Get to know your camera shooting nature with Fort Tryon Park lover and photographer Michael Palma Mir! Capture the park’s natural assets, such as rock outcrops, foliage, trees, and plants from behind the lens. Michael will discuss nature photography strategies for dealing with difficult lighting situations, lens and zoom choice for perspective control, and composition, […]
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and experts from the Alley Pond Environmental Center for this FREE nature program! What is an arthropod? What is the difference between an insect and an arachnid? What are spinnerets and who uses them? This exciting lesson teaches students to distinguish between insects and arachnids based on their physical […]
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and Shelley Haven at Muscota Marsh in Inwood Hill Park. Experience nature anew with artist’s eyes. Gain insights into selecting and framing your subject, create an artwork with her guidance and encouragement during the working session, then share a viewing of participants’ artworks. FREE to attend! For beginning and […]
Join expert mycologist Paul Sadowski, of the New York Mycological Society and the New York Botanical Garden, for a Fungus Tour of Inwood Hill Park, one of New York City’s oldest woodlands. We will walk among the Park’s varied habitats in search of mushrooms large and small, edible, inedible or just plain poisonous. Space is […]
Join public garden designer Ronda M. Brands for a behind-the-scenes look at the particular design emphasis on the Heather Garden’s autumn assets, and the plant selections made to ensure a remarkable blend of fall colors throughout the three-acre site with its 550 varieties of plants, trees, and shrubs. Brands and colleague Lynden Miller have served […]
Bring your camera and join photographer Michael Palma Mir as you capture the park’s natural assets, such as rock outcrops, magnificent cliffs, trees, and plants from behind the lens. Michael will discuss nature photography strategies for dealing with difficult lighting situations, lens and zoom choice for perspective control, and composition, using Highbridge Park and its […]
Take a tour of historic Fort Tryon Park, now in its 86th year, to look for late fall aviary migrants with urban naturalist Ken Chaya. This nature tour will search for songbirds throughout the Heather Garden grounds and along the Hudson River. We will also observe the local flora of the garden! Meet at Fort […]
Join author and naturalist Leslie Day for her talk on the pollinators of the Heather Garden. Learn about the birds, bees, flower flies, moths, and butterflies that help our 600+ varieties of plants reproduce and how these flowers supply these wonderful animals with food! RSVP to [email protected] for event link.
Bring your camera and join photographer Michael Palma Mir to capture the salt marsh, rock formations, and trees within Manhattan's oldest forest! Michael will discuss nature photography strategies for difficult lighting situations, lens and zoom choice for perspective control using Inwood Hill Park's wooded setting. Please note that space is limited. RSVP: [email protected] This program […]
Discover the nature and beauty of Fort Tryon Park on a scenic winter hike with the Urban Park Rangers. We will take in views of winter while learning how to identify some of what nature has left us to enjoy. Animal tracks, nests, and trees are just some of what we will learn more about […]
Join us for an online workshop focusing on the mycology of Inwood Hill Park with naturalist Paul Sadowski. rsvp here for zoom link
