Urban Green Space

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 […]

Learn how to grow oyster mushrooms at home! Join us as at the Solar One Environmental Education Center as we host the NYC Mushroom Network for a DIY cultivation workshop. Bring a big, clean reclaimed plastic/glass bottle with a lid (2 liter soda, gallon milk, anything food grade), and we'll provide everything else you need […]

Spring Chop & Drop Time to cut back all that grass! Sign up HERE. Help us get Stuy Cove Park ready for the growing season! Join fellow volunteers for Spring Chop & Drop as we cut back tall grasses and spent plant material to make way for fresh spring growth. This essential seasonal work helps return nutrients […]

Join us in our celebration of Earth Day through the City Nature Challenge in NYC! For those who are already part of or would like to join the iNaturalist community, join our Citizen Science Project: collect data on Stuy Cove Park flora and fauna. Upload what you've discovered on iNaturalist so we can identify various […]

Help us kick off the growing season at Stuy Cove Park by joining our Spring Herb Planter Roll Out and celebrating Earth Month with us! Volunteers will help transplant herb seedlings that have been carefully grown indoors at the Solar One Environmental Education Center into our raised garden beds. These herbs come from culinary traditions around […]

Boots, Roots, and River Boots! Join us at Stuy Cove Park for a hands-on volunteer day focused on restoring one of our waterside garden beds. Volunteers will help plant cordgrass, a hardy native grass well adapted to the challenging shoreline conditions along the East River. This particular bed sits right along the waterfront and is frequently […]

Join us for a waterfront festival celebration this Independence Weekend! On July 3rd, Solar One will be hosting the most unique event of the Summer! This year's independence weekend celebration will be extra special thanks to Sail250, a NYC river parade of Class B tall ships saluting our community for the 250th anniversary of our […]

Celebrate City of Water Day with Solar One at Stuy Cove Park along the East River! This free, family-friendly event for all ages invites participants to explore NYC’s urban ecology through hands-on activities in a newly revitalized, ADA-accessible waterfront park. Activities include water quality testing, introductory fishing, cyanotype art using East River seaweed, and “Beak ’n’ Bloom,” a nature activity focused on […]