🌿 Nathan, NYC Gardener Says… 🌿

Good afternoon, Garden Gang!

Tomorrow morning, we’ll meet up in the Juneteenth Beds to garden together and enjoy the start of some beautiful fall weather. 🍂

As we prepare for bulb planting, we’ll be deadheading and cutting back our summer coneflowers and rudbeckia. We’ll also be doing some weeding and clearing the beds of any debris.

So grab your gardening gloves and come join us!

See you tomorrow morning at 9:30 in our usual Juneteenth spot! 🌻

Join the Conservancy for Our Annual Daffodil Bulb Planting!

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of New Yorkers for Parks’ Daffodil Project, a living memorial and citywide volunteer effort that brings New Yorkers together through civic engagement, community and equity.

Together,  we keep this meaningful tradition alive while caring for our shared park.

The beloved outdoor reading series, Storytime, has brought wonderful mornings of reading, storytelling, singing, movement and a little magic to Cadman Plaza Park through this spring and summer.  

The Conservancy is deeply grateful to the amazing librarians who have generously shared their time, energy, and love of reading with our community.  We are so grateful for this wonderful partnership with the Brooklyn Heights Library.

🌿 Join the Conservancy's Wednesday Morning Gardening Volunteers! 🌿

All are welcome—come lend a hand, meet fellow park lovers, and help care for Cadman Park!

A note from NYC Parks Gardener Nathan Grozan:

Tomorrow we'll be working in the Juneteenth beds, continuing summer garden maintenance with weeding and tidying the beds and edges. We'll also split up to prune the yews and weed their surrounding beds.

📍 Meet at the Juneteenth beds at 9:30 AM.

Nathan will be there with wheelbarrows and tools ready to go!

We hope you'll join us! No experience necessary—just bring yourself and a willingness to get your hands a little dirty. 🌱

Save the Date: The Daffodil Project | Saturday, October 24th

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

We look forward to welcoming our many returning volunteers, including The Service Collective and St Francis College.  All are welcome, and we can't wait to plant with you!

Thousands of daffodil bulbs will be planted this fall, bringing color, joy, and remembrance to the park when spring arrives.

Join Our Wednesday Morning Gardening Volunteers!

Every Wednesday, 9:30-11:30 AM All are welcome to join us!

NYC Parks Gardener Nathan Grozan leads our Wednesday morning volunteers, helping make a visible difference throughout Cadman Park—especially in the Juneteenth Grove.

Come lend a hand, meet your neighbors, and help us continue to grow and care for our park! 🌱

Tomorrow morning, the group will continue work from last week at the north end of the park.

Nathan says: “I want us to focus on weeding and clearing the areas along the front fence in preparation for mulching. We’ll be looking for the usual weedy suspects, as well as clearing any large amounts of leaves and branches.

Meet me tomorrow at 9:30 AM at the north end of Cadman Park, opposite the Juneteenth beds. You’ll see me near the statue with tools and wheelbarrows.”

Brooklyn Heights Library Storytime Returns!

Wednesday, September 2nd, 10:30 AM

We hope to see you for this heartwarming morning of reading, storytelling, movement, and song with the very talented librarians fro the Brooklyn Heights Library.  We look forward to seeing you in the park!

Mark your calendars!  The next Outdoor Storytime dates will be September 2nd. We hope to see you there!

Join Our Wednesday Morning Gardening Volunteers 9:30-11:30 AM

Meet NYC Parks Gardener Nathan Grozan for a rewarding morning of gardening.  We hope you'll join us in caring for the park's plants and gardens!

Tomorrow morning, we’ll be meeting at the north end of the park and working in the “Shady Walk” near the Brooklyn Bridge entrance.

There are several sections throughout this large bed that need weeding. We’ll be focusing on bindweed, thistle, and dogbane, and Nathan will point out the plants and let us know which areas to tackle.

There are also a few yew-pruning projects on that side of the park for anyone who would like to take a break from weeding and try something different.

See everyone tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at the north end of the park (the opposite end of the park from the Juneteenth beds)!

Interested in joining us on Wednesday mornings? Email info@cadmanpark.org

It may still be summer, but some of the open spaces in the park are already beginning to look a bit like fall!

If you've noticed bark scattered beneath the London plane trees, there's no cause for concern.  These remarkable trees naturally shed their bark as part of their growth cycle, and periods of intense heat can make this process even more noticeable.  It's one of the ways they adapt and protect themselves during the summer months.

Join Our Wednesday Morning Gardening Volunteers!

Spend a beautiful summer morning in the park helping to care for our shared green space.  

Join NYC Parks Gardener Nathan Grozan every Wednesday from 9:30-11:30 in Juneteenth Grove.  The grove is shaded during the morning hours, making it a comfortable place to garden, even during the warmer days of summer.