Our street trees are our most prominent nonhuman neighbors and they work hard all year long to defend us from the impacts of climate change. But who takes care of them and how? The answer is YOU CAN, and we'll show you how. Join Stuy Cove Park and Citizen Pruner Rachel Tenney on June 11th at 9am […]
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 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us for the Fall 2025 Community Ecology Reading Group, in partnership with NYC Parks GreenThumb! This media meetup is a non-traditional book club with an open-ended, collaborative twist. Here’s how it works: Bring a book, article, podcast, film, or any media related to this season’s theme—Death—along with a brief quote or snippet you’d like […]
oin 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. As the growing season winds down we'll come together to learn […]
Join us this Thursday, November 20th, in Astoria to experience the solar-powered carts built by and for students! In partnership with Variety Boys & Girls Club Queens and New York Climate Exchange , we're proud to co-host this showcase of renewable energy education that our young students were able to learn, master, build, and then pass on to […]
The plants are going to dormant for winter, so now we can make our moves – literally! Help Stuy Cove staff as we thin out and relocate certain species across the park, making and filling space in preparation for a healthy and verdant 2026. We'll plant our next batch of spring ephemerals, that with any […]
