On Saturday, November 7th the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy wrapped up our 2020 volunteer season with our 50th volunteer project of the year (a new record)! In total, despite working through a challenging year, we held 35 volunteer days with New York State Parks in Gantry Plaza State Park, 13 with New York City Parks in Hunter's Point South Park, and an additional few events with the Newtown Creek Alliance working to create a pollinator meadow on 48th Ave, between Center Blvd. & 5th St.
Thank you to the 487 volunteers who helped us remove 856 bags of weeds and plant over 1,200 plants and 13,000 bulbs in our waterfront parks. A special shout-out is needed as well for the wonderful NYS & NYC Parks gardeners and maintenance staff who work so hard to maintaining our beautiful parks. 856 bags of weeds and 13,000 bulbs are new record numbers for one season and we also hit an all-time single volunteer day high of 43 bags of weeds removed on October 15th.
We'll get right back to it in early spring 2021!
Check out our gallery of pictures from this year’s volunteer season!