Water Conservation Festival

“What will it take for everyone to see that they carry water’s blood in every circular cell?…What will it take to believe. Water is life.” — Joy Harjo, from Water is Life

Nine million New York residents depend on the clean water of the New York City watershed region. Join us for this free family-friendly day in the learning garden to explore the myriad of ways our land work practices can support our clean waterways!

💧Learn about our resovoirs, rivers, and NYC watershed through games and hands on science experiments.

💧Estuary Flow Jam Session–make music with the river.

💧Artmaking: Help us revamp our rain water harvesting barrels and blue-ify our greenhouse space with indigo, cyanotype, and the words of our favorite water-keepers.

💧Garden Stewardship: Practice water-wise gardeing!

💧Water is life! Water is medicine! Visit our Mobile Apothecary featuring flower esscences and a hydration Station

💧Giveaways of Drought-Resistent Plant and Home Water Conservation Tools

“Will we remember from where we’ve come? The water. And once remembered, will we return to that first water, and in doing so return to ourselves, to each other?” — Natalie Diaz; The First Water is the Body

This program is generously funded by Catskill Watershed Corporation.