Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance - So many ways to enjoy VCP

 

WANNA VOLUNTEER? 

Look for our September Volunteer Events email!


OCTOBER PROGRAMS 

 

Youth Run Farm Stand

Wednesdays thru October 29 • 2pm to 7pm

Stop by the Youth Run Farmstand, featuring fresh, local produce at affordable prices, healthy recipes, and a chance to chat with our awesome interns.

Corner of Orloff Avenue and Gale Place.

Concert: Irish Ghanian Fusion
Thursday, October 2 • 5:30pm to 7pm
Move to the music as we explore the liminal spaces between Irish traditional music and West African Ghanaian music. Revel in lively, blended compositions drawing from both traditions, as performed by renowned musicians. Watch! Learn! Join in! 

RSVP Now

Van Cortlandt House Museum Lawn


Super Seedlings

Saturdays, October 4, 11, 18, 25 • 10am to 12pm

Super Seedlings is a FREE, drop-in gardening program for kids ages 2-7 and their caregivers. Each session will have a fun seasonal theme to explore, crafts, plants to water, soil to dig into, and more!

VCPA Learning Garden

Rising NYRR
Sunday, October 5 at 10am
Kids head to the scenic trails for a fun cross country event with our friends at NYRR! Registration for this event is FREE and open to participants of all abilities and age 2 to 18.

Van Cortlandt Nature Group Walks
Wednesday, October 8 at 9:30am meets in Riverdale Stables parking lot
Sunday, October 19 at 9:30am meets in front of Nature Center
Take a slow walk in the park and learn about local flora and fauna with naturalist Debbi Dolan. Debbi has a wealth of knowledge about nature, plants, and wildlife that she enjoys sharing.

Canoemobile Community Paddles
Friday, October 17 • 4pm to 5:30pm
Wilderness Inquiry's Canoemobile will be offering FREE canoe rides in their 10-passenger 24-foot wooden canoes on Hester & Piero's Mill Pond! Waivers are required and will be available at the event.  Parent/guardian must be present to sign a waiver for those under 18.

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Van Cortlandt Golf House


REIMAGINING: Fall Get-Together

Saturday, October 18 • 1pm to 4pm

Create a meaningful homage to honor your own ancestors and craft a personal message to leave behind to commemorate the burial ground and those who are buried there. The event will feature live music highlighting traditional Afro-Caribbean rhythms and dances including bomba, plena, guaracha, and changüí.


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Enslaved Burial Ground

 

REIMAGINING: Chalk Art & Live Music Gathering  is part of Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s Reimagining initiative. In partnership with the Design Trust for Public Space and Immanuel Oni, Liminal Sp, VCPA invites the community to reimagine the park’s Enslaved African Burial Ground site as a memorial space that fosters long-term healing and restoration. This project is supported by the Mellon Foundation.


Birding with NYC Bird Alliance
Saturday, October 25 - meet at 9am
Explore Van Cortlandt Park’s ecologically diverse grounds and celebrate a long tradition of birding in the park. Each walk will be led by a NYC Bird Alliance guide.

RSVP Required

Van Cortlandt Nature Center

 

Halloween: Wags to Witches

Sunday, October 26 - 1pm to 4pm
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, Van Cortlandt House Museum, and the Urban Park Rangers invite you to a FREE fang-tastic afternoon of family and doggy fun. Get ready for creepy crafts, face painting, spine-chilling stories and more!

RSVP for Wags to Witches

 

Join us at 3pm for our Third Annual Pup Parade & Canine Costume Contest.

Register your pup day-of between 2pm and 2:45pm, or pre-register here.

Van Cortlandt House Museum Lawn


SAVE THE DATE!

Caribbean Connections: Tying History and Music Together

Saturday, November 1 from 1pm to 4pm

Van Cortlandt House Museum 

 

Veterans Day Ceremony
Sunday, November 2 at 12pm

Memorial Grove


Support Our Work in Van Cortlandt Park

 

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The park is really big. Our staff is really small. Only with your help can we grow our capacity, hire more staff, and take on projects to improve Van Cortlandt Park… for YOU!  Please consider a gift to Van Cortlandt Park Alliance today.

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