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Read the Greensward Foundation's Bridges of Central Park, the Prospect Park Handbook, Rockefeller New York, The Men Who Made Central Park, Rock Trails in Central Park, Tree Trails in Prospect Park, and Requiem for an Elm online.
The well-reviewed Central Park map has been rereleased with its accompanying essay "The Grand Vision" in Spanish.
Who we are
The Greensward Foundation, through its local branches, celebrates and supports our communities' public parks. We are nonprofit. We receive no public funding, subsisting entirely on private grants and member contributions.
What we do
We perform volunteer landscaping. We lead tours and lectures. We publish original books, maps, and posters. Latest news: Cadwalader Park's centennial.
Want to know more?
E-mail us for further information; or write to us at Greensward Foundation, P.O. Box 610, Lenox Hill Station, New York, NY 10021; or write to one of our branch addresses at right.
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OUR PAST TOURS
Green-Wood Cemetery
Sunday, July 8, 2007, 1:45pm
Marvel on a summer stroll at the garden cemetery where everyone once came by horse-drawn carriage to enjoy nature in the city before Central Park or Prospect Park were built. Take the 4th Ave. M/R subway or the 63 bus to 25th St., then walk up to the great 5th Ave. gates.
Rus in Urbe
Sunday, July 22, 2007, 2pm
Come to the Women's Gate on CPW at 72nd St. (B/C/1/2/3 subway or 5/7/11/57/72/104 buses) to enjoy nature in the City in Central Park. We will roam over the Meadow, walk along the pond, and then marvel at General Sherman's statue at 5th Ave. Plaza as we leave the park with Henry Hope Reed, president of Classical America.
A Forest of Trees
Sunday, August 5, 2007, 2pm
James Lecky, dean at the Delaware School of Art and Design, will meet us in Newark Penn Station to take us to Branch Brook Park. From NYC, take NJ Transit from Penn Station at 1:02 or 1:14 pm ($7 round trip, senior fare avail.)
City Hall Park and More
Sunday, August 26, 2007, 2pm
Walk from City Hall Park with its beautiful fountain (4/5 subway or 1/6/22/103 buses to City Hall) down Broadway to Bowling Green Park, and then to Battery Park to marvel at Lady Liberty who waves to all from Liberty Island.
Meadow, Forest, and Lake
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 2pm
Enjoy autumn in a glorious park. Meet at the Grand Army Plaza entrance (2/3 subway to Grand Army Plaza, D/Q subway to 7th Ave., or 41/69/71 buses), then wander through Prospect Park and marvel at its great trees, including the dwarf Camperdown Elm. Only gone are the sheep that used to cut the grass.
Cadwalader Park
Sunday, October 14, 2007, 2pm
Enjoy the park's century-old copper beeches and visit Ellarslie, Trenton's museum in the park. From NYC, take NJ Transit at Penn Station at 11:14 ($21.50 round trip, senior fare available), then bus 609 ($1.10 exact change) to Stuyvesant & Maple.
LOCAL BRANCHES
Friends of Central Park
Lenox Hill P.O. Box 610, New York, New York 10021
328 Flatbush Ave., Suite 383, Brooklyn, New York 11238
P.O. Box 7406, Trenton, New Jersey 08628
205 Washington Park, #3, Brooklyn, New York 11205
Integrity Inc., P.O. Box 510, Newark, New Jersey 07101