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Urban Farm Tour

Governors Island

Dis­cov­er a world of bees, com­post, and organ­ic gar­den­ing right in New York City! Join the Bee Con­ser­van­cy, Earth Mat­ter NY, and GrowNYC for a tour of the Urban Farm on Gov­er­nors Island, and learn about each orga­ni­za­tion’s work.

Free

New York Har­bor Oys­ter Clas­sic 5K

Governors Island

Don’t miss the 6th Annu­al New York Har­bor Oys­ter Clas­sic 5K! This race around Gov­er­nors Island ben­e­fits the Urban Assem­bly New York Har­bor School (locat­ed on Gov­er­nors Island) and its pro­grams work­ing to restore the waters of New York Har­bor, and train­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of pilots, divers, engi­neers, marine tech­ni­cians, cli­mate change spe­cial­ists and […]

Cyanotype Workshop

Governors Island

This work­shop series will teach basic cyan­otype print­ing on paper and fab­ric, fea­tur­ing plants and nat­ur­al pig­ments cul­ti­vat­ed at Earth Mat­ter Soil Start Farms’ Her­itage Beds.

Free

Nature Walk

Governors Island

Guid­ed tour to dis­cov­er and con­nect with the wildlife that calls this place home. Led by the Gov­er­nors Island Nature pro­gram along with CCNY Insect Ecol­o­gy Pro­fes­sor Amy Berkov, these month­ly tours will take par­tic­i­pants on a jour­ney through the young urban for­est of Ham­mock Grove and the immer­sive spaces at Out­look Hill and Dis­cov­ery […]

Free