outdoorQueens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Come and explore the QBG Farm and learn about everything we are growing at our Farm Open Hours. Walk through the space, look at our plants, sit and enjoy the Farm, and ask the team questions. Please note, this is not a volunteer event. Please do not disrupt our growing areas or harvest produce. If you have queries, feel free to ask any of our Farm staff!
outdoorQueens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Enjoy a free Queens Arts Fund–supported concert by The Brass Tree. Blending brass, percussion, jazz and electronics into evolving soundscapes. The Brass Tree is a collaboration between Rossen Nedelchev and composer Greg Hammontree that blends brass, percussion, and electronic sound design into evolving soundscapes. Supported by the Queens Arts Fund, the project will culminate in a free public concert at the Queens Botanical Garden on September 27, 2026. Inspired by the organic growth of a tree — each musical voice forming a branch in a living sonic canopy — the performance invites Garden visitors and the surrounding community into an open, exploratory musical experience while bringing contemporary music to a treasured public space in Flushing. RSVP Here (tickets include Garden Admission).
outdoorQueens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Come and explore the QBG Farm and learn about everything we are growing at our Farm Open Hours. Walk through the space, look at our plants, sit and enjoy the Farm, and ask the team questions. Please note, this is not a volunteer event. Please do not disrupt our growing areas or harvest produce. If you have queries, feel free to ask any of our Farm staff!
Queens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Join Queens Botanical Garden for the opening of Supremely Unequivocal in Our Commitment to this Moment of Being, an interactive exhibition by Cameron Russell and Mei Tao, created in collaboration with sixty-one young farmer-artists from Harlem Grown. About the Exhibition: Supremely Unequivocal in Our Commitment to this Moment of Being is an invitation to co-author with children and the living world. The exhibition takes its title from poet, parent, and Poetry for the People founder June Jordan’s 1977 essay The Creative Spirit: Children’s Literature, in which she wrote of children as serious, capable, and deeply committed to the present moment. Inspired by Jordan’s work, Tao and Russell set out to think alongside young people about everything from pressing injustices to astonishing beauty. Through photography, sculpture, performance, poetry, and drawing, the artists and sixty-one young farmer-artists from Harlem Grown explore how we might create a city that is more welcoming to humans, animals, and plants alike. At the center of the project are play, improvisation, and collaboration—ways of being and creating that allow young people to participate, experiment, and lead. Throughout the process, the natural world became a collaborator as well. During one afternoon at the farm, rain began to fall and the children leapt from their drawings, tied on pollinator wings, and ran through the garden blowing kisses into the rain. The moment reflects botanist and writer Robin Wall Kimmerer’s invitation to consider our relationship with the earth not as one-sided, but as reciprocal and rooted in care. Tao, Russell, and the young artists invite visitors of all ages to commit to their own moment of being: play with light, shadow, wind, and sound; create with plants and one another; and consider how care, creativity, and collaboration can shape the environments we share. About the Artists: Friends and creative collaborators Mei Tao and Cameron Russell met more than 20 years ago on a fashion set, where—seated on either side of the camera—they connected over a shared appreciation of photography as a powerful tool for collaboration. For the past five years, Tao and Russell have created art as, for, and with caregivers across the world. Their collaborations have included seed-savers in Italy, teachers in New York State, children migrating across the Americas, domestic workers organizing in Mexico, parents resisting state violence across the United States, and their own children, families, and friends. Their work approaches caregiving as an art form that can be learned, practiced, taught, and aspired to. This year, Tao and Russell are fellows at Stanford School of Medicine, exploring interdisciplinary efforts to improve caregiving across the lifespan. Tao’s recent work includes Passing Through, a portfolio exploring the mother’s gaze, opening at Photobook Café Gallery in London in November 2026, and Homecoming, an official selection at the Austin Spotlight Film Festival and New York Indie Shorts Awards. Russell is the author of How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone (Random House, 2024), a political coming-of-age memoir about twenty years spent working and organizing in the fashion industry. Her next book explores care work, gestation, and the climate crisis. Instagram: @cameronrussell @taomeitao RSVP Here.
Queens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Join Queens Botanical Garden’s Beekeeper Helen Colhoun to learn about bees and see how she harvests and bottles the Garden’s honey! This will be an interactive workshop with opportunities to ask questions, try using honey harvesting tools, and, of course, to taste the honey. All participants will go home with a bottle of honey from the event. $30 non-members / $20 members. Buy tickets here.
outdoorQueens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Come and explore the QBG Farm and learn about everything we are growing at our Farm Open Hours. Walk through the space, look at our plants, sit and enjoy the Farm, and ask the team questions. Please note, this is not a volunteer event. Please do not disrupt our growing areas or harvest produce. If you have queries, feel free to ask any of our Farm staff!
