Come garden and paddle the mouth of the Newtown Creek!
Location: 53-21 Vernon Blvd, LIC, NY 11101
Time: 8/18, 8-11am.
To participate, please email volunteer@harborlab.org.
Shareable event: https://www.facebook.com/events/365560090791300/
HarborLAB Gardening and Habitat Restoration Manager Ira Gershenhorn will teach you about our oyster monitoring station, lush stand of milkweed for monarch butterflies, fruit trees and bushes, sunflowers, seed balls and reef balls, and his vision for the future!
Participants can also paddle the creek from the East River to Pulaski Bridge with Carolin Zayas.
Drop by between 8am and 9am. Snacks and drinks provided. Please bring a reusable bottle. We’ll wrap up before the highest heat of the day.
Activities:
Milkweed seed harvest.
Weeding.
Biota surveying/photography.
Cleanup.
Organization.
Paddling.