Please arrive at your designated […]
Join us for a morning of connecting to land and one another at Stuyvesant Cove, a waterside native plant park just a few blocks down the street from the Manhattan VA. This event is for Women Veterans and their families-- regardless of discharge status-- and we'll harvest and learn about the edible and medicinal plants […]
On September 21st, Solar One is supporting the global Sun Day movement, organized by the environmental author Bill McKibben in collaboration with his organization Third Act. This will take place at the Friend's Meeting House and spill into Stuyvesant Square Park where we will offer panel discussions, family friendly activities, and immediate ways we can […]
Come get up close & personal with the finned friends of the East River Estuary! Thanks to our ongoing collaboration with Lower East Side Ecology Center, we are once again offering barb-free fishing clinics this fall! Thursday October 2nd, with 1 hour slots 5PM - 6PM and 6PM - 7PM Please arrive at your designated […]
Our new Environmental Education Center is finally open, and we are ready to start making moves on our new food forest education garden! Join Stuy Cove Park staff for a morning of stewardship as we talk, think, build, and welcome some new edible species into the space. We'll get our hands in the soil and […]
