A good chunk of the East River book is now online for free! Get some hot cocoa and enjoy?
Archive for the ‘Edible Plants’ Category
Much of the East River Book Online for Free!
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crustaceans, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fish, fossils, Geology, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Queens, Recreation, Vertebrates, Water, tagged arcardia, bluefish, cordgrass, east river, erik baard, gotham strait, nature, nature calendar, new york city, nyc, richard melnick, spartina, striped bass, thomas jackson, urban ecologu, urban ecology on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eastern White Pine, the “Great Tree of Peace”
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, Edible Plants, Fungi, Insects, Invertebrates, Mammals, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Queens, Trees, Uncategorized, Vertebrates, volunteer, Winter, tagged broad arrow, conifer, eastern white pine, ecology, environment, erik baard, fibonacci, fish and wildlife service, forest, friends of gateway, greater astoria historical society, haiku, haudenosaunee, inwood, iroquois, lic community boathouse, Million Trees NYC, native american, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new york city, parks and recreation, pelham, pilgrim, thoreau, tree planting, Trees, urban, white pine on December 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
by Erik Baard Far inland, a wind lifts fine snow from ancient pines. Shimmers like sea spray. I wrote that haiku twenty years ago intending to show the sensual commonality of contrasting locales, pointing toward our shared experiences across superficial cultural divides. Only today, while poking around data piles about pines [...]
Dec. 13: Newtown Pippin Apple and Beach Plum Outing!
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, butterflies, Edible Plants, Estuary, Flowers, Gardens, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Queens, Recreation, Spring, Staten Island, Summer, Trees, Uncategorized, volunteer, wild eyed, tagged apple, beach plum, big apple, briermere farm, Bronx, Brooklyn, dumbo, edible, erik baard, fruit, hunters point, indigenous, long island city, Manhattan, native, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new york city, newtown creek, newtown pippin, nyc, Parks, pelham bay, plum, Queens, riverhead, staten, stuyvesant cove, urban ecology, urban environment on December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Imagine the sandy shores of Dumbo, Stuyvesant Cove, Hunters Point, South Beach, and Pelham Bay resplendent with bushes full of white blossoms that grow into delicious fruits akin to fat cherries as summer passes. Or seeing trees at City Hall, or in a school playground just inland from the Newtown Creek, heavy with sublimely sweet [...]
Nov. 9: Fossil Brooklyn Day! (Living and Dead)
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Brooklyn, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fall, Geology, Parks, Plants, Trees, wild eyed, tagged Asian, autumn, Brooklyn, carl mehling, edible, erik baard, Fall, foraging, fossils, gingko, Ginkgo, herbal medicine, locavore, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new york city, paleontology, Prospect Park, recipes, steve brill, Trees, wildman on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On November 9 we will have our first social outings as a Nature Calendar community. In the morning we will hunt for fossils with paleontologist Carl Mehling as he concludes his private quest to find fossils (native or transported by glaciers) in all five boroughs. He’s scored fossils in the four other boroughs from periods [...]
Habana Happy Hour Tonight! Green Teachers, Green Grub!
Posted in Amphibians, Astronomy, Birds, Brooklyn, clouds, Edible Plants, Fall, Flowers, Fresh Water, Fungi, Gardens, Geology, Grasses, Insects, Invertebrates, Lakes, Mammals, Parks, Plants, Ponds, Recreation, Reptiles, Snakes, Streams, Trees, Vertebrates, volunteer, Water, tagged audubon center, Birds, children, education, environment, forests, habana outpost, meadow, nature calendar, nyc audubon, prospect park alliance, soil, teachers, urban ecology, Winter, winter warm up on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi All! NYC’s greenest restaurant, Habana Outpost, is hosting a “Winter Warm Up” talk and happy hour. Learn about Prospect Park and the Audubon Center while mixing with fun and friendly teachers. Oh yeah, and enjoy Habana Outpost’s delicious food, party atmosphere, and ecological model before it shuts on Oct 31! More info through this [...]
Eco-Arts, Free Admission Party Tonight (10/03)!
