Wonderful World of Plants — Nature Awareness Walk
Welcome! The New York City EcoFlora Project is hosting a nature walk in order to document, identify, share, and enjoy the plants and organisms that grow spontaneously in NYC.
Come join us for a fun day outside as we bring awareness to the wildlife in New York City by using sidewalk chalk! You will be provided chalk to write the names of the plants we see, cool facts, stories, drawings, and more! The walk will begin at WNYC Transmitter Park at the entrance at Kent St. and walk 0.7 miles south to Bushwick Inlet Park. It is wheelchair accessible.
We are aiming to bring awareness to the identities and values of the plants that grow freely in New York City. Every observation made on this walk adds to our observations on iNaturalist, which helps us to learn more about the communities of organisms that co-inhabit the city.
If you are interested in in the names, stories, properties, and qualities of the plants that grow in the city, or want to create a community with people who do, come to join us!
A little about the New York City EcoFlora Project:
The New York City EcoFlora is a community science project led by the New York Botanical Garden to document and conserve the biodiversity of New York City. The project has three main goals: to investigate urban ecosystems and urbanization; to support open source biodiversity data, and to increase understanding and appreciation of plant life. To date, nearly 25,000 observers have made over 750,000 observations of plants and their biotic relationships in NYC. You can explore these observations on the project page on iNaturalist. All New Yorkers are invited to participate as community scientists to observe, collect, and compile information about the City’s plants and their relationships with other organisms, such as birds, insects, and mushrooms. The metropolitan area is home to a significant diversity of plants, animals, fungi, and habitats that provide such vital ecosystem services as cleaning the air and filtering the water. But this biodiversity is under increasing threat by development, invasive species, and a changing climate.
If you want to be a citizen scientist and help the New York City EcoFlora Project learn more about the organisms that grow in New York City, join the project on iNaturalist
Time: 1:00 PM — 4:00 PM EDT
Free!
