Join Prospect Park Alliance for fun nature activities to welcome the start of spring, and also participate in our 150th anniversary species count for special prizes.

Please note: on April 22nd, Nature Exploration will be replaced by special Earth Day programming. 

• Discovery Pack, 10 am–12 pm: get inspired by nature with our new Discovery Packs, ready-to-go kits filled with nature activities for families.
• Blooming Naturalist, 10 am: So you think you are a naturalist? Investigate the natural world by learning how to use tools and guides used by biologist. This activity leads you through activities to discover the Audubon Center and Prospect Park.
• Nature’s Helpers, 11 am: Learn how to keep Prospect Park healthy by cleaning up the lakeshore, spreading mulch or removing invasive species. This is activity is led by Alliance staff and all materials are provided.

Prospect Park Zoo is celebrating the Park’s 150th with free admission for children and special Park-centric fun!

• Discovery Center Fun: this special area for young children will feature books themed with Park-centric reading material.  
• Nature Play on Discovery Trail: Families will think about animals and the homes they need and construct a variety of habitats!
• Conservation Station in the Hall of Animals: Zoo interpreters will give visitors the tools they need to recognize the signs of spring in and out of the Park and foster an appreciation for wildlife everywhere.

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Celebrate with a first ride of the year on the Park’s beloved 1912 carousel. Become a Family Supporter member of the Alliance to receive unlimited rides on the Carousel for a full year!

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It's time for spring planting! Join Prospect Park Alliance to help plant our crop of flax and make a small pot out of newspaper, fill it with soil and plant vegetable seeds to take home. As part of the Park's 150th Anniversary Celebration, the 150th visitor will win a special prize!

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Join the Prospect Park Alliance and Brooklyn Bird Club to welcome the earliest migrants of the year, and to say goodbye to some of our winter residents. Take part in our special 150th anniversary species count for special prizes. Please note this tour leaves promptly at 10 am, and participants are encouraged to bring their own binoculars. Rain or shine.

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Join Prospect Park Alliance and the Prospect Park Track Club for a commemorative run through Park Slope in celebration of the Park’s 150th! The route will spell out 150, in honor of the Park’s sesquicentennial.

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Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Prospect Park with a season of special guided walking tours of this iconic park in the heart of Brooklyn, presented by Turnstile Tours in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance. These two-hour tours will examine the Park’s many layers of natural and human history, from the flora and geology to the architectural eras visible in the built environment. Prospect Park is a reflection of Brooklyn; its history traces that of the city around it, and it is today an important gathering place for many diverse communities that call the borough home. Learn about the Alliance's historic restoration and environment preservation work in the Park, including cultural and recreation projects currently underway. Through this interactive experience, explore how the use of the Park has changed over time, from the original vision of designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to the ways in which the Park is used today.

Member Perk: Prospect Park Alliance Members receive a $5 discount on the Prospect Park Walking Tour.  Already a member? Contact membership@prospectpark.org for more information.

In celebration of the 150th Anniversary, the LeFrak Center at Lakeside has extended the ice skating season through Opening Weekend, April 1 + 2! Enjoy a last skate of the season, and receive a complimentary pass to return this spring for roller skating fun.

Prospect Park Alliance members can skate for free all weekend long!

Smorgasburg, the celebrated open-air food fair presented by Brooklyn Flea in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance, returns to Prospect Park this spring, kicking off on April 2 as part of Prospect Park's 150th Anniversary celebration! On Sundays through October 23, over 100 local and regional food purveyors will gather on Breeze Hill to offer a range of cuisines. This year, Prospect Park Alliance is partnering with Brooklyn Brewery to produce a special Prospect Park beer called Long Meadow Gold. 

Member Perk: Prospect Park Alliance Members recieve $1 off beer at Smorgasburg

Information Commons Lab, Brooklyn Public Library, Free

In celebration of Prospect Park's 150th Anniversary, Brooklyn Public Library and Prospect Park Alliance invite you to share your Prospect Park story.  Join us on select Saturdays for our Campfire Conversations at Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park, where we will collect submissions of your stories to be archived in the Brooklyn Collection of the Brooklyn Public Library as part of the Our Streets, Our Stories oral history project.  The interviews will take place at the Central Library the Sunday following the Campfire Conversation.

Interested in sharing your story? Contact us via our online form or contact the Library at 718.230.2745 or ososproject@bklynlibrary.org .

Prospect Park Alliance and Brooklyn Public Library present Campfire Conversations, a series of themed community conversations around an outdoor campfire at the Lefferts Historic House, complete with music, refreshments and mulled wine. April’s conversation focuses on the use of public space in Brooklyn and beyond throughout history and today.

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In partnership with NYC Parks' Art in the Parks project, the Prospect Park Alliance presents a public exhibition of sculpture by Carole Eisner. Four sculptures, created from I-beams twisted into lyrical forms will be on display at Grand Army Plaza, Bartel Pritchard Square, Litchfield Villa and the Peninsula through Spring 2017.