Posted in Birds, Brooklyn, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fall, Flowers, Fresh Water, Gardens, Grasses, Insects, Plants, Recreation, Trees, Vertebrates, volunteer, Water, tagged art, Atom Cianfarani, beer, Birds, Brooklyn, dave nardone, erik baard, Gardens, gowanus, habitat, kelso, museum of modern art, nature calendar, naturecalendar.com, new york city, rain, rainwater, urban ecology, Water on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TONIGHT: Free admission to a party of environmentalists and art lovers! Beer by Kelso of Brooklyn! DJ Dave “Roosting Box” Nardone! What’s all the fuss about? Well, sometimes hardened urbanites think that it would take green alchemy to create habitat on our mean streets. The good folks at the Gowanus Studio Space in Brooklyn (119 [...]
WildWire: June 13-June 18
Posted in Astronomy, Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, butterflies, Crustaceans, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fish, Flowers, Fresh Water, Gardens, Geology, Grasses, Insects, Invertebrates, Lakes, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Ponds, Queens, Recreation, Spring, Staten Island, Streams, Summer, Trees, Uncategorized, Vertebrates, volunteer, Water, wildwire, tagged adventures nyc, amateur, Astronomy, audubon, backpacker magazine, battery park city, bike new york, Birds, blue heron, boathouse, bronx river, Brooklyn, butterfly, canoe, Central Park, conservancy, critical mass, department of parks and recreation, Downtown Boathouse, east river, erik baard, floyd bennet field, forest park, fort tryon, fort washington, gantry neighborhood parks, great kills, greenpoint, hudson river, inwood hill, inwood hill park, jane bailey, kayak, kayaking, kissena park, lic, mulberry, National Parks Service, nature calendar, nature center, Nature Network, naturecalendar, new york city, new york restoration project, nyrp, park, pelham bay, Prospect Park, river project, Rocking the Boat, salt marsh, sebago, time's up!, Trees, urban ecology, urban environment, urban park rangers, van cortlandt, volunteer, wagner park, wave hill, willowbrook on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Click to enlarge.) Oh, the burden of choice! With a hyper-fun suite of Adventures NYC events sponsored by Backpacker Magazine adding to our usually full menu of eco-recreation, you may find your head spinning a bit! As always, FREE is the rule and we have a mix of family-friendly events and adult [...]
June 14 “Mulberry Coast” Kayak Trip!
Posted in Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, Edible Plants, Gardens, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Queens, Spring, Staten Island, Summer, Trees, wild eyed, tagged anti-oxidents, boathouse, boston, Bronx, brook park, canoe, Central Park, club, east river, edible, erik baard, foraging, friends of brook park, kayaking, lic, lic community boathouse, long island city, Manhattan, mulberries, mulberry, mulberry coast, mulberry night, nature calendar, naturecalendar, Queens, randalls island, reservoir, sebago, socrates sculpture park, Staten Island, steve brill, Trees, urban ecology, urban environment, urban orchards, wildman on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
by Erik Baard In New York City, messy sidewalks are usually cause for pinching one’s nose. But over the past few days I’ve been overjoyed to see purple splotches all over the place, from the sidewalks to fingertips. It’s mulberry season! Our native red mulberry trees (the fruits of this and [...]
WildWire: June 5-June 11
Posted in Amphibians, Atlantic Ocean, Birds, Bronx, Brooklyn, butterflies, Crustaceans, Edible Plants, Estuary, Fish, Flowers, Fresh Water, Gardens, Geology, Grasses, Insects, Invertebrates, Lakes, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Parks, Plants, Ponds, Queens, Recreation, Spring, Staten Island, Streams, Summer, Trees, Vertebrates, Water, wild eyed, tagged alley pond park, alliance, american museum of natural history, amnh, battery park city, biking, Birds, blooming, blue heron park, Bronx, bronx river, Brooklyn, canoe, canoeing, Central Park, Central Park Conservancy, department of parks and recreation, Downtown Boathouse, erik baard, Estuary, Flowers, forest park, free, gantry plaza state park, garden, greenbelt, hudson river, kayak, kayaking, lic community boathouse, long island city, magical garden, Manhattan, marine park, national trails day, nature calendar, naturecalendar, new jersey, new york, new york city, portside new york, Queens, queens west, red hook boaters, ring, riverdale park, riverside, Rocking the Boat, Staten Island, time's up!, tour de queens, trail conference, urban ecology, urban environment, urban park rangers, valentino park, van cortlandt park, volunteer, volunteering, wave hill, wildman steve brill on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a weekend and week ahead New York City’s natural world and its stewards offers you! We have a barrel of FREE events, and a couple of cheap ones (as you know, paid events are the great exception on WildWire) that support green allies and cover basic costs. Highlights include the Tour [...]
