Join Prospect Park Alliance every Saturday + Sunday through November for nature education programs at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, the first urban Audubon Center in the nation.

Discovery Pack, 10 am–12 pm: Come explore nature on your own with our Discovery Packs, a backpack filled with nature activities and exploration tools, perfect for families and kids to interact with the park in a whole new way!
Animal Encounter, 11 am–12 pm: Join Alliance Naturalists in learning more about the animals in the Audubon Center’s collection. This program starts promptly at 11 am. Animal Encounter is presented in partnership with Macy's.
Nature’s Helpers, 12–1 pm: Help do your part to keep Prospect Park healthy by cleaning up the lakeshore. In this citizen science activity Audubon staff will guide groups to remove litter and record the findings. Fun for all ages and all materials are provided. This program leaves promptly at 12 pm.

Smorgasburg, the celebrated open-air food fair, returns to Prospect Park this spring! On Sundays from April 7–October 27, over 100 local and regional food purveyors will gather on Breeze Hill to offer a range of cuisines.

Nestled inside Prospect Park's tree-shaded southwest corner, this much-loved weekday market is where South Slope and Windsor Terrace residents stock up on locally grown staples. Open from May 5 to December 22, the offerings range from a selection of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, plants, and flowers, to fresh-caught fish and organic baked goods. For a full calendar of events and a list of sellers, visit the GrowNYC website.

This Greenmarket at Bartel-Pritchard Square is also open on Wednesdays year-round from 8 am to 3 pm.

Join Prospect Park Alliance and Turnstile Tours for a special park tour in celebration of Open House New York. Prospect Park is the masterwork of famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and his partner Calvert Vaux. The saying goes that their most famous creation, Central Park, was a mere practice run, and Prospect Park the true masterpiece. At the heart of their design is the 90-acre Long Meadow, the 150-acre woodland Ravine, and a watercourse that featured waterfalls, springs and a 60- acre Lake. In the mid-20th century the park suffered severe decline, and since the mid-1980s, the non-profit Prospect Park Alliance has focused on restoring the park and now plays a significant role in its day-to-day upkeep. Enjoy a tour of the park's natural areas as well as some of its historic landmarks, including the 1869 Wellhouse, the last remaining building in the park designed by Calvert Vaux, which originally housed the mechanical equipment that pumped water into the watercourse. The Alliance recently transformed the Wellhouse into the city's first composting restroom in a public park.

Tickets will be available for reservation on October 1.

Visit the Open House New York website for further information and to RSVP.