(PLEASE LIST Through 6/5/2022) EXPLORE 100+ GREENTHUMB COMMUNITY GARDENS ON “OPEN GARDEN DAY NYC”

Sue Donoghue  Commissioner, NYC Parks  www.nyc.gov/parks

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PLEASE  LIST through,   June 5, 2022  IMMEDIATE

 

EXPLORE 100+ GREENTHUMB COMMUNITY GARDENS ON "OPEN GARDEN DAY NYC" 

 

Get outside and visit one of 100+ community gardens that will be open with free activities for all ages! 

 

 

DATE:                        June 4 - 5, 2022 

 

TIME:                          10 a.m. – 1 p.m.  

 

LOCATION:               100+ community gardens throughout the city.  

More information here.  

 

EVENT:                      Mark your calendars for the fifth annual GreenThumb Open Garden Day NYC on Saturday, June 4th and Sunday. June 5th (rain or shine) at community gardens across the city. Activities include arts and crafts, music performances, volunteer projects, tours, and more!  

 

DETAILS:                   NYC Parks GreenThumb is the largest community gardening program in the country, with more than 550 community gardens across the city, totaling over 100 acres of public space. 

 

GreenThumb, established in 1978, provides programming, material support, and technical assistance to community gardens in New York City. 

 

Community gardens and the 20,000+ volunteer gardeners who steward them contribute to the environmental sustainability, public health, and community resilience of their neighborhoods and cities. 

 

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Press Contact: 

Dan Kastanis 

(212) 360-1311 

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov 

PLEASE LIST through 5/21/2022: TOUR THE FLORA OF NYC PARKS' FOREST PARK GREENHOUSE IN QUEENS

Sue Donoghue  Commissioner, NYC Parks  www.nyc.gov/parks

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PLEASE  LIST through  May 21, 2022  IMMEDIATE

 

TOUR THE FLORA OF NYC PARKS' FOREST PARK GREENHOUSE IN QUEENS 

 

DATE:                        Saturday, May 21, 2022 

 

TIME:                          9 a.m. – 2 p.m. 

 

LOCATION:               Queens Greenhouse in Forest Park   

                                    Enter the park at Forest Park Drive & Woodhaven Boulevard 

QUEENS 

 

EVENT:                      For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the Forest Park Greenhouse in Queens will open its doors to give New Yorkers a rare glimpse inside at its bevy of greenery. Discover a vast variety of colorful flowers from common to exotic, and enjoy a walk around one of only three NYC Parks greenhouses across the city. You'll learn from expert gardeners who provide information about the diverse array of plants growing in city parks 

 

Throughout the event, visitors will have an opportunity to learn from our gardeners about different species, how to care for them, and where to go to see them throughout the borough. For a sneak peek at what to expect, you can visit the virtual tour of the greenhouse.  

 

This event is free and reservations are not required. Masks will be required while inside the greenhouse.  

 

DETAILS:                   Nestled among towering oak trees in Forest Park, the Queens Greenhouse and Nursery has served Parks for the past hundred years. Annually, the greenhouse produces around 200,000 herbaceous plants (annuals and perennials) from seeds, plugs, liners, bare-root plants, and cuttings. The plants that are grown here are carefully transplanted by gardeners and used to beautify the parks, playgrounds, beaches, and pools across Queens and Brooklyn.  

 

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Press Contact: 

Dan Kastanis 

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov  

(212) 360-1311 

Films on the Green Festival is back in NYC parks! June 3-Sept 9, 2022

Hi!  

I am thrilled to let you know that FILMS ON THE GREEN, the French Embassy-Villa Albertine's annual French film festival in New York city parks is back this summer with an exciting lineup of international cinema and a new and vibrant visual identity inspired by movie theaters and electrifying city nightlife.

This year's edition of Films on the Green, with the theme From Page to Screen, spotlights 12 diverse and world-class literary adaptations, coming to 9 different parks across Manhattan and Brooklyn, from June 3 to September 9, 2022.

Below is our 2022 lineup, and you can find more information here:

June 3, Central Park   

LES CHOSES DE LA VIE by Claude Sautet (1970)

 

June 10, Washington Square Park   

THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS by Patrick Imbert (2021)

 

June 17, Washington Square Park   

BAND OF OUTSIDERS by Jean-Luc Godard   (1964) 

 

June 24, Transmitter Park, Brooklyn  

LE CAPITAN  by André Hunebelle (1960)

 

July 1, Tompkins Square Park  

TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI by Jacques Becker (1954)

 

July 8, Seward Park  

BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS by Dai Sijie  (2002)

 

July 13, J. Hood Wright Park  

FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO by Luis Buñuel (1959)

 

July 15, Seward Park  

THE CLASS by Laurent Cantet  (2008)

 

July 22, Riverside Park, Pier I  

MANDABI by Ousmane Sembène  (1968)

 

July 29, Riverside Park, Pier I  

DELICACY by David and Stéphane Foenkinos  (2012)

 

September 8, Columbia University  

THE VELVET QUEEN by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier (2021)

 

September 9, McGolrick Park, Brooklyn  

ELEANOR'S SECRET by Dominique Monféry (2009/recommended for ages 4+)

You can follow Films on the Green on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok!  If you have a question, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.

Thank you! Merci !

Nathalie

Nathalie Charles (she/her)
Program Manager, Films on the Green Festival & CineSchool

VILLA ALBERTINE - FRENCH EMBASSY IN THE US

972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10075

Tel: 929-505-0841

PLEASE LIST through 5-14-2022: URBAN WILDLIFE FESTIVAL WITH THE NYC PARKS URBAN PARK RANGERS

 

Sue Donoghue  Commissioner, NYC Parks  www.nyc.gov/parks

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PLEASE  LIST through  May 14, 2022  IMMEDIATE

 

URBAN WILDLIFE FESTIVAL WITH THE NYC PARKS URBAN PARK RANGERS 

 

DATE:                         Saturday, May 14, 2022 

 

TIME:                          Noon – 3 p.m. 

 

LOCATION:                Highbridge Park  

West 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue (enter at Amsterdam Avenue and 172nd Street) 

MANHATTAN 

 

DETAILS:                   Back for the first time since 2019, the 12th annual Urban Wildlife Festival hosted by NYC Parks' Urban Park Rangers and the Fort Tryon Park Trust is a celebration of all things wild in NYC! Get up close and personal with live animals, and learn more about your neighbors, including squirrels, turtles, raccoons, opossum, and coyotes.  

 

The Rangers will host fun activities for kids and families to build your awareness and understanding of the natural world. Also featuring a performance by the CityParks PuppetMobile, games, and music by Hopalong Andrew. Live animals will be presented by Wildlife In Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation (WINORR). 

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Contact: 

Meghan Lalor 

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov 

212-360-1311