Opportunity Details

Appropriate Age Range: 18 and over

Appropriate for Community Groups: No

Join Prospect Park Alliance this spring to help care for the park before the start of our busy season. From April to early June, adult volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of projects around the park. These projects include mulching, painting, invasive plant removal and other landscaping tasks.

Be advised, these projects involve repetitive bending, kneeling, lifting and transporting loaded wheelbarrows. This opportunity requires using sharp tools and encountering potentially hazardous plants and materials.

Details and Requirements:

Basic pruning, tool safety, plant and tree identification skills preferred.
Ability to lift 20 lbs, dig, bend, kneel, work on slopes, do weed removal and planting.
Comfortable with outdoor fieldwork in hot, sunny, rainy or humid weather - except extreme or hazardous weather.

Opportunity Name: Spring Spruce Up
Description: Appropriate Age Range: 18 and over Appropriate for Community Groups: No Learn about our Corporate Program Join Prospect Park Alliance this spring to help care for the park before the start of our busy season. From April to early June, adult volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of projects around the park. These projects include mulching, painting, invasive plant removal and other landscaping tasks. Be advised, these projects involve repetitive bending, kneeling, lifting and transporting loaded wheelbarrows. This opportunity requires using sharp tools and encountering potentially hazardous plants and materials. Details and Requirements: Basic pruning, tool safety, plant and tree identification skills preferred. Ability to lift 20 lbs, dig, bend, kneel, work on slopes, do weed removal and planting. Comfortable with outdoor fieldwork in hot, sunny, rainy or humid weather - except extreme or hazardous weather.
Date/Time:	Thu, Jun 13, 2024 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Spots Available:	3
Meeting Location:	Wellhouse: Take the F Train to 15th St Station. Walk east on Prospect Park SW and enter the park at Vanderbilt St. Cross main drive and walk NE on Wellhouse Drive. The Wellhouse will be on the left. 200 Well House Dr, Brooklyn, NY 11218 View Map / Get Directions
Organizer:	Maya Bernstein mbernstein@prospectpark.org 929-888-6770

Category:	Fieldwork / Special Projects - Weekly

Opportunity Details | Spring Spruce Up