We are pleased to announce that Friends of Inwood Hill Park has been awarded a grant from the NYC Green Fund! This award will fund more of our work around the areas affected by the November 2024 wildfires.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a beautiful stroll around historic Inwood Hill Park as we celebrate the changing of the seasons! Learn about the ecology of a fall forest and the science of the changing colors.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a meditative autumnal walk throughout Manhattan’s only old growth forest. Explore the connection between nature and personal wellbeing.
Ethnobotany Hike. Join the Urban Park Rangers and discover local plants in Inwood Hill Park that were traditionally used to make medicine and how we may still use them today.
Sanakori (Taino Fun House, Shorakapok Earth Keepers, Mobile Indigenous Library, CyberBehike Podcast) will lead our Shorakapok Walk in Inwood Hill Park. This event will be conducted in English. Difficulty: Moderate. Accessibility: Not accessible to people using wheelchairs, walkers, canes or strollersNote: We will be exploring one of the oldest tracts of forest in NYC so make sure you're protected against sun exposure, ticks and mosquitoes by wearing closed-toed shoes, long sleeves, and using natural bug repellant
Join the Urban Park Rangers in on a mushroom exploration! We will lead a guided mushroom walk through Inwood Hill Park and help locate mushroom species and discuss their unique qualities! Come learn about our funky fungi kingdom and the mycelial connections that are integral to our ecosystems.
