Visit Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s Lowlands Nursery for our 2024 Open House! The Lowlands Nursery offers plants that are well-adapted to the urban conditions of Gowanus, celebrating the local ecosystem while educating and engaging the community in environmental stewardship. We are a mission-driven, not-for-profit community nursery run by Gowanus Canal Conservancy. Visit our site, shop our plant sale, and attend a range of staff-led workshops! Note workshop walk-in space is limited; first come first served. 11-11:45am: Plant Propagation Workshop Learn about plant propagation and help GCC pot up plants with Joanne Zhao, Nursery Senior Manager. 12-12:30pm: Urban-Adapted Native Plant Walk Take a plant-focused walking tour of the gardens at the Lowlands Nursery and 300 Huntington Esplanade with Krysten Watson, Garden Manager. 1-2:30pm: Tree Care Workshop Learn about street trees and lend a hand caring for tree beds on 2nd Avenue with Aurelia Casey, Youth Program Senior Manager. \*This workshop will start at 25 9th Street. 2-3pm: Water Quality 101 Take a deep dive into water quality in the Gowanus Canal and how constructing ribbed mussel habitat could improve Canal health with Jen Kepler, Education Program Senior Manager. 3-3:45pm: Compost Workshop Learn the basics of how composting works and different kinds of compost systems, including a detailed look at the Nursery’s new compost windrow, with Reggie Germain, Nursery Coordinator.
Visit Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s Lowlands Nursery for its 2024 Open House! The Lowlands Nursery offers plants that are well-adapted to the urban conditions of Gowanus, celebrating the local ecosystem while educating and engaging the community in environmental stewardship. This site is a mission-driven, not-for-profit community nursery run by Gowanus Canal Conservancy.
Visit the site, shop our plant sale, and attend a range of staff-led workshops! Note that workshop walk-in space is limited; first come, first served.
11-11:45am: Plant Propagation Workshop
Learn about plant propagation and help GCC pot up plants with Joanne Zhao, Nursery Senior Manager.
12-12:30pm: Urban-Adapted Native Plant Walk
Take a plant-focused walking tour of the gardens at the Lowlands Nursery and 300 Huntington Esplanade with Krysten Watson, Garden Manager.
1-2:30pm: Tree Care Workshop
Learn about street trees and lend a hand caring for tree beds on 2nd Avenue with Aurelia Casey, Youth Program Senior Manager. \*This workshop will start at 25 9th Street.
2-3pm: Water Quality 101
Take a deep dive into water quality in the Gowanus Canal and how constructing ribbed mussel habitat could improve Canal health with Jen Kepler, Education Program Senior Manager.
3-3:45pm: Compost Workshop
Learn the basics of how composting works and different kinds of compost systems, including a detailed look at the Nursery’s new compost windrow, with Reggie Germain, Nursery Coordinator.
This program requires walking on some uneven terrain (mulch, gravel). A portable restroom is available on site. Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
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