NCA welcomes volunteers and horticulture enthusiasts to help us expand our native nursery, propagated from locally collected wild seed. Plants grown in our greenhouse are used to supplement our restoration projects around the Creek, maintain the rooftop meadows at Kingsland Wildflowers, and integrated into our Newtown Native Nursery. This is an ideal opportunity for those looking to support an attractive habitat for our local ecology.
Come join us for the 8th Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival; a free family-friendly event allowing participants to: Explore our rooftop wildflower meadow; Experience art installations, performances and live music; Learn about native wildlife and ecology, including Newtown Creek; Engage with participating community and environmental organizations; Buy native plant species; Enjoy food and drinks with friends and family.
Kingsland Wildflowers is a 25,000 sqft native pollinator garden nestled in Greenpoint Brooklyn’s industrial business zone. The project partners include: Alive Structures, Broadway Stages, Newtown Creek Alliance, and NOoSPHERE Arts. Learn more about the project here.
Interested in Volunteering? We would love your help! Register as a volunteer through Eventbrite and we will send an email with more information about the different volunteer shifts we’ll have available throughout the day.
Stay posted for the full schedule of events!
Past Events
ExxonMobil will be presenting on their propsed alteration to the Greenpoint Oil Spill Pollution Discharge System. We encourage community stakeholders to attend and learn more about the modification and what it might mean for the health of Newtown Creek and larger Greenpoint community. To get more background on the permit, see our earlier post here.
Join the Superfund Community Advisory Group for it’s monthly meeting to get the latest updates from EPA about the cleanup of Newtown Creek. The meetings are open to all, and we encourage concerned community members to come listen and get involved as we continue to push for a thorough and protective cleanup. More info on the CAG; agenda forthcoming.
Join us for City of Water Day at Plank Road Public Shoreline for a stewardship event! Plank Road is a unique street end site in Maspeth, Queens, that we have been working to restore for both wildlife and local workers/residents alike. This event will include: Landscaping the existing vegetation and paths; Trash cleanup along the upper shoreline; Solarizing ground to prepare for native plant restoration; and Removing specific invasive plant species, like knotweed.
Join us for City of Water Day in Long Island City with our partners from Hunters Point Parks Conservancy and North Brooklyn Community Boathouse. NCA will be providing hands-on environmental education programming to engage visitors with topics of marine ecology, water quality, superfund contamination, and resilience needs in the wake of sea level rise and storm surges. Programming is for all ages and will be run by NCA Education staff.