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5th Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival

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Jul 31

5th Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival

Join us and our partners for a day of activities, art, entertainment, and educational opportunities on Brooklyn's premier green roof.

By Newtown Creek Alliance

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Sat, July 31, 2021, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

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Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof & Community Engagement Center 520 Kingsland Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222

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The Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival is Back!

We are excited to be bringing you a summer evening of programming for the 5th Annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival! This event will include a variety of performances, hands-on activities, and educational opportunities about our green roofs. Food and beverage will be available. Admission is free and registration is not required.

Programming will include:

  • Multi-media visual arts & performances curated by NOoSPHERE Arts
  • Native plant sale and Kingsland Wildflowers harvested seed giveaway
  • Guided green rooftop tours
  • Creekside marine ecology activities
  • Family-friendly and educational activities
  • And more! Follow programming updates below.

If you'd like to support our efforts to put together this event, please register as a volunteer and we will follow up with additional details.

Detailed Programming Updates:

Ecological Activities:

  • Free soil testing by Urban Soils Institute. Testing for heavy metal pollution – a very common problem in Creekside communities. Bring a soil sample! (We recommend the best way to bring a small sample is in a clear plastic sandwich bag.)
  • Compost collection by Big Reuse
  • Demonstrations Temboo on how to use soil-monitoring technology and explore sensors on Kingsland Wildflowers
  • Creekside marine ecology activities with @newtowncreek and @bronxriveralliance, such as exploring water quality testing & monitoring
  • Tabling by NYC DEP Green Infrastructure & Education teams to learn about NYC's waters and ways to get involved
  • Creating harvested seed packets to take home from Kingsland Wildflowers & Eagle Street Rooftop Farm

Family-Friendly Activities

  • A mobile library BK Story Voyager for kids to explore from (St. Nick's Alliance)
  • Hunters Point Library will be giving away educational library kits for kids
  • Learning how to bike for kids with the Kids Ride Club (An Official program of Woodhull Hospital)
  • Coloring activities for kids with North Brooklyn Parks Alliance
  • Examining "Critters from the Creek" activities with NCA
  • Arm painting with Hello Face Painting

Arts content curated by NOoSPHERE Arts

Musical Acts:
  • Elsa Nilsson + Martà Sanchez + Chris Morrissey
  • Katy Gunn
Visual Arts:
  • Print Show by Kingsland Printing
  • 10th Anniversary Exhibit by NOoSPHERE Arts
Performance Art:
  • Andreas Sjöstrand
DANCE co-organized with CreateART:
  • Elizabeth Burr
  • Molly Gorin + Liz Hepp
  • Michelle Thompson Ulerich: Nikki d'Arnault & Quaba Venza Ernest
Video Projections

Tabling by:

  • Ahnklave Arts Alliance https://www.ankhlave.org/
  • Brooklyn Greenway Initiative https://www.brooklyngreenway.org/
  • Big Reuse https://www.bigreuse.org/
  • BK Story Voyager https://www.bkstoryvoyager.org/
  • Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park https://bushwickinletpark.org/
  • Brooklyn Grange https://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com
  • Bronx River Alliance https://bronxriver.org/
  • NYC DEP https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dep/index.page
  • Eagle Street Rooftop Farms https://rooftopfarms.org/
  • Greenpoint YMCA https://ymcanyc.org/locations/greenpoint-ymca
  • Hunter's Point Library https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/hunters-point
  • Kids Ride Club (an official bike program Woodhull hospital)
  • North Brooklyn Community Boat Club https://northbrooklynboatclub.org/
  • North Brooklyn Mutual Aid https://northbrooklynmutualaid.org/
  • North Brooklyn Neighbors https://northbrooklynneighbors.org/
  • North Brooklyn Parks Alliance https://nbkparks.org/
  • NYC Audubon https://www.nycaudubon.org/
  • Sane Energy https://www.saneenergy.org/
  • Soil and Water Conservation District https://www.soilandwater.nyc/
  • Temboo https://temboo.com/
  • Urban Soils Institute https://urbansoils.org/
  • Transportation Alternatives https://www.transalt.org/
  • Polinators + Microscopes https://www.nyms.org/
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This programming is made possible with the generous support from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF) and the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

This programming is brought to you by the Kingsland Wildflowers partners: Newtown Creek Alliance, Broadway Stages, NOoSPHERE Arts, and Alive Structures.

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  • United States Events
  • New York Events
  • Things to do in New York, NY
  • New York Festivals
  • New York Community Festivals
  • #arts
  • #environment
  • #brooklyn
  • #greenpoint
  • #livemusic
  • #ecology
  • #environmental_education
  • #visual_arts
  • #performance_art
  • #green_roof
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