N/A Stay healthy during and after your pregnancy by getting active in the Greenbelt. Join in on our monthly pregnancy and postpartum hike with an Environmental Educator who is also expecting a baby. Start with gentle stretches to prepare your body and move onto a maternity-level hike to keep our bodies moving and our community building. Hike will be easy-moderate between 1-2 miles. – Join the Greenbelt Conservation Corps in celebrating the inaugural City of Forest Day by volunteering in High Rock Park. In part 1 of this full day of stewardship, you will learn to build wooden puncheon, which will help increase safe accessibility to our wooded trails so that more people can benefit from the joys and comforts of nature. Bring water, wear sturdy shoes and long pants, bug spray will be available. Lunch will be provided after the program (11-12pm) as a thank you to all GCC volunteers. Program will take place rain or shine. – Please join us and the Protectors of Pine Oak Woods removing non-indigenous plants to improve trails and help the forest in High Rock Park. We will meet in the parking lot of High Rock Park, located at 200 Nevada Avenue, SINY 10306. Gloves and tools will be provided. Please bring water, wear long sleeves and pants, and boots. Service credit is available. – Continue to join the Greenbelt Conservation Corps in celebrating the inaugural City of Forest Day by volunteering in High Rock Park. In part 2 of this full day of stewardship, you will help restore an area of our forest by planting native shrubs in the understory, as well as learn about and remove invasive plants from the area. Bring water, wear sturdy shoes and long pants, bug spray will be available. Lunch will be provided before the program (11-12pm) as a thank you to all GCC volunteers. Program will take place rain or shine.
The week's events
Pregnancy and Postpartum Hike with Angel
October 11, 2022 City of Forest Day - GCC - Building Puncheon
October 15, 2022 Greenbelt's It's My Park Day
October 15, 2022 City of Forest Day - GCC - Native Planting
October 15, 2022
Pregnancy and Postpartum Hike with Angel
Greenbelt Nature Center
City of Forest Day - GCC - Building Puncheon
High Rock Park
200 Nevada Avenue
Staten Island, NY , 10306
718-667-2165
Greenbelt's It's My Park Day
High Rock Park
200 Nevada Avenue
Staten Island, NY , 10306
718-667-2165
City of Forest Day - GCC - Native Planting
High Rock Park
200 Nevada Avenue
Staten Island, NY , 10306
718-667-2165