Name: Forest Restoration Workshop Todt Hill Blue Trail - For our 357th workshop
Start: 2026-05-16T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-16T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Saint Francis woodlands

Forest Restoration Workshop Todt Hill Blue Trail - For our 357th workshop

. We will follow the trail south toward Nevada Avenue, pulling and bagging invasive Garlic-mustard and removing invasive plants.
About this Event

Saturday, May 16, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon ^357
Forest Restoration Workshop on the Todt Hill Blue Trail - For our 357th workshop we’ll join with other volunteers for It’s My Park Day. We’ll meet in the St. Francis Woodlands parking lot at the end of Helena Road (off Todt Hill Road, 1st street north of Whitlock Ave.), walk up the road to the Yellow Trail, then proceed southwest to the ruined foundations where we will continue to cut and uproot alien Devil’s Walking Stick and search out and cut woody, twining vines from the trees. We’ll plant some shrubs and ground cover if we can get some from the NYC Parks Plant Ecology Center and Nursery (Why not from the from the Greenbelt Native Plant Center?... it's the same place; they changed their name last year to better describe their function.) After the work session we’ll return to the parking lot by way of the St. Francis Woodlands boardwalk. Protectors will supply tools, gloves, and refreshments. So that we know how many volunteers to expect, please register through Eventbrite (search for Protectors of Pine Oak Woods and select Forest Restoration Workshop from the list). For more information call Brian Smith (917) 842-6585 or Don Recklies (718) 768-9036. (Service Credit is available.)