May 2021
Riverkeeper Sweep 2021
Join the Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and Riverkeeper for a cleanup and planting event at Bushwick Inlet Park on Saturday, May 1, 2021 for the 10th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep, a day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries (and New York Harbor). Volunteers will meet at Bushwick Inlet Park, 86 Kent Ave, Brooklyn down by the water. We ask all Sweep volunteers to wear sturdy shoes or boots, clothing that they can get dirty, and to bring…
Find out more »Weeding Wednesdays
We will be weeding, mulching and watering (if necessary) the Bushwick Inlet Park planted areas. We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them). Bring water and be sure to wear your mask. Park stewardship rocks! Come help us give some love to the gardens. Free registration required.
Find out more »Fungi and Plants: An Essential Romance
Fungi and plants are ideal life partners, there is evidence that they may have even facilitated each other's move onto land over a billion years ago. Fungi take in oxygen, releasing carbon dioxide, while breaking down rock and organic matter to release nutrients essential for plants to grow. Plants recycle the carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, while photosynthesizing to produce carbon sugars which they share with fungi so that both plants and fungi can flourish. There are a multitude of interesting…
Find out more »Weeding Wednesdays
We will be weeding, mulching and watering (if necessary) the Bushwick Inlet Park planted areas. We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them). Bring water and be sure to wear your mask. Park stewardship rocks! Come help us give some love to the gardens. Free registration required.
Find out more »Weeding Wednesdays
We will be weeding, mulching and watering (if necessary) the Bushwick Inlet Park planted areas. We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them). Bring water and be sure to wear your mask. Park stewardship rocks! Come help us give some love to the gardens. Free registration required.
Find out more »Where’s Our Park? Rally
We are calling on the City of New York to create a funding plan for the entirety of Bushwick Inlet Park that will include line items in the coming fiscal year budget. In 2016 Mayor de Blasio made history with his incredible rescue of the CitiStorage property from private sale. Since then all 27 acres of Bushwick Inlet Park lay in the taxpayers' hands and 4 more acres are in development into usable park space. However, no funds been budgeted…
Find out more »June 2021
Weeding Wednesdays
We will be weeding, mulching and watering (if necessary) the Bushwick Inlet Park planted areas. We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them). Bring water and be sure to wear your mask. Park stewardship rocks! Come help us give some love to the gardens. Free registration required.
Find out more »Bushwick Inlet Oyster Monitoring – Spring 2021
Please join Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and our partners from the North Brooklyn Boat Club, Greenpoint Monitor Museum, Billion Oyster Project, and New York Harbor School for the fall monitoring session of our oyster restoration project in Bushwick Inlet. Wear old clothes and plan to get a little dirty! Free registration required.Space is limited so if you register please attend - or let us know if your plans change and cannot make it.(Important note - please be sure to…
Find out more »Weeding Wednesdays
We will be weeding, mulching and watering (if necessary) the Bushwick Inlet Park planted areas. We have tools and gloves (but bring yours if you have them). Bring water and be sure to wear your mask. Park stewardship rocks! Come help us give some love to the gardens. Free registration required.
Find out more »Decomposition 101 Mycology Workshop
As a follow-up to his FBIP webinar, mycology educator Luke Sarrantonio (web - IG) will lead us through a hands-on workshop to discuss and demonstrate fungi’s role as decomposers. Learn how to introduce mushroom mycelium (basically roots of the mushroom) and their many benefits in a garden. The fungus can break down wood chips to release nutrients for plants and produce mushrooms for years to come instead of adding other fertilizers. Fungi are key players in the cycle of life,…
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