Jane's Walk A Meadow Grows in Brooklyn: The Naval Cemetery Landscape Jane’s Walk is an annual global festival held the first weekend in May.Brooklyn Greenway Initiative built and maintains the Naval Cemetery Landscape on the site of the former Naval Hospital Cemetery at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a place for retreat and remembrance while […]
Organized by Field Meridians Nature School. Registration required. Harvest and cook with mugwort! Mugwort is for dreaming. This rhizomatic, perennial is a persistent and common “weed” found across North America. Called the "mother of herbs," it is also used across different cultures for medicinal, spiritual and culinary purposes. Join us for a mugwort harvest and […]
A free, family bike & scooter ride along the Brooklyn Greenway from Owl's Head Park to the Verrazzano Bridge!Join us for a free, family-friendly, 2.5-mile bike & scooter ride along the Brooklyn Greenway from Owl's Head Park to the Verrazzano Bridge!Meet on the Greenway at the northeast entrance to Owl's Head Park (Wakeman Place and […]
Join Brooklyn Bird Club and BGI gardeners for a walk covering birds & insects at the native meadow at the Naval Cemetery Landscape.Leaders: Matthew Wills, naturalist (BBC) and Eric Thompson, gardener and naturalist (BGI)Focus: Explore this native pollinator meadow and memorial landscape. The walk will focus primarily on insects and late migrating birds.This event will […]
Join Sarah Kornbluth from the American Museum of Natural History on an exploration of our urban meadow's native bee species.Learn about how our meadow supports native bee species and get tips on how to identify native bees!R ain date will be Sunday, June 2 @ 10:30 AM