Inwood Hill Park: Planting the Native Garden
Join Urban Park Rangers as we design and plant our Lenape teaching garden in its new location. Learn about the 4 crops that the Lenape people planted for the summer and help us get them into the ground.
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Inwood Hill Park: Prehistoric New York
Take a trip back in time with the Urban Park Rangers as we hike through Inwood Hill Park discussing the lay of the land in prehistoric times. Learn more about which prehistoric species may have been found in this area during different time periods.
Location: Seaman Avenue and Isham Street in Inwood Hill Park
Registration not required.
Inwood Hill Park: Monthly Nature Exploration Hike
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a monthly hike exploring Inwood Hill Park. The hike will begin at the Inwood Hill Nature Center. This month’s hike will be highlighting re-introduced species in Inwood Hill Park.
Location: West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park
Registration not required.
Inwood Hill Park Nature Center: Nature Book Club
Inwood Hill Park Nature Book Club
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a monthly discussion of a nature-themed book. This month’s book will be Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine. Please have the book read before the meeting!
Registration not required. Program will be at Nature Center.
West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park
Inwood Hill Park: City Nature Challenge: Spring Ephemerals Walk
For the City Nature Challenge, join NYC Parks staff on a hike around Inwood Hill Park to explore the diversity of spring wildflowers. Volunteers will learn how to identify these plants and learn how to make iNaturalist observations of any other signs of nature you find along the way. Please bring water and a snack as well as your smartphone or camera! We will stay on trails and the hike will not be strenuous, but we will be walking for about an hour and a half, so please dress appropriately. If you do not know how to use iNaturalist, arrive 15 minutes early and we will show you how!
Location: Payson Playground, 285-287 Dyckman St
Registration is required — Register Online