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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: WEEDER

Everyone has their own reason for spending time in Washington Square Park. Maybe it’s your favorite reading spot, your meet-up more…
Volunteer Spotlight: Photography

Everyone has their own reason for spending time in Washington Square Park. Maybe it’s your favorite reading spot, your meet-up more…
The Women of the Park

It’s Women’s History Month — an opportunity for men and women across the globe to celebrate and recognize the social, more…
Take a look at Washington Square’s Black History

Land Grants In 1643, North of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, a group of “half-freed” slaves and elders such as Domingo more…
Volunteer Spotlight: Greeter

Everyone has their own reason for spending time in Washington Square Park. Maybe it’s your favorite reading spot, your meet-up more…
How Does a Washington Square Park Gardener Spend Their Winter Days?

In winter, the grass doesn’t need mowing and the garden beds don’t need weeding, but there’s plenty to do. So how does the more…
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: MARY

What draws you to Washington Square Park? For some it’s the peacefulness that can be found in the early morning, for others more…
Donor Spotlight: Lydia

A big city like New York can be intimidating. With all the hustle and bustle, it’s easy to feel like a tiny fish in a massive more…
Park People: Meet Dwayne

Dwayne didn’t come to gardening in the way you’d expect; he didn’t grow up with a backyard or an elderly grandmother who more…
Meet the Original Park People: The Lenape

As Thanksgiving draws near, we hear stories of Native Americans and the first Thanksgiving. It’s a familiar tale, taught to us more…