Grand Army Plaza Arch Tour
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Grant Army Plaza, Park Slope, Brooklyn corner of Prospect Park West and Union Street
11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a special access tour of Prospect Park's Grand Army Plaza and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch. Rangers will discuss the history of the arch and the plaza, highlighting its architectural features and some of the improvements made during the recently completed restoration project.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/28/grand-army-plaza-arch-tour
How to make donations to the Owl's Head Park Volunteers
Owl's Head Park Volunteers is a friend's group of Owl's Head Park located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. We are registered with Partnerships for Parks and are a member of the City Parks Foundation's fiscal sponsorship program.
To make a monetary donation to Owl's Head Park Volunteers, please email us at [email protected] and we will provide you with instructions on how to send the donation.
We also accept donations for tools, soil, hand sanitizers, snacks and bottled water for volunteers. Please email us at: [email protected] and we will instruct you how you can make these donations.
Fall Harvest Festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Saturday, October 25, 2025 | 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Entrance at 990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
2026 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest
Submit your original design to the 2026 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest based on the theme: Soil & Soul: Where Hands Get Dirty and Hearts Connect
Pick up a pen, crayon, pencil, or whatever you use to draw, and submit your artwork to our t-shirt design contest! The winning design will appear on GreenThumb t-shirts, worn by hundreds of gardeners all over the city. Applicants may submit up to three entries.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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