Queens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Celebrate Halloween with a spooky afternoon at Queens Botanical Garden! Little ones can show off their costumes, stroll through the trick-or-treat trail, make Halloween crafts, see and learn about our spooky plants, walk with Griot Darlene Deloris for Ankhlave Anansi’s Wisdom of the World Tour, and catch lively performances. Meanwhile, grown-ups can relax with harvest beers and ciders at the bar, enjoy the fall foliage, pose for spooktacular photo opportunities, and join in the festivities. Be sure to check out the bustling vendor fair, where unique finds from local businesses await. It’s the perfect outing for families and fall lovers alike! Members visit free. $10 Non-Members ($8 children). Get tickets here.
FREEQueens Botanical Garden · Flushing
⭐ You’re invited! Come enjoy the fall foliage and enjoy a festive fall afternoon at Halloween at Queens Botanical Garden with fun activities for kids of all ages, like a Trick-or-Treat Trail, crafts, and live performances. Food and beverages and local crafts will be available for purchase. The QBG Farm stand will have the last of the harvest on sale, including our very own bottled honey. Don’t miss it! Highlights 🎃 Enjoy Halloween-themed photo opportunities throughout Queens Botanical Garden 🍬 Walk the Trick-or-Treat Trail and collect candy at trick-or-treat stations (while supplies last!) 🤩 Participate in fun activities like face-painting, crafts, a magic show, storytelling, and Ankhlave Anansi’s Wisdom of the World Tour led by Griot Darlene Deloris. 🍻 Savor a delicious selection of food and drinks available for purchase General Info 📅 Date and time: October 31st, from 12 pm to 5 pm ⏳ Duration: 5 hours 📍 Location: Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355 👤 Age requirement: all ages are welcome! ♿ Accessibility: the venue is ADA compliant ❓ Please consult the FAQs of this experience here Description Celebrate Halloween with a spooky afternoon at Queens Botanical Garden! Little ones can show off their costumes, stroll through the trick-or-treat trail, make Halloween crafts, see and learn about our spooky plants, walk with Griot Darlene Deloris for Ankhlave Anansi’s Wisdom of the World Tour, and catch lively performances. Meanwhile, grown-ups can relax with harvest beers and ciders at the bar, enjoy the fall foliage, pose for spooktacular photo opportunities, and join in the festivities. Be sure to check out the bustling vendor fair, where unique finds from local businesses await. It’s the perfect outing for families and fall lovers alike! Get your tickets today for Halloween at Queens Botanical Garden in New York! This event will happen rain or shine. In the case of extreme weather, it may be cancelled. Keep an eye on our social media and website for up-to-date information.
Queens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Bring Pumpkins, Jack-o-Lanterns, and Gourds for a Smashing Good Time! You smash them and the QBG Compost Team will turn them into compost for improving soil all over Queens. Join us for refreshments, activities, and more! FREE if you bring your own pumpkin. Registration recommended; Walk-ins welcome. Drop-in. Rain or shine. Location: QBG Compost Yard RSVP Here.
outdoorQueens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Come and explore the QBG Farm and learn about everything we are growing at our Farm Open Hours. Walk through the space, look at our plants, sit and enjoy the Farm, and ask the team questions. Please note, this is not a volunteer event. Please do not disrupt our growing areas or harvest produce. If you have queries, feel free to ask any of our Farm staff!
FREEBowne Park Playground · Flushing
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, and more! Kids in Motion is a free, drop-in program without registration. Children can head to the playground during the listed hours of operation to participate. Occasionally a Kids in Motion program may be cancelled due to harsh weather or other conditions. Please note: We recommend that guardians accompany children participating in this program. Kids in Motion is not a childcare program and NYC parks is not responsible for the well-being of attendees.
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Funzy Indoor Playground Family Club · Flushing
Funzy's Chinese Discovery Class, is ideal for ages 8 months to 2.5 years. Join us at our 45-minute play-to-learn sessions, where you and your child can explore sensory play, develop Chinese language and social skills, and support overall growth. These structured sessions provide a nurturing environment, with a trained instructor guiding children through focused lessons on the semester's key learning objectives.
artFREEBowne Park Field House · Flushing
Tiny Tots is an energetic learning experience fit for children ages 18 months to 3 years old. Parents work alongside their children to help them improve their fine motor skills and get them ready to start elementary education. Children will learn to socialize with other children and build independence.
artFREEBowne Park Field House · Flushing
Tiny Tots is an energetic learning experience fit for children ages 18 months to 3 years old. Parents work alongside their children to help them improve their fine motor skills and get them ready to start elementary education. Children will learn to socialize with other children and build independence.
FREEQPL Kew Gardens Hills Branch · Flushing
Join us for stories songs and bouncing rhymes for children ages 12-18 months! This free drop-in program takes place at the QPL Kew Gardens Hills Branch and is open to families with children up to age 5.
FREEQPL Kew Gardens Hills Branch · Flushing
Participants must answer multiple choice trivia questions for a chance to win a prize! A smart device is required t
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Lotus Jiu jitsu Flushing · Flushing
BJJ Fundamentals is a recurring drop-in martial arts class at Lotus Jiu jitsu Flushing covering core Brazilian jiu-jitsu positions and techniques.