The Fort Tryon Park Trust is hosting three regular volunteer days per month from September through November - see our calendar for times and location. Please support our work to maintain the park and we hope to see you at our stewardship events!
COVID-19 UPDATE: The Medieval Festival has been canceled this year due to the pandemic. Please enjoy this NYC Parks video and pictures of past festivals our Facebook page. Join us for the 36th Annual Medieval Festival in Fort Tryon Park. This festival brings to life the customs and spirit of the Middle Ages. Fort […]
These stewardship days take place on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month from August through November. Meet at the Broadway Greeting Garden at the Arden Street/Broadway entrance to the park. Wear long pants and sturdy shoes and join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and NYC Parks to work along the Broadway berm! Activities […]
Fort Tryon Park opened on October 12, 1935 as a New York City public park. The park was created primarily with private funding from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and public funds allocated by Robert Moses and NYC Parks. (The Cloisters was built a few years later. It is owned and maintained by The Metropolitan Museum […]
Bring your children or grandchildren to this online workshop series! All workshops are for children ages 5-8 and are led by naturalist and author Leslie Day, and artist and teacher Jessica Maffia. Learn about the beautiful butterflies, bees, and beetles of Fort Tryon Park and how they help our flowering plants! Then make a painting on a […]
Please join us! Meet NYC Parks' horticulture staff at the Margaret Corbin Circle/Heather Garden entrance to sign in. Wear long pants and sturdy shoes. Activities will include some or all of the following: painting, planting preparations, planting, weeding, and more. Tools and gloves will be provided but bring a filled water bottle. Volunteers under 18 […]
These stewardship days take place on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month from August through November. Meet at the Broadway Greeting Garden at the Arden Street/Broadway entrance to the park. Wear long pants and sturdy shoes and join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and NYC Parks to work along the Broadway berm! Activities […]
Bring your children or grandchildren to this online workshop series! All workshops are for children ages 5-8 and are led by naturalist and author Leslie Day, and artist and teacher Jessica Maffia. Learn about the unique shapes of tree leaves found throughout Fort Tryon Park - oaks, maples, redbuds, elms, lindens, and more! Once you learn the […]
Bring your children or grandchildren to this online workshop series! All workshops are for children ages 5-8 and are led by naturalist and author Leslie Day, and artist and teacher Jessica Maffia. Study the birds that live in Fort Tryon Park year-round. Learn what they look like - their names, shapes, and colors, and why sometimes the […]
These stewardship days take place on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month from August through November. Meet at the Broadway Greeting Garden at the Arden Street/Broadway entrance to the park. Wear long pants and sturdy shoes and join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and NYC Parks to work along the Broadway berm! Activities […]
Please join us! Meet NYC Parks' horticulture staff at the Margaret Corbin Circle/Heather Garden entrance to sign in. Wear long pants and sturdy shoes. Activities will include some or all of the following: painting, planting preparations, planting, weeding, and more. Tools and gloves will be provided but bring a filled water bottle. Volunteers under 18 […]