Sherman Creek Educational Tour. In preparation for City Nature Challenge (4/24-4/27), join NYC Parks staff on a hike around Sherman Creek to explore the diversity of spring wildflowers. Volunteers will learn how to identify these plants and how to make iNaturalist observations of any other signs of nature you find along the way.
Waking the Pollinator Garden Join the Urban Park Rangers in Inwood Hill Park as we prepare the nature center gardens for the spring planting season. Be prepared to get your hands dirty.
Urban Agriculture with New York Restoration Project at Sherman Creek Park. Learn the ins and outs of how to grow vegetables, flowers, culturally relevant crops, and more. Help us care for 20+ raised beds, a three-bin compost systems, and our famous mushroom farm.
2026 Earth Day Festival with Friends of Inwood Hill Park, an annual day of art, education, music, stewardship, celebrates community in Inwood Hill Park at 218th Street and Indian Road and will conclude with a jazz performance at the Inwood Hill Nature Center at 3:30 pm
Manhattan isn’t just a concrete jungle—and its history isn’t always what the textbooks tell you. To celebrate Arbor Day, join Natural Areas Conservancy and NYC’s Secrets & Lies for an Inwood Hill Park Field Trip Experience, a community event for history nerds and nature lovers alike.
Great Trees of Inwood Hill Park. Join the Urban Park Rangers on a walk-through Manhattan’s oldest growth forest! Learn about the benefits trees provide to our urban environment as we enjoy the shade and identify many of our native trees.
