Welcome! As we head into Autumn, and the leaves begin to shift into brilliant reds and golds, it’s the perfect moment to dive into the wonders and beauty of nature. Our FREE Arts and Science Fair offers a fun, educational, and rewarding experience for individuals and families. Every workshop, information booth, and activity is designed to be in harmony with REduce, REuse, REcycle, REthink & REimagine. Join us for a hands-on workshop on preserving food, have a soil sample tested for heavy metals, analyze soil, bugs, and plants under a microscope, and take part in fun arts and crafts activities.

The food preservation workshop is being facilitated by an aspiring and impressive high school senior who started the organization, Food4ThoughtProject. They are focused on implementing programming to promote collaboration, education, and resources for healthier food.

Bronx River Alliance is generously supporting this event for the community by providing FREE on-site soil testing for heavy metals and providing LED microscopes for analysis of soil, bugs, and plants.

Mandatory Curbside Composting is coming to Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island on October 6, 2024. We’ll provide you with essential details on what to expect, assist with ordering a FREE brown bin for your building, and provide practical tips on how to separate food scraps from regular trash to reduce landfill waste. We will provide decals that can be affixed to your containers, and have food scrap kitchen containers you can take home to help you compost.

Workshop:

12:00 pm — 2:00 pm — Make Your Groceries Go Further Workshop — You will learn ways to preserve food, including pickling them. You can take home what you make! This engaging, hands-on workshop will be facilitated by Food4Thought.

Ongoing Activities:

12:00 pm — 3:00 pm

FREE Soil Testing — City soils can sometimes carry toxic metals like lead. Learn how to test for heavy metals in soil and keep our community safe from contamination! Bring a sample from your garden or green space to learn the status of your soils. Learn how compost can be used to amend your soil. Hosted by Bronx River Alliance. Instructions on how to collect soil samples are here.

Citizen Scientists- Use LED microscopes to explore samples of bugs, soil, water, plant material, and MORE! Facilitated by Bronx River Alliance.

Arts & Crafts — We will have a variety of autumn-inspired arts and crafts: decorate fabric using a simple tie dye /eco printing method, decorate glass using pressed flowers, rock painting, and MORE. ** While Supplies Last*

Do the Rot Thing — Learn the basics of composting. We will offer practical ways in which “trash” can be viewed (REthink) as a resource that can be REused and REimagined. Mandatory curbside composting coming to Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island on October 6, 2024.

FREE Compost, Reusable Bags, Bone Meal & 1 Gallon Food Scrap Collection Containers.

While Supplies Last

Rainy Date Plan: In case of rain on Saturday, September 21, the event will be moved to Saturday, October 5, 2024. If rain occurs only in the morning, the event will proceed as scheduled. Sign up on Eventbrite to receive updates or email the organizer at [email protected].

Location: 437 E 114th St

Time: 12:00-3:00 pm EDT

Free!

Registration