Mulch Fest 2026
Drop off begins on December 26, 2025 through January 11, 2026 in the designated area within the park. NYC Parks staff is looking for volunteers to help stack discarded trees and move them to the chipper trucks.
Drop off sites include:
Amazing Garden
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5
Brooklyn Bridge Park (Dock Street Entrance and Jay Street Entrance)
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brower Park
Coffey Park
Green Space @ President Street
Herbert Von King Park
Myrtle Village Green
Prospect Park (Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue)
Sunset Park
Washington Park
Chipping Locations
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 3 - Outboard Plaza
Cobble Hill Park
Domino Park
Fort Greene Park
Maria Hernandez Park
Marine Park
McCarren Park
McGolrick Park
Owl's Head Park
Prospect Park (2 locations: Park Circle at Parkside Avenue and 3rd Street/Prospect Park West)
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.
Several friends groups of parks are hosting volunteer days at local parks.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/gardening/f2025-11-24\
