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April is Earth Month \u2014 a time to celebrate the wonders of our natural world, raise awareness about the challenges facing the planet, and support conservation efforts and climate resilience initiatives.<\/p>\nApril is Earth Month \u2014 a time to celebrate the wonders of our natural world, raise awareness about the challenges facing the planet, and support conservation efforts and climate resilience initiatives.<\/p>\n
At Queens Botanical Garden, we\u2019ve put together a whole month of events celebrating environmental stewardship and the beauty of our living collections. Join us throughout April for tours highlighting Queens history, Indigenous heritage and local ecology, sustainable crafting workshops, volunteer opportunities, and more.<\/p>\n
Visit our website, queensbotanical.org\/earthmonth\/ to learn more and secure a spot at our upcoming events.<\/p>\n
Sunday, April 12<\/p>\n
10 am \u2013 2 pm: E-Waste Collection with the Lower East Side Ecology Center<\/p>\n
10 am \u2013 12 pm: Meet Our Compost Team<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 3 pm: Watercolor Workshop: Spring Blooms<\/p>\n
Saturday, April 18<\/p>\n
9:30 \u2013 10:30 am: Spring Bird Walk with the NYC Bird Alliance<\/p>\n
11 am \u2013 3 pm: Meet the Beekeeper<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 4 pm: Tapestry Weaving with Natural Materials<\/p>\n
Sunday, April 19<\/p>\n
9:30 am \u2013 12 pm: Compost & Farm Volunteering<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 3:30 pm: Farm Workshop: Bed Prep & Soil Health<\/p>\n
Saturday, April 25<\/p>\n
11 am \u2013 12 pm: Spring Garden Tour with Our Horticulture Director<\/p>\n
11 am \u2013 1 pm: Crafting with Lewis Latimer House<\/p>\n
11 am \u2013 3 pm: Meet the Beekeeper<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 4 pm: Tapestry Weaving with Natural Materials (Chinese Language)<\/p>\n
Sunday, April 26<\/p>\n
10 am \u2013 12 pm: Recycled Papermaking with Artist Chloe Seibert<\/p>\n
12 \u2013 2 pm: Musiquita Live Performance<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 2 pm: Indigenous Plants Tour with Tecumseh Ceaser and Shane Weeks<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 4 pm: Bash the Trash: Recycled Instrument Making & Performance<\/p>\n
4 \u2013 5 pm: Quintet of the Americas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April is Earth Month \u2014 a time to celebrate the wonders of our natural world, raise awareness about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-191609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}