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Volunteer with the NYC Parks Stewardship Team for City of Forest Day across New York City! Join us in celebrating our urban forest. Volunteers will help restore our local canopy and learn about all the benefits our city’s forest provides. Click here to sign up! Other upcoming stewardship events: 10/22 Read More »
Join us for a celebration of Estuary Day at Oakland Lake, 46th Avenue, and Cloverdale Blvd (meet at the ball field opposite the east end of the Lake). Sponsored by NE Queens Parks and supported by Friends of Alley Pond Park, this event is open to all (free). Queens Recreation Read More »
On June 5th, The Friends of Alley Pond Park hosted an event which involved the planting of a pollinator garden near the adventure course.
This was our first event of 2022! We hiked down to the Alley Giant, led by FOAPP member Woosung Park, and followed it up with our favorite activity – invasives removal! Wineberry and multiflora rose was removed along the Purple Trail, and 3 bags of litter was collected, as well Read More »
We spent a beautiful fall morning saving young trees by removing invasive vines that were choking them, blocking their light and siphoning off their nutrients.