Earth Day Festival (Fort Greene Park)

Celebrate Earth Day at Fort Greene Park! There’ll be various free, family-friendly activities and sustainable swaps for all ages.

Check below for a sample of what’s to come:

• Clothes Mending Workshop led by Joy Mao and Lorraine Lum. Joy and Lorraine will teach you how to repurpose worn-down clothing by using scraps for patching, embroidering, and hand-sewing.

• Plant Swap with donations from Greenery Unlimited. Expand your houseplant collection at the plant swap by trading plants, plantlets, and cuttings to take home and grow.

• Storytime in the Park led by Walt Whitman Library. Join Walt Whitman Library for a flower-themed craft and story time featuring “A Seed Grows” by Antoinette Portis.

• Bioblitz led by members of the Green Team. As a part of the City Nature Challenge, help us identify the myriad plants and animals that make up the biodiversity of Fort Greene Park.

• Make Music! with recycled instruments led by Brooklyn Music School. Try your hand at playing recycled mugs and more!

• Bandana Prints with the Urban Park Rangers. Stamp out your own designs on bandanas, with the rangers to guide you through this fun craft project.

• Earth Day Community Planting led this year by Green Team members. Help them complete the planting stage of their Green Infrastructure project which will further promote the park’s biodiversity! Register for the community planting session by signing up for April 27th’s Green Team Terrace Garden Build Day HERE.

• Seed Bombs Workshop led by members of the Green Team. Learn how to make seed bombs that can either be taken home or thrown in tree pits and empty lots across the city!

Stay tuned to our social media and future newsletters for Earth Day Festival updates!

Interested in volunteering at Earth Day Fest? We’ll need the help of a few enthusiastic volunteers to keep the environment-friendly activities and workshops running smoothly. Register